Planning to upgrade, which GPU?

[randothatlikescomputers]

Budget (including currency): 1200 EUR

Country: Spain

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming mostly, with some programming on the side

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): 

Would love to play with 1080p at 120Hz (only one monitor, maybe two later down the road). I know I need to upgrade my graphics card and my HDD into an SSD. Improvement suggestions or compatability issues are welcome.

 

Current Parts:

CPU

Intel Core i7-920

GPU

Nvidia GTX 260

HDD

Intel Raid 0 Volume 600GB

RAM

Unknown 3x2GB

MBD

Asus P6T DELUXE

 

Planned Upgrades:

SSD

SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB

GPU

NVIDIA RTX 20 or 30 Series

[BondiBlue]

Are you planning to put all of that money towards your SSD and GPU? 

[randothatlikescomputers]

3 minutes ago, BondiBlue said:

Are you planning to put all of that money towards your SSD and GPU? 

Mostly, but I would like to get the best bang for my buck. Since I want this upgrade now and I know that GPU's are very much in demand right now, I decided to increase the budget.

[BondiBlue]

1 minute ago, randothatlikescomputers said:

Mostly, but I would like to get the best bang for my buck.

IMO you should also look into a platform upgrade. I like those older LGA 1366 chips, but you've got a nearly 13 year old CPU. It's a good CPU, but you won't be able to make complete use of a new GPU with it. Also, 6GB of RAM is quite low. I'd really recommend 16GB these days. 

[randothatlikescomputers]

Just now, BondiBlue said:

IMO you should also look into a platform upgrade. I like those older LGA 1366 chips, but you've got a nearly 13 year old CPU. It's a good CPU, but you won't be able to make complete use of a new GPU with it. Also, 6GB of RAM is quite low. I'd really recommend 16GB these days. 

What motherboard/cpu/cpu cooler/ram would you suggest?

[Omar.B]

4 minutes ago, randothatlikescomputers said:

What motherboard/cpu/cpu cooler/ram would you suggest?

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/2PbtGq the only problem is if you can find a GPU at MSRP or near it

[randothatlikescomputers]

I think I can find a GPU with at least 3060 ti specs near MSRP at least.

[Omar.B]

Just now, randothatlikescomputers said:

I think I can find a GPU with at least 3060 ti specs near MSRP at least.

or get a 3060 if you wanna stay with 1080p because you can go with the 3060ti to 2k

3060 at MSRP is 300 euro max