If I wanna upgrade to a 3000 series GPU what should I upgrade first on my rig?

[Saiyan]

I doubt I could get away with just throwing a GPU like that in my pc as it stands without bottlenecking somewhere, whether it be the CPU or my RAM.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i7-4790K 4 GHz Quad-Core Processor	Purchased For $339.99
CPU Cooler	Corsair H100i GTX 70.69 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	Purchased For $99.99
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard	Purchased For $126.99
Memory	Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR3-1866 CL10 Memory	Purchased For $41.99
Memory	Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR3-1866 CL10 Memory	$44.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	Purchased For $79.99
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	Purchased For $44.99
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 970 4 GB STRIX Video Card	Purchased For $269.99
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case	Purchased For $99.00
Power Supply	Rosewill 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	Purchased For $79.99
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM 64-bit	Purchased For $99.99
Case Fan	Noctua NF-F12 industrialPPC-2000 IP67 PWM 71.69 CFM 120 mm Fan	Purchased For $27.95
Case Fan	Noctua NF-F12 industrialPPC-2000 IP67 PWM 71.69 CFM 120 mm Fan	Purchased For $27.95
Monitor	LG 25UM56-P 25.0" 2560x1080 60 Hz Monitor	Purchased For $159.99
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard	Purchased For $164.99
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired Optical Mouse	Purchased For $40.00
Headphones	Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Headphones	$126.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1874.78
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-06 02:16 EDT-0400

Let me know what you think I should work on first.

[The Sloth]

depends on how much money you have. I would update your whole platform and get a higher refreshrate display. 

[Shimejii]

Bottleneck suggests that even with a GPU upgrade you wouldnt gain FPS. That is not the case here, as if you upgraded your GPU youd get the benefit  Please dont use that term as its fucking stupid.

 

If you wanted more performance you would pretty much have to upgrade to a 10600k, z490 and DDR4, and you really need a new monitor, why bother upgrading otherwise?

[alirafi321]

5 minutes ago, Saiyan said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i7-4790K 4 GHz Quad-Core Processor	Purchased For $339.99
CPU Cooler	Corsair H100i GTX 70.69 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	Purchased For $99.99
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard	Purchased For $126.99
Memory	Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR3-1866 CL10 Memory	Purchased For $41.99
Memory	Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR3-1866 CL10 Memory	$44.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	Purchased For $79.99
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	Purchased For $44.99
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 970 4 GB STRIX Video Card	Purchased For $269.99
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case	Purchased For $99.00
Power Supply	Rosewill 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	Purchased For $79.99
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM 64-bit	Purchased For $99.99
Case Fan	Noctua NF-F12 industrialPPC-2000 IP67 PWM 71.69 CFM 120 mm Fan	Purchased For $27.95
Case Fan	Noctua NF-F12 industrialPPC-2000 IP67 PWM 71.69 CFM 120 mm Fan	Purchased For $27.95
Monitor	LG 25UM56-P 25.0" 2560x1080 60 Hz Monitor	Purchased For $159.99
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard	Purchased For $164.99
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired Optical Mouse	Purchased For $40.00
Headphones	Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Headphones	$126.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1874.78
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-06 02:16 EDT-0400

Let me know what you think I should work on first.

u need to change everything except your drives , cpu cooler ,psu , case and peripherals ..... , getting a ryzen based system would be ideal which would give u more budget to spend on the 3000 series card

[RejZoR]

You know what I'd do in your case and I will actually with my relatively similar situation? Just overclock that 4790K as high as it goes and only buy RTX 3000 series GPU. You should get like 4.7GHz all core from that 4790K relatively easily. That should be enough even for RTX 3080 imo.

 

The thing is, that GTX 970 is getting very old and anything you buy, there is no way it'll be bottlenecked so much that you won't see any performance uplift. With CPU upgrade you need to swap whole platform. Meaning CPU, MOBO and also RAM coz you can't use DDR3 with anything newer. That will easily set you back $1000-1200 and you'll still have the old GTX 970! You'll maybe gain 10-20% at best.

 

Buying RTX 3080 will set you back $700 and the performance uplift should be significantly higher. Hell, you may go with RTX 3070 and still see massive boost in performance from that GTX 970. That's what I'll do. Bolt RTX 3080 on my overclocked 5820K. My prediction is that it'll work fine with it.

[Fatih19]

Get the card first, you'll still see performance increase from the 970 even if you can't unleash its full potential. Then, I'll save up to upgrade the platform.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Yea it's not like you'll be getting small returns from that 3000 series upgrade. You'll be getting a pretty sizable upgrade so I would just get the card, and if needed, upgrade everything else later down the road. 

 

Bottlenecks are just things people say to each other. If you're happy with what you're getting with just the 3000 series upgrade, there's no need to throw more money at your rig. Though you could literally throw dollar bills at it if you have a fetish for that I guess. 

[dizmo]

Start fresh.

Also, your monitor would need an upgrade, otherwise you have an OP system for no reason.