Upgrade GPU or CPU first?

[scottp92]

Hi everyone, so I'm thinking of upgrading my rig, but as funds are limited I'm not sure which to upgrade first, GPU or CPU.

 

The issue I'm having is to upgrade my CPU I need a new Mobo, ram and a CPU, which together will cost me ~£360, going for Ryzen 5 1600, 8gb 3000MHz corsair vengeance DDR4 and GIGABYTE GA-AB350-Gaming 3.

 

The GPU I'd get is a GTX1060 6GB, ~£250. 

 

My current rig is:

ASUS GTX760 2gb

FX6300 stock clock

8GB DDR3 g-skill 2133MHz

Corsair Rm550X PSU

M5A97 R2.0 Mobo

128GB samsung Evo SSD

Win 10 home

 

So my question is, which would I see a better initial performance boost, upgrading the GPU or the CPU, mobo and ram?

 

Thanks alot

 

[seon123]

Use Afterburner, show the GPU and per core usage while in game. Upgrade the part that bottlenecks. 

Gigabyte's B350 boards are crap. The Pro4 or Prime Plus should cost about the same. 

[Guest]

I'd say GPU first, my FX-8350 is still going nicely.

[Guest]

If you upgrade cpu you will get better performance in windows, if you upgrade gpu you get more fps in games.

[scottp92]

4 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Use Afterburner, show the GPU and per core usage while in game. Upgrade the part that bottlenecks. 

Gigabyte's B350 boards are crap. The Pro4 or Prime Plus should cost about the same. 

Is that the ASROCK pro4?

 

Thanks I'll try that out!

[seon123]

2 minutes ago, scottp92 said:

Is that the ASROCK pro4?

 

Thanks I'll try that out!

Yes. Both versions have the same VRM

[Jurrunio]

I'd say the graphics card. Most games are heavy on the GPU while only a few are heavy on the CPU. Frankly, both are a bit weak, but the graphics card upgrade will bring more significant performance boost.

[scottp92]

Would it even be worth going from an fx6300 to an fx8350 just for now along with the gtx1060, or just wait until I can get the ryzen 5 1600?

[seon123]

3 minutes ago, scottp92 said:

Would it even be worth going from an fx6300 to an fx8350 just for now along with the gtx1060, or just wait until I can get the ryzen 5 1600?

No, investing more into AM3+ makes no sense

[scottp92]

Okay thanks seon123. Do you think with my system I could go for a gtx980ti with a 550w PSU? my local computer shop has the gigabyte xtreme edition 980ti 6gb for only £50 more than a gtx1060 

[seon123]

6 minutes ago, scottp92 said:

Okay thanks seon123. Do you think with my system I could go for a gtx980ti with a 550w PSU? my local computer shop has the gigabyte xtreme edition 980ti 6gb for only £50 more than a gtx1060 

Which PSU is it? If it's a decent one, it should be no problem

[scottp92]

rm550x, 80 plus gold one

[seon123]

4 minutes ago, scottp92 said:

rm550x, 80 plus gold one

That's a good one, no problems with a 980 Ti. 

[Meeplebops]

I have a similar spec pc and the same question. Specs are 6300 on m5a97 r2, r9 270x, rm850 psu.

 

I'm looking to step up to 1080p ultrawide or 1440p for gaming with the new build so would I be best served with graphics upgrade first or get the r5 1600 first?