Whats worth upgrading first CPU or GPU

[SeeFights]

So ive been running an FX-8350 and 2x GTX 960's for past 4 years and I can chose to upgrade either GPU or CPU and not both. I would like to upgrade my GPU to the new Nvidia cards when they come out but im scared of bottlenecks. But id like to upgrade my CPU but id have to buy a new motherboard and probably a cooler so id like to other peoples input, which upgrade first, GPU or CPU?

[Jurrunio]

CPU, because new cards are coming. Wont be good buys till next year, but call that time for you to save up some money.

[AbdulESL]

What games do you play/programs do you use?

[SeeFights]

Just now, AbdulESL said:

What games do you play/programs do you use?

Ive been playing destiny 2 recently, i mainly play games like fallout and skyrim with mods and the witcher. I use illustartorr and photoshop for college but thats about it

[SeeFights]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

CPU, because new cards are coming. Wont be good buys till next year, but call that time for you to save up some money.

woth sticking with AMD and Ryzen or switched to intel with the new 8th gen

[Kenrou]

I would say CPU, but to upgrade CPU you will have to also change motherboard and memory, the 8350/8370 was top of the line for FX. Plus the GPU's are still ridiculous expensive. Grab a new Ryzen 2600/2700x and be happy for many years to come.

[Jurrunio]

2 minutes ago, SeeFights said:

woth sticking with AMD and Ryzen or switched to intel with the new 8th gen

8700 > Ryzen 7 > 8400 > Ryzen 5 x600, depends on how much you have.

[SeeFights]

5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

8700 > Ryzen 7 > 8400 > Ryzen 5 x600, depends on how much you have.

would the corsair h105 work with the am4 socket?

 

edit: nevermind, just need to buy a bracket

[Brooksie359]

The ryzen 2600x is a really good value. Same with the i5 8400. I would personally get the ryzen for a longer socket support allowing for new cpus later on on the same motherboard. The r7 and the i7 are quite expensive but are really good cpus as well. I would upgrade cpu for sure because gpus are way too expensive right now do to cryptocurrency and you are in need of both a cpu and gpu upgrade while cpus are decently priced right now.

[SeeFights]

1 minute ago, Brooksie359 said:

The ryzen 2600x is a really good value. Same with the i5 8400. I would personally get the ryzen for a longer socket support allowing for new cpus later on on the same motherboard. The r7 and the i7 are quite expensive but are really good cpus as well. I would upgrade cpu for sure because gpus are way too expensive right now do to cryptocurrency and you are in need of both a cpu and gpu upgrade while cpus are decently priced right now.

Ill be getting them as a bday present and i knew i was due for an upgrade but as seems as my PC was holding out i kept pushing back but ive broken, ill be looking into maybe an AMD CPU such as the AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor, if the 1700x is better ill push for that one

[hconverse02]

2 minutes ago, SeeFights said:

Ill be getting them as a bday present and i knew i was due for an upgrade but as seems as my PC was holding out i kept pushing back but ive broken, ill be looking into maybe an AMD CPU such as the AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor, if the 1700x is better ill push for that one

Make sure 16gb of 3000mhz or 3200mhz ram is your first priority, so if you can't afford the r7 with that, get an r5 2600

[SeeFights]

1 minute ago, hconverse02 said:

Make sure 16gb of 3000mhz or 3200mhz ram is your first priority, so if you can't afford the r7 with that, get an r5 2600

forgot about ram hahaha

[hconverse02]

Just now, SeeFights said:

forgot about ram hahaha

cpu/ram/mobo, should be about $500 if you get an r5, a good mobo and 16gb of 3200 mhz ram.

[Debeant]

3 minutes ago, SeeFights said:

Ill be getting them as a bday present and i knew i was due for an upgrade but as seems as my PC was holding out i kept pushing back but ive broken, ill be looking into maybe an AMD CPU such as the AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor, if the 1700x is better ill push for that one

Just my 2 cents, but if you're using this for gaming, the 1700 or 1700x won't really provide much in the way of benefit over the 1600/1600x. Game developers don't often code for more than four cores. Six cores gives you a little leeway so that the operating system can run on the other two cores while the games monopolize the other four. 8 cores only really provides a benefit if you're doing content creation or something along those lines, or at least, that's the way I've understood it.

[SeeFights]

Just now, hconverse02 said:

cpu/ram/mobo, should be about $500 if you get an r5, a good mobo and 16gb of 3200 mhz ram.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/QHXQ2R

[hconverse02]

Just now, SeeFights said:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/QHXQ2R

Yeah that works perfectly too if that fits your budget

[SeeFights]

Just now, Debeant said:

Just my 2 cents, but if you're using this for gaming, the 1700 or 1700x won't really provide much in the way of benefit over the 1600/1600x. Game developers don't often code for more than four cores. Six cores gives you a little leeway so that the operating system can run on the other two cores while the games monopolize the other four. 8 cores only really provides a benefit if you're doing content creation or something along those lines, or at least, that's the way I've understood it.

See im doing a course in game development so those 8 cores will help

[radiantai2001]

2 minutes ago, hconverse02 said:

Make sure 16gb of 3000mhz or 3200mhz ram is your first priority, so if you can't afford the r7 with that, get an r5 2600

I use a ryzen 5 1400 with 16gb of 2400mhz ram and it's fine', I'd say a better cpu is more important than better ram, even with ryzen.

[hconverse02]

1 minute ago, mdthompson2001 said:

I use a ryzen 5 1400 with 16gb of 2400mhz ram and it's fine', I'd say a better cpu is more important than better ram, even with ryzen.

Well op's budget fits it, but an x600+16gb of fast ram is worth it over an r7+8gb of fast ram in any case

[SeeFights]

3 minutes ago, hconverse02 said:

cpu/ram/mobo, should be about $500 if you get an r5, a good mobo and 16gb of 3200 mhz ram.

kinda feeling a white and black theme coming on with this

[i_build_nanosuits]

36 minutes ago, SeeFights said:

So ive been running an FX-8350 and 2x GTX 960's for past 4 years and I can chose to upgrade either GPU or CPU and not both. I would like to upgrade my GPU to the new Nvidia cards when they come out but im scared of bottlenecks. But id like to upgrade my CPU but id have to buy a new motherboard and probably a cooler so id like to other peoples input, which upgrade first, GPU or CPU?

what are you doing with the machine?

[hconverse02]

Just now, i_build_nanosuits said:

what are you doing with the machine?

read above

[hconverse02]

32 minutes ago, SeeFights said:

Ive been playing destiny 2 recently, i mainly play games like fallout and skyrim with mods and the witcher. I use illustartorr and photoshop for college but thats about it

 

Just now, i_build_nanosuits said:

what are you doing with the machine?

 

[i_build_nanosuits]

Just now, hconverse02 said:

read above

yeah i just saw it...for this use case i would go with an i5-8400 as it will perform better.

[SeeFights]

1 minute ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

what are you doing with the machine?

Might take the ssd and hdd and reuse them but other that probably sell parts off

 

thought you meant when i upgrade