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FX-8320E and Nitro R9 380 4GB

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My build has a little more than a year and it was before ryzen and GTX 1000 series. I'm looking to update to Ryzen 1600 and GTX 1060 (6gb) or maybe 1070.
What should i update first?
Thanks

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I would go for the CPU upgrade first. While you will need to buy more components than just a CPU it will make the most noticeable difference in day to day use. I just recently upgraded to the 1600 from an 8320 and the difference is crazy. It though I would need to upgrade my GPU soon but even my GTX 970 performs immensely better. 

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R9 380 is still incredibly competent for 1080p High Settings gaming. 

 

Upgrade the CPU first. 

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Thanks! i will start to save money to buy MB, Rams and CPU. I will need around 540USD to buy all here at this 3rd world country.

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Depends on your clock speed, my media centre pc has an fx-6300 @ 4.8ghz with a 1050ti but when I plop my 1080 in it, rarely is it bottlenecked by the cpu in gaming, only in very specific cpu bound games. If you can only afford 1 upgrade I'd go for the gpu and disable a couple cores and get a decent overclock on the cpu.

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