Bottleneck, GPU or MOBO, RAM, CPU... Chicken or egg

[Kickflapper]

I need a full overhaul of my system

I run....

Core 2 Q9650 quad core @ 3.6 ghz OC'd decent cooling

8 mb ddr 2 @ 800hz

Gtx 560 ti OC'd to 950 MHz OC'd ...stable and decent cooling 60ish c under load

Evo 850 500gb ssd

Motherboard (old) ROG 680i chipset, pcie 1.0, no ahci support for ssd, also sata 1

I know I will have to upgrade MOBO, CPU, RAM..... And GPU....

Which first?

For the same price I was looking at a G3258 (upgrade) maybe (4690k) plus z97 MOBO and 8 gb of ddr3

Or...

Getting a new gtx 960 GPU 2mb or 4 mb

What will give me the best over performance with 1080p gaming mind?

Flat out new GPU @ pci express 1 speeds, or the advantage of pcie 3.0, new cpu/ ram architecture, ahci/ possible m.2/ sata express?

[shadowbyte]

a 380

[TheRandomness]

i3-4170 + any B85/H81/H97 board + 4GB R9 380

or

i5-4690k + Z97 board + 4GB R9 380

 

@Kickflapper please follow your own threads and welcome to the forums btw the 380 performs up to 15% better in some games.

[ChevbeeHD]

r9 380 ... (its good i have it) and man that 8MB of ram is over kill       

[GSTARR]

well...Mobo/ram/cpu all have to be taken out together. Personally I would do that, then save up for new gpu's?

[Kickflapper]

Will the pcie 3.0 make a big differnece vs pcie 1.0 and is my cpu/ ddr2 the bottleneck?

[arout77]

Will the pcie 3.0 make a big differnece vs pcie 1.0 and is my cpu/ ddr2 the bottleneck?

If all you're concerned about is gaming, then get a GPU first, you'll see a bigger immediate gain...but definitely upgrade the rest of the system as well. PCIE 3 won't matter much unless you're running some strong cards in SLI/Crossfire

[iHardware Shelden]

Keep in mind you can get quite a bit of $$$ for that board, 775 boards have held there value