upgrade CPU vs GPU for Content Creation?

[SupersonicSaint]

Hello,

I have a gaming PC with the specs as shown in the picture provided which serves me perfectly fine even on ultra for most games, but now I want to use my PC for workloads including Solidworks, After Effects, C4D and Photoshop as well. What would be a more impactful upgrade if I could only get one or the other, a better CPU or GPU? If I was to upgrade my GPU from what I have I'm thinking of a Gigabyte RTX 2070 Super Windforce OC and if I was to change my CPU it would be to a Ryzen 7 3800x.

Thank you.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Have you tried running those programs? It should run most of those program fine, even with a pretty intensive workload.

 

What part of those programs do you want to speed up?

[SupersonicSaint]

9 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Have you tried running those programs? It should run most of those program fine, even with a pretty intensive workload.

 

What part of those programs do you want to speed up?

I have run Solidworks and Photoshop and they run fine but when I looked at a websites recommendations it said to use both an RTX 2070 or above and Ryzen 7 2700x or above for C4D and After effects especially if you run the two together. It even said to go with 64GB RAM but all 4 of my slots are taken already. I am yet to purchase those programmes for myself though.

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, SupersonicSaint said:

I have run Solidworks and Photoshop and they run fine but when I looked at a websites recommendations it said to use both an RTX 2070 or above and Ryzen 7 2700x or above for C4D and After effects especially if you run the two together. I am yet to purchase those programmes for myself though.

Well aftereffects has a free trial, so try that.

 

I have ran after effects on much slower hardware(dual core mac book air from 2012 ran after effects ok), it really depends on what you want the programs to do.

[SupersonicSaint]

1 hour ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Well aftereffects has a free trial, so try that.

 

I have ran after effects on much slower hardware(dual core mac book air from 2012 ran after effects ok), it really depends on what you want the programs to do.

Oh wow... That website was well off the mark then. If you can get by with a 2012 MacBook Air, I can most definitely get by with what I have already. Thanks.