Upgrade choice

[Fyre]

So, I have about $400 dollars to spend on upgrading my PC (And maybe more if I sell my 1060 on ebay). There are points of my PC that are mid to low end, and my choices are:

1. Get 8 more gigs of RAM to make it 16.

2. Sell my 1060 for around $100 and get a 1070, or wait for either the Nvidia 1160/70

3. Wait until Ryzen 5 3600 comes out, and upgrade my weak CPU (Ryzen 3 1300X @3.7) Yes, very trash overclock, unstable at 3.8 or higher.

4. Get a new monitor that is G-Sync certified.

I pretty much exclusively use my PC for games, but I'll use blender and Vegas occasionally.

Here's my entire setup 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 3 1300X 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$156.07 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$83.98 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory	$55.99 @ Newegg Business
Storage	Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$82.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$44.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Dual Video Card	$299.89 @ OutletPC
Case	NZXT - H500 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case	$76.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$49.89 @ OutletPC
Monitor	Acer - S230HLAbii 23.0" 1920x1080 Monitor
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$920.69
	Mail-in rebates	-$70.00
	Total	$850.69
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-10 22:34 EST-0500

 

[R U CRAZY]

2 minutes ago, Apex_X said:

1. Get 8 more gigs of RAM to make it 16.

2. Sell my 1060 for around $100 and get a 1070, or wait for either the Nvidia 1160/70

3. Wait until Ryzen 5 3600 comes out, and upgrade my weak CPU (Ryzen 3 1300X @3.7) Yes, very trash overclock, unstable at 3.8 or higher.

4. Get a new monitor that is G-Sync certified.

1. Definitely, you should, having 16GB of RAM will likely to benefit you in most games, and in some cases, a lot.

2. If you still have money, wait, the 1160/70 will probably be a better deal than the 1070, seeing that the 2060 already is.

3. Either this or 2, and frankly, I'd choose this.

4. Having G-Sync will only help if you are experiencing stuttering or tearing, are you?

[Crunchy Dragon]

-Moved to New Builds and Planning-

[lmeneses]

I would upgrade your mobo and cpu, and sell your gpu and get a 2060 or whatever you can afford

[Fyre]

2 minutes ago, R U CRAZY said:

4. Having G-Sync will only help if you are experiencing stuttering or tearing, are you?

No, but with the upgrade to 120 or 144hz, I feel like my PC might benefit from Gsync, because im not sure of its abilities to stay at 144hz constantly on the settings I want.

[R U CRAZY]

1 minute ago, Apex_X said:

No, but with the upgrade to 120 or 144hz, I feel like my PC might benefit from Gsync, because im not sure of its abilities to stay at 144hz constantly on the settings I want.

You cannot see the monitor's refresh rate on pcpartpicker, so I assumed it was above 100, but if this is not the case, then that is most certainly the upgrade you should get.

[Fyre]

2 minutes ago, R U CRAZY said:

You cannot see the monitor's refresh rate on pcpartpicker, so I assumed it was above 100

From my poopy monitor? Nahh, more like 60hz 1080p and very inaccurate colors, so ok.

I looked over the gsync certified monitors by Nvidia and found this one, I think its the best deal.

https://www.amazon.com/AOC-G2460PF-1920x1080-Adjustable-DisplayPort/dp/B01BV1XBEI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1547179082&sr=8-1&keywords=G2460PG&th=1

Ill buy this, and wait for ryzen 3000 to come out and hopefully buy the Ryzen 5 2600 at a lower price.

 

[R U CRAZY]

1 minute ago, Apex_X said:

 very inaccurate

Just note, this is a TN pannel, it's not going to have very good color accuracy or viewing angles.

[Fyre]

I know, but an IPS will be out of my price range, and im not too picky about accuracy, just about anything is better than mine.

[R U CRAZY]

4 minutes ago, Apex_X said:

I know, but an IPS will be out of my price range, and im not too picky about accuracy, just about anything is better than mine.

Just a note, to make sure you understood

[Fyre]

Thank you everyone

[Fyre]

So I decided on my monitor, ill get that soon.

But, with the leftover money, I want to buy a ryzen CPU.

So, should I buy a used CPU, so that I can get a Ryzen 5 2600x or better for the money leftover.

Should I get a ryzen 5 1600x or wait for ryzen 3000 to come out, so that I can get the 2600x for my pricerange. 

Or, should I get a ryzen 5 3600 or 3 3300x when ryzen 3000 is available (Do you know if 3000 will use the same chipset, as in I can update my bios on my older board to support the newer chip? Otherwise, I dont want to upgrade my mobo, and ill just go with the 2600x that my mobo can support)