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Upgrade CPU or GPU?

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Upgrade your cpu. Your graphic card should last for about 2-3years for 1080p gaming. Your CPU is crap. There is also no upgrade path.

I built my current gaming rig this month and am looking into upgrading the hardware.

This started as a budget build ($500 USD) and have realized I want more as most do.  

I believe my cpu can handle a better graphics card (Looking at the RX 580 8gb- $250 USD) but would it be a better idea

to upgrade to the Ryzen 5 1500x (Which would mean new Ram and a Motherboard -$400USD)

 

Which is my better option for gaming strictly?

 

Current Build: 

CPU; AMD Athlon X4 860K (4.5ghz at 1.425v)

GPU: Gigabyte RX 460 (Stock Clocks)

Ram: 2x4GB GSkill Ripjaws ddr3 1600mhz

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-H FM2+

PSU: Corsair VS500 (500w)

Heatsink: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo

(Of course I have a case, keyboard/mouse, Hard drive, disc drive but that has little to do with performance.) 

 

 

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CPU definitely 

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The Beast (My Rig)   |CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D|  |Cooling: Noctus NHU12S Redux, 6x 120mm Noctua Redux|  |Motherboard:  Asus TUF B650-E WiFi|  |RAM: 4x8gb 6000 Corsair VENGEANCE RGB|  |Graphics Card: EVGA(RIP) GeForce RTX 3070TI FTW3|  |Power Supply: EVGA GT 850W|  |Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow Mid Tower Case(Black)|  |SSD: 1Tb SK Hynix Platinum P41 NVMe, 2Tb Inland Prime NVMe, 500gb Inland 2.5", 4tb WD Blue HDD|  |Monitor: MSI Optix MPG341QR 34" Ultrawide|  |Keyboard: Logitech G815|  |Mouse: Logitech G305|  |Audio Interface: FiiO K7 DAC/Amp|  |Headphones: Sennheiser HD6XX |Webcam: Logitech C920, Logitech C270|

 

My Network Rack  |Switch: Cisco Dell PowerConnect 5548P|  |Router: Unifi USG|  |Rack: 12U|  |Server: HP Z420|  |Services: Proxmox PVE, Wireguard, Pihole, NVR, NAS|

 

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get an a10-7850k

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The Beast (My Rig)   |CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D|  |Cooling: Noctus NHU12S Redux, 6x 120mm Noctua Redux|  |Motherboard:  Asus TUF B650-E WiFi|  |RAM: 4x8gb 6000 Corsair VENGEANCE RGB|  |Graphics Card: EVGA(RIP) GeForce RTX 3070TI FTW3|  |Power Supply: EVGA GT 850W|  |Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow Mid Tower Case(Black)|  |SSD: 1Tb SK Hynix Platinum P41 NVMe, 2Tb Inland Prime NVMe, 500gb Inland 2.5", 4tb WD Blue HDD|  |Monitor: MSI Optix MPG341QR 34" Ultrawide|  |Keyboard: Logitech G815|  |Mouse: Logitech G305|  |Audio Interface: FiiO K7 DAC/Amp|  |Headphones: Sennheiser HD6XX |Webcam: Logitech C920, Logitech C270|

 

My Network Rack  |Switch: Cisco Dell PowerConnect 5548P|  |Router: Unifi USG|  |Rack: 12U|  |Server: HP Z420|  |Services: Proxmox PVE, Wireguard, Pihole, NVR, NAS|

 

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2 hours ago, MrMcMuffinJr said:

get an a10-7850k

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2359085/cpu-performance-athlon-860k-a10-7850k.html

 

If im upgrading the cpu I want to make sure it will last as I was already aware that the FM2+ was outdated but had to have a CPU that would work. Thank you for the suggestion as it would mean I could just change the cpu alone.

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