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Which upgrade do you recommend, CPU or GPU?

Aldreezee
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Good day, which upgrade path do you recommend?
I currently have the following:
i7-3770
H61 motherboard
8gb+4gb HyperX 1600Mhz
MSI RX470 4gb
128gb Samsung SSD
500gb HDD
620w Seasonic M12ii EVO
22" 1080p 60hz Dell monitor

I have 100usd(₱5000) to spend for upgrades.
I have the following in mind, I have researched in PH market and I believe these are reasonable prices.

Option A: Sell the i7, motherboard and 8+4gb ram for 170usd(₱9000) and get a Ryzen 5 2600, B450 and 16gb 3200MHz bundle for 280usd(₱14000)

Option B: Sell the RX470 for 120usd(₱6000) and get a GTX 1070 for 200usd(₱10000)

Option C: Sell the 22" monitor and get a 75Hz freesync monitor

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I’m gonna go with none of the above.  Or maybe the cpu switch.  The issue is gpus are about to go through a change. It’s possibly a fairly bad time to buy one right now.  A 470 is a 570 that uses more power.  A 1070 might not cut it in 6 months.

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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Id say, stick with that system for a while. Im on my rx580 and r5 3600 (upgraded from 1200 last year) since pc express doesnt sell their cpu without motherboards and i need to actually go to gilmore to get one separately. 

 

So id say, stick with that system for a while, save up some more then go for the gold

 

Also, hi kababayan :3

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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4 hours ago, Aldreezee said:

8gb+4gb HyperX 1600Mhz

i would sell the 4gb and buy a 8gb stick with similar specs, so you can run in dual channel. shouldn't cost more than $40 and will make a big difference. wait for a bit with all the other stuff until you have more money.

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