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UPGRADE - Which part first.

Budget (including currency): 800 USD 

Country: CHILE

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: GAMING 1080p 144Hz: DOOM ETERNAL, WAR THUNDER. 

Other details I have an FX8320E at 4.0GHZ, 16GB of Ram, a R9 380 at 1090Mhz and 1600Mhz in memory.
Two monitors 1080p at 60fps. One is IPS (LG 24MP58VQ) and the other LCD TV (LG M228WA-BM). PSU (800W), cooler and Case in good shape.

Build in 2016.
I want to upgrade to:
1.- Gear G2450M (1080p, FreeSync, 144Hz) (keep the IPS for second monitor. and use this new one for gaming)  (190 USD in local price)
2.- RX 5600XT SAPPHIRE PULSE (416 USD in local price)
3.- M/B B450/B550 (160 USD)+ Ryzen 5 3600 (225 USD)+ 2x 8Gb RAM DDR4 3200Mhz (110 USD)

Which one should i upgrade first? i want this update to allow me game without worries at least 3-4 years.
Thanks for the help.

 

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I'd say go the motherboard + cpu route, but you'll also need a new kit of ram since your old socket mounts DDR3 and you can't use them on the new one

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Just now, balderm said:

I'd say go the motherboard + cpu route, but you'll also need a new kit of ram since your old socket mounts DDR3 and you can't use them on the new one

Thanks, i know, is the most expensive upgrade. that's why i'm not sure if do it first. 
If i pair my FX with the RX 5600XT. Should i get a big bottleneck?

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8 minutes ago, Abigaroth said:

Thanks, i know, is the most expensive upgrade. that's why i'm not sure if do it first. 
If i pair my FX with the RX 5600XT. Should i get a big bottleneck?

that fx is not good just get new cpu

after that upgrade to 5600 XT. keep that ips monitor. IPS is the best panel out there. 1080p 144hz ips is pretty good

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1 minute ago, SavageNeo said:

that fx is not good just get new cpu

after that upgrade to 5600 XT. keep that ips monitor. IPS is the best panel out there. 1080p 144hz ips is pretty good

The IPS i have right now is only 60Hz and 4ms. I want to buy a TN 144hz FreeSync 1ms for gaming.

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Just now, Abigaroth said:

The IPS i have right now is only 60Hz and 4ms. I want to buy a TN 144hz FreeSync 1ms for gaming.

TN panel is shit. atleast get VA panel.

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Test Rig.

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Ryzen 5 3400G || Gigabyte b450 S2H || Hyper X fury 2x4gb 2666mhz cl 16 ||Stock cooler || Antec NX100 || Silverstone essential 400w || Transgend SSD 220s 480gb ||

Just Sold

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| i3 9100F || Msi Gaming X gtx 1050 TI || MSI Z390 A-Pro || Kingston 1x16gb 2400mhz cl17 || Stock cooler || Kolink Horizon RGB || Corsair CV 550w || Pny CS900 120gb ||

 

Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

Spoiler

 

Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

Spoiler

 

Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

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Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

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Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

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Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

Ask me anything :)

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20 minutes ago, Abigaroth said:

Two monitors 1080p at 60fps. One is IPS (LG 24MP58VQ) and the other LCD TV (LG M228WA-BM). PSU (800W), cooler and Case in good shape.

Build in 2016.
I want to upgrade to:
1.- Gear G2450M (1080p, FreeSync, 144Hz) (keep the IPS for second monitor. and use this new one for gaming)  (190 USD in local price)
2.- RX 5600XT SAPPHIRE PULSE (416 USD in local price)
3.- M/B B450/B550 (160 USD)+ Ryzen 5 3600 (225 USD)+ 2x 8Gb RAM DDR4 3200Mhz (110 USD)

Which one should i upgrade first? i want this update to allow me game without worries at least 3-4 years.
Thanks for the help.

Since your goal is I'm assuming to even utilize that 144Hz monitor then buying either a new GPU or CPU won't benefit you in any way since the FX 8320 + R9 380 can already achieve above 60 FPS in DOOM and because your monitors are 60hz you won't notice a difference, I would go with the monitor upgrade, and then CPU and then GPU.
 

I would also suggest to hold off on the GPU upgrade and wait for the new GPUs to come out this year.

16 minutes ago, Abigaroth said:

If i pair my FX with the RX 5600XT. Should i get a big bottleneck?

Yes the FX 8320 would bottleneck the hell out of the 5600XT, you most likely won't notice any performance improvements over the R9-380 if you do so.

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5 hours ago, Abigaroth said:

The IPS i have right now is only 60Hz and 4ms. I want to buy a TN 144hz FreeSync 1ms for gaming.

Monitor upgrade should be the last thing you do tbh, unless you upgrade everything at the same time, since with your current CPU but a better GPU you'll barely see any gains, and with a new CPU will get something extra from your GPU but not enough to justify a 144hz monitor.

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