Looking for advice on upgrading

[Aricleach]

I’m looking for some advice on what the best upgrades would be for my system. 

 

Current specs are as follows: 

 

Cpu: intel i5 6600k 3.5GHz

Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Z170S

Ram: CORSAIR Vengeance RGB PRO 16GB 3000MHz

GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070 8GB Founders Edition

PSU: CORSAIR RMX White Series, RM850x

Cooler: CORSAIR Hydro Series H115i

Monitor: Dell Alienware 1900R 34.1", Curved Gaming Monitor, 3440 x 1440p Resolution, 4ms 120Hz, NVIDIA G-Sync.

 

I also have 2 SSD drives one being dedicated to my OS along with a 2TB barracuda HDD. 

 

Main use for this PC is gaming. I do get good performance for gaming. I’m looking for advice on what upgrades I should prioritize. I’ve been looking at upgrading to an RTX 2070 but unsure if that’s the best choice over upgrading the CPU and motherboard. 

 

[Pittman90]

Well first id ask your budget and what you do with it, and like what games you play. If you spend most of the time gaming i would get the RTX because then you could better run games at those high framerates 

[Aricleach]

My budget is around $1,000 for upgrades. Currently I just started playing Anthem which I know the game needs some performance tuning but would still like to see more FPS then an average of 40. I play a wide verity of game but want to be set for the current and next gen of games. 

[LlamaFamah]

I'd say to get an i7, everything else looks good.

Unless of course, you have more money to spend, in which you should get a new mobo along with that new i7.

 

-Llama

[Aricleach]

what would make more of a performance impact in gaming, upgrading my motherboard and CPU or my GPU?

[LogicWeasel]

4 minutes ago, Aricleach said:

what would make more of a performance impact in gaming, upgrading my motherboard and CPU or my GPU?

I would favor getting a GPU like the RTX 2070 you mentioned.  Unless you know for a fact that your current CPU is giving you a heavy bottleneck in games you should be able to wait on that upgrade until after GPU (that CPU should only affect the hungriest of 6+ threaded CPU eating titles).  Also this assumes you game at the 1440p widescreen resolution you have native so only at resolutions at or below 1080p should the CPU be a larger factor, with that large resolution you need more GPU might to push a widescreen above 100 FPS.

[Aricleach]

5 minutes ago, LogicWeasel said:

I would favor getting a GPU like the RTX 2070 you mentioned.  Unless you know for a fact that your current CPU is giving you a heavy bottleneck in games you should be able to wait on that upgrade until after GPU (that CPU should only affect the hungriest of 6+ threaded CPU eating titles).  Also this assumes you game at the 1440p widescreen resolution you have native so only at resolutions at or below 1080p should the CPU be a larger factor, with that large resolution you need more GPU might to push a widescreen above 100 FPS.

That essentially answers my question. Thank you very much for your reply.