Question about upgrade paths

[chromalife]

Budget (including currency): 1000 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: World of Warcraft, Warframe, general gaming. 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I currently have a 1700X, GTX 1080, 32 gb of ram, several internal HDDs and SSDs, 1000W power supply (it was a gift). I'm really trying to see what a decent upgrade path for my budget is. I would like to play WoW and Warframe at 144Hz  at 1440p. For some reason, I used to sit around 100+ FPS while in combat in Warframe, but now I get about 60, everywhere. In WoW I also sit at about 100 in island expeditions and maybe 50 in raids. I don't know if it's too ambitious to want to hit 144 FPS in raids in WoW currently, but if it's possible I would like that very much. I have a MicroCenter about 20 minutes away from my home, so if there are any deals someone could recommend from there that'd be wonderful. 

 

I am unsure if I should just wait for the 3000 series from Nvidia and get a midrange card from them and add it in, or should I just completely rebuild my tower. I'm sure Ryzen 4000 would be better than what I currently have but I would like to put off a complete system build until DDR5 release, unless I can achieve 120+ fps in WoW while doing intensive tasks like raiding and BGs, currently. 

 

[GDRRiley]

when ryzen 4000 is out I'd buy a new R7 chip and that should be a nice upgrade over 1st gen ryzen

[chromalife]

Just now, GDRRiley said:

when ryzen 4000 is out I'd buy a new R7 chip and that should be a nice upgrade over 1st gen ryzen

Thanks for your reply. Yeah I figured that'd be the smartest thing to do. I suppose I should also get a new graphics card at that time as well. Will Ryzen 4000 be DDR4 as well? 

[Drama Lama]

Just now, chromalife said:

Thanks for your reply. Yeah I figured that'd be the smartest thing to do. I suppose I should also get a new graphics card at that time as well. Will Ryzen 4000 be DDR4 as well? 

Yes. DDR5 ram will be introduced with the ryzen 5000 and the new AM5 socket

[GDRRiley]

Just now, chromalife said:

Thanks for your reply. Yeah I figured that'd be the smartest thing to do. I suppose I should also get a new graphics card at that time as well. Will Ryzen 4000 be DDR4 as well? 

ryzen 4000 is ddr4. a 1080 still should be a decent card. there maybe a reason to upgrade with mid rage cards beating it but I think a CPU upgrade should get you closer to that 144

[zeusthemoose]

Upgrade to ryzen 4000 when it’s out and if you have the budget a 3000 series graphics card.

[Drama Lama]

1 hour ago, zeusthemoose said:

Upgrade to ryzen 4000 when it’s out and if you have the budget a 3000 series graphics card.

Or AMD Radeon 6000 series Card ( we‘ll have to wait and see what will be a better deal)