Gaming clique

[Birdman1811]

Thing is, if you pair an underpowered CPU with a mid end GPU then you will end up CPU bound and it will impact performance anyway. In short, everything at some level goes via the CPU, it kindda keeps everything else in line and doing the right thing, a bit like a conductor in an orchestra, and if it's not powerful enough then it will affect everything else.

Then again if you can afford to spunk £800 on a GPU then why would you not spend £350+ on a CPU to keep things chugging along nicely?

Oh absolutely.

But if you have a bit left over in budget, or want a quick upgrade, best results will often come from GPU for gaming at least