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What resolution do you play on?

Though, 4K: Definitely the GPU.

1440P: The GPU.

1080P: Still the GPU but depending on games.

If you mostly play: Triple A games, story-based games, singleplayer games: GPU upgrade first.

If you mostly play: Competitive games like CS:GO, rocket league, Valorant: CPU first.

If you also use: Tools and softwares like Adobe Photoshop, FL Studio, Ableton etc: CPU first but no big deal.

If you also use: Heavy graphical rendering tools, video editing and stuff: GPU first.

Also, I'd recommend Ryzen 5 2600 up to RTX 2060-2070 or RX 5700 XT  or any GPU around that.

If youre upgrading to a higher end GPU: Game at 4k, 1440p and always max out the settings to load most on GPU. Survive enough to get a decent CPU as well.

If youre upgrading to a lower end GPU: Not recommended at all. Get a higher end GPU adding the money you were going to upgrade the cpu too, and start saving money etc? 

When I'm upgrading, most important is always the GPU. I get the hugest FPS gain from the GPU in the games I play, but CPU matters a lot too, in games like CS:GO, rocket league. 

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Depends. What CPU or GPU are you wanting to upgrade to, and what are you (or what do you plan on) using the PC for?

 

I'd lean towards GPU though. A Ryzen 5 2600 should still be plenty powerful for gaming.

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GPU first unless you play esports games and frame rate matters more than how good it looks.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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What resolution do you play on?

Though, 4K: Definitely the GPU.

1440P: The GPU.

1080P: Still the GPU but depending on games.

If you mostly play: Triple A games, story-based games, singleplayer games: GPU upgrade first.

If you mostly play: Competitive games like CS:GO, rocket league, Valorant: CPU first.

If you also use: Tools and softwares like Adobe Photoshop, FL Studio, Ableton etc: CPU first but no big deal.

If you also use: Heavy graphical rendering tools, video editing and stuff: GPU first.

Also, I'd recommend Ryzen 5 2600 up to RTX 2060-2070 or RX 5700 XT  or any GPU around that.

If youre upgrading to a higher end GPU: Game at 4k, 1440p and always max out the settings to load most on GPU. Survive enough to get a decent CPU as well.

If youre upgrading to a lower end GPU: Not recommended at all. Get a higher end GPU adding the money you were going to upgrade the cpu too, and start saving money etc? 

When I'm upgrading, most important is always the GPU. I get the hugest FPS gain from the GPU in the games I play, but CPU matters a lot too, in games like CS:GO, rocket league. 

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