Upgrading Plan: GPU and PSU First

[Chazz182]

Budget (including currency): $550 GPU, $130 PSU

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Meta Quest 3 VR games, Baldur's Gate 3, Alan Wake 2, etc.

Other details: Current:

 

Intel Core i7-8700 RAM 16 GB DDR SDRAM 1333Mhz

GPU NVIDIA RTX 2060 6GB

SSD

Motherboard MSI B360M Pro-VDH

500 W PSU

Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case

 

I have posted a few times, so I'm thankful for everyone's help so far. I have a new plan, so I wanted to gather feedback if any of it is a good idea. I originally started with wanting to upgrade my GPU, but it turns out I really need to upgrade my PSU unit as well. The plan is to upgrade my GPU and PSU now, and probably upgrade the MB, RAM and CPU and a later date. It would be nice to take advantage of any black friday GPU deals that may be out there.

 

For the GPU I was leaning towards a 6800 or 6800xt (if I could find a good price). The 6800xt seems to be sitting around $100 more right now. Is that worth it? Would either of these be a good options? I'm open to other models as well and if you could link the exact deal, I would really appreciate it.

 

Finally I was look at this PSU; Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power. I wanted to get something decent that can last a long time. Is this a good choice? Again, I'm open to suggestions on this as well.

 

Does any of this sound like a good idea? Any problems or issues that I might be missing?

 

Thanks again for all your help. I'm open to any advice or suggestions, especially on different parts.

[Likwid]

rx 7800 xt is same price as 6800 xt in newegg.ca, I would go for 7800 xt, but as you said it's 100 over budget

[Chazz182]

10 hours ago, Likwid said:

rx 7800 xt is same price as 6800 xt in newegg.ca, I would go for 7800 xt, but as you said it's 100 over budget

So if I willing to go more, then 7800xt is better than and 6800 xt at the same price?

 

Sorry it's hard to keep up with the GPU power hierarchy.