New gpu or cpu?

[Cupar19]

So I currently have a GTX 1060 6gb, i5 7400, 16gb RAM and a 650watt psu

 

I play at 1440p and often play the latest AAA games.

 

right now I can either upgrade my cpu to something like a r5 3600 and new mobo or get a new GPU, used 1080 or a Vega 64

 

ideas?

[TheKDub]

I'd go for the GPU upgrade.

[Cupar19]

7 minutes ago, TheKDub said:

I'd go for the GPU upgrade.

why though?

[Tamesh16]

3 minutes ago, Cupar19 said:

why though?

it depends on you, i am sure the 1080 wont bottle neck that cpu or not by much, so if you want better graphics quality then thats your best upgrade

upgrading the cpu wont do much for games, only productivity, or cpu intensive tasks

 

[LogicalDrm]

I see no point going for Ryzen when you still have upgrade path left with Intel. Like going for 7700k with decent cooler regardless of can you OC or not. Will be cheaper, will be fine for next several years. Unless you are doing semi-professional work with that PC and better hardware would directly improve your efficiency.

[Cupar19]

7 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

I see no point going for Ryzen when you still have upgrade path left with Intel. Like going for 7700k with decent cooler regardless of can you OC or not. Will be cheaper, will be fine for next several years. Unless you are doing semi-professional work with that PC and better hardware would directly improve your efficiency.

well the 7700k costs more than going for the ryzen  by about £50 including the new motherboard cost and from there has no future upgrade path

7 hours ago, Tamesh16 said:

it depends on you, i am sure the 1080 wont bottle neck that cpu or not by much, so if you want better graphics quality then thats your best upgrade

upgrading the cpu wont do much for games, only productivity, or cpu intensive tasks

 

how do I tell because when I am playing games both my CPU and CPU are at about 100%

[Tamesh16]

17 minutes ago, Cupar19 said:

when I am playing games both my CPU

thats a bit strange, i am running a similarly clockled 7700hq and i can see there is room for improvement with a 1070, but maybe thats just me, 

i am just using my cpu as reference, i am sure you can check online somewhere to see if it bottle necks, there used to be an official list somewhere on the forum 

[LogicalDrm]

2 hours ago, Cupar19 said:

well the 7700k costs more than going for the ryzen  by about £50 including the new motherboard cost and from there has no future upgrade path

 

Used? Really? How bad are used markets in UK if 2 year old CPU costs more than getting almost full platform change.

[Cupar19]

30 minutes ago, LogicalDrm said:

 

Used? Really? How bad are used markets in UK if 2 year old CPU costs more than getting almost full platform change.

well used is about the same , maybe £10 - £20 less if your lucky but other than that yea its about £300 on average and i can do the full ryzen + mobo upgrade for £280