I need upgrading advice

[Darkrai]

At the moment I´m running an i7-4790 with 16bg (2x8) of ddr 3 ram on an MSI-7918-001R Mainboard Gaming 3 (yeah I know not the best choice for the Prozessor but hey it works). For graphics I got an GTX 1070 from ASUS. All of this is housed in an Corsair 600c inverted ATX case (I dont know why i bought an Inverted case and I´m considering buying another one). Furthermore, I have 2 1080p 60hz monitors though I´m planing to buy a 1440p 144hz monitor (got any recommendations?) meaning I will probably be running 3 monitors.

What is my goal? I want to basically be able to support the mentioned monitor in the future for some time. I don´t really have an preference for either Intel or AMD though I want to stick with Nvidia. I don´t have any with issues doing upgrades piecemeal.

So what should be the first thing to upgrade as I´m not planning on spending more than 400-600€ at once? What should be a road map for upgrading? On what releases or announcements/press events should I wait for? What is the best choice for processor and graphics card at the moment?

 

Edit: Main task: gaming on a single screen for now (I´m intrested in ray tracing but not sure whether its worth it) and light video editing and 3d modeling ; PSU: BeQuiet! PowerZone 650W 80+Bronze BN210;

 

Hope my vague descriptions are good enough for some help.

 

Thanks in advance 

[Stormseeker9]

Start with new cpu, mobo ram, potentially PSU depending on what you currently have.

 

solid choice for ‘normal’ use would be 3600 + B450 tomahawk MAX + 3200mhz 2*8GB DDR4 kit 

[Darkrai]

30 minutes ago, Cvet76 said:

Vagueness aside, you didn't specify what your end goal is? My R9 390X can run 3 displays like the ones you described, no problem. Only running the displays is not exactly upgrade worthy with the CPU/GPU you have. Do you want to game on 1440p? Edit videos, 3d modelling, photoshop?

Yeah I I forgot to mention but I updated the post. Single monitor 1440p at 144fps gaming as well as light video editing and 3d modeling.

[Darkrai]

31 minutes ago, Stormseeker9 said:

Start with new cpu, mobo ram, potentially PSU depending on what you currently have.

 

solid choice for ‘normal’ use would be 3600 + B450 tomahawk MAX + 3200mhz 2*8GB DDR4 kit 

I assume you mean ryzen 5 3600 and I thought about going ryzen as well but what do you mean with mobo ram? Furthermore, does this mainboard need a bios update?

[Stormseeker9]

1 hour ago, Darkrai said:

I assume you mean ryzen 5 3600 and I thought about going ryzen as well but what do you mean with mobo ram? Furthermore, does this mainboard need a bios update?

cpu 3600

Mobo=motherboard = MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX

RAM= DDR4 ram rated at speed of 3200mhz

 

If you get a MAX version it will work out of the box, as MSI upgraded their bios chip from 128MB to 256MB to support the BIOS.

Seeing your post about a 144hz 1440p panel = grab a  aurus ad27QD as panel and as for GPU 5700XT or 2070S

 

just also saw what PSU you have.. might be recommendable to upgrade to a higher quality unit like Corsair RMx series (550W wiill be plenty)