I'm in a dilemma what should I upgrade first

[LoneWanderer20]

Hey there

 

I'll try to keep this question short, I'm planning to upgrade my PC however I'm conflicted into two paths, and I don't know which to choose I've got an old case with usb 2.0 ports which I kind off want to replace at some point

The game I'm looking forward to play is Cyberpunk 2077 and I'd like to have a smooth experience at 1080p 75hz with high-medium settings, I finished RDR2 with my current build but I had to search through websites and reddit forums so I could have a decent experience while also making the game look acceptable even though the game was optimized poorly but you get the point.

Also I want to get into VR at some point later in the future and try out Half Life Alyx and Boneworks

 

I've found a 1070 at ebay at around 210€ (plus shipping) which seems like a decent deal to me and an upgrade from my 970

However I also thought about building a new PC from scratch while keeping my GPU and PSU, I know that the newest Ryzen CPU's will launch in a few days but sadly it's off my budget right now and while budget GPU's (1660, 1660super and ti) right now don't impress me either, I think the used 1070 is a good deal but I might be wrong

 

for now many games still require the i7-3770 as their recommended CPU with some exceptions (for example I see the 4790k used a lot)

 

Thank you in advance!

 

New Parts i'm looking for:

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Mobo:Gigabyte Aorus B450 M

RAM:16GB RAM

Case:Aerocool Cylon Black

and a random M.2 NVME drive

(all around they cost like 350€)

 

PC Parts I have:
CPU: I7-3770 (non k)

GPU:GTX 970

RAM:8GB

mobo:asus p8h61-m lx3 plus r2.0

PSU:Corsair VS550 (not the best psu around, but it's good for now however I'm thinking of replacing it)

Storage: 2 HDD's 1 boot SSD

 

Budget (including currency): 440€

Country: Greece

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Cyberpunk 2077, VR, slight editing on the side with Premiere/Vegas as a hobby and some photoshop

[Noah0302]

Id go for a better GPU first, since a 3rd gen i7 is still pretty good for gaming.

 

After that, Id wait a bit more and see if I could get a R5 3600. This will make a far greater difference than a 2600.

[Zalosath]

7 minutes ago, LoneWanderer20 said:

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Definitely GPU, the 2600x is not much better than the 3770, not worth getting an entirely new motherboard and CPU for a small upgrade. If you're going to upgrade the CPU I'd recommend you save a little more and get at least the R5 3600, or even better, wait for 5000 series.

[LoneWanderer20]

6 minutes ago, Noah0302 said:

Id go for a better GPU first, since a 3rd gen i7 is still pretty good for gaming.

 

After that, Id wait a bit more and see if I could get a R5 3600. This will make a far greater difference than a 2600.

That's pretty much my plan for now.

 

Also I don't think there's a big difference between the 2600x and the 3600, from the benchmarks I've seen there's like a +10% fps difference

[LoneWanderer20]

12 minutes ago, Zalosath said:

Definitely GPU, the 2600x is not much better than the 3770, not worth getting an entirely new motherboard and CPU for a small upgrade. If you're going to upgrade the CPU I'd recommend you save a little more and get at least the R5 3600, or even better, wait for 5000 series.

I thought about buying a slightly less cheaper motherboard with the R5 3600, would you consider it an upgrade if I did.

 

Even though I still think about upgrading my GPU as you mentioned while the USB 3.0 do intrigue me for VR down the road

[mariushm]

Hold on and save more money. Ideally, get a RX 6800 and that should last you a long time (4K ready, with 16 GB of VRAM, lots of power) 

 

After that upgrade to a B550 motherboard when they're cheaper and a 3xxx or 5xxx  processor to enable the smart memory feature and give an extra 5% performance (on average) to the video cards. 

 

you can probably sell the GTX 970 for around 40-50 euro, you can reuse ram, you can sell the board + cpu for another 30-50 euro .. so about 100 euro would buy a motherboard. 

You just need the money for the actual cpu.