Well. The only thing you can upgrade without having to completely build a new system is ram and GTX card.

Minecraft is CPU intensive game.
Recording is also intensive on CPU.

The only real upgrade that would cut down on the lag would be to get a new CPU which would for sure require a new mobo too.

I assume you have an R7 260(X)??
if so, then it's ok for MC
I would do this [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
it's $18 over budget, but well worth it.

Just curious but is this going to make a big difference, im just curious if my current processor is really bad or just average.

but thank you i will surly save for the $18

Zayev wrote I assume you have an R7 260(X)??
if so, then it's ok for MC
I would do this [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
it's $18 over budget, but well worth it.

Go this route or even a $60 pentium

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Whats the difference between this and the i3

this is a bit cheeper

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Whats the difference between this and the i3

this is a bit cheeper

Go with the i3, the hyperthreading will help you out alot. The fx is on a dead chip set, its old.

The difference is that it's a dead socket
I have a 6300 and my only upgrade route is intel, which requires a new mobo in the process.
if you get the i3, you can throw an i5/i7/Xeon in at a later date.
also, the i3 has 2 cores and 4 logical cores due to Hyper-Threading. So the i3 is essentially a quad core like the 4300 you linked.

okay thank you. now for recording games wouldnt an ssd help out a lot also?

An SSD is always a good option, however I wouldn't sacrifice a CPU upgrade for an SSD if I were you.