Help on deciding to upgrade or not

[acramirez102]

So, I’m thinking to upgrade my gpu and a friend of a friend presents a cheaper than usual card to upgrade with but I’m not quite sure if I should upgrade yet. My current card I have is a Radeon power color turbo duo r9 290x
Here are specs
Brand PowerColor
Series TurboDuo
Model AXR9 290 4GBD5-TDHE/OC
Interface

Interface PCI Express 3.0
Chipset

Chipset Manufacturer AMD
GPU Radeon R9 290
Core Clock 975 MHz
Stream Processors 2560 Stream Processors
Memory

Effective Memory Clock 1250 MHz x 4 (5.0 Gbps)
Memory Size 4GB
Memory Interface 512-Bit
Memory Type GDDR5
3D API

DirectX DirectX 11.2
OpenGL OpenGL 4.3
Ports

HDMI 1 x HDMI
DisplayPort 1 x DisplayPort
DVI 2 x DVI-D
Details

Max Resolution 4096 x 2160
Eyefinity Support Yes
CrossFireX Support Yes
Cooler With Fan
System Requirements Minimum System Power requirement: 750W
Power Connector 6-Pin / 8-Pin
Dual-Link DVI Supported Yes
HDCP Ready Yes

The card being sold fairly cheap is as follows
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070
Base Clock: 1594 MHZ
Boost Clock: 1784 MHz
Memory Clock: 8008 MHz Effective
CUDA Cores: 1920
Bus Type: PCIe 3.0
Memory Detail: 8192MB GDDR5
Memory Bit Width: 256 Bit
Memory Speed: 0.25ns
Memory Bandwidth: 256.3 GB/s
LED Logo: Yes (White)

I got the Radeon card for a bit over 300 around 3 years ago and the evga will be sold to me at 300 if I want to buy it. But I’m unsure as to if I should go with the evga or a different card or just not upgrade at all. Even with all the bad reviews on my current Radeon card mine has worked just fine with minor setbacks but nothing really requiring an mra. What do you guys think?

 

[Supahos]

Seeing as you can buy a brand new 1070 for like $305 I wouldn't consider his offer. What's the rest of your system it's possible you won't see any benefit either way

 

[acramirez102]

Seeing as you can buy a brand new 1070 for like $305 I wouldn't consider his offer. What's the rest of your system it's possible you won't see any benefit either way

yeah sure
as rock h97m motherboard
4 tb hard drive (no ssd)
i5 quad core 3.20 processor
8 gb ram
antec HCG-900 900W ATX-12 power supply

 

[Supahos]

Your cpu would just bottleneck that 1070 most of the time

 

[acramirez102]

Your cpu would just bottleneck that 1070 most of the time

Been doing some research and I think I may have a possible build. Wanted to see what you think.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yHFVP3
The gpu and psu are both from when I originally bought the computer around 3 years ago

 

[Supahos]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($98.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon R9 290X 4 GB TurboDuo Video Card
Case: Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec - High Current Gamer 900 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($98.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $567.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-13 14:41 EST-0500

Better pure gaming setup and a touch cheaper

 

[acramirez102]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($98.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon R9 290X 4 GB TurboDuo Video Card
Case: Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec - High Current Gamer 900 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($98.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $567.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-13 14:41 EST-0500

Better pure gaming setup and a touch cheaper

I was also thinking to use it for music production in the near future. I also wanted to try and somewhat “future-proof” it just so I don’t have to buy stuff again for another 3 or 4 years. Would that change anything with your setup idea? Thanks for answering all my questions by the way. Much appreciated!

 

[Supahos]

Honestly no. Worst case you might want to swap CPUs at some point, but the am4 socket will support at least 2 more generations

 

[acramirez102]

Honestly no. Worst case you might want to swap CPUs at some point, but the am4 socket will support at least 2 more generations

I assume in order to get a CPU I don’t have to swap out for years will come with a hefty price tag?

 

[Supahos]

By the time you're likely to need to upgrade it'll be used market and probably not to costly.

 

[acramirez102]

By the time you're likely to need to upgrade it'll be used market and probably not to costly.

For upgrading the gpu what should I wait for specs wise? Ideally I’d like to get something just as good or better for the same price that I got that 290x about 3 years ago which was around 330 or 350.