Help upgrading everything completely lost

[baldrat60]

I currently have the following

Gigabyte 970a-DS3 Rev 3.0
FX-4170
560TI
16gb DDR3


I initially thought about upgrading my graphics card but seems a bit of a stretch,im wanting to upgrade in stages so looking for advice on how to do this.


Im thinking of buying a new motherboard and cpu cheap as i can get that i can upgrade over the next few months but i need it to take my existing ram and GPU.

The other option is getting a octa core cpu though im lost with regard to if this will be better than what i have. The board i have can support



Or should i just overclock everything i have.

 

[CooLWoLF]

What is your budget?

You will not be able to re-use your ram as modern systems used DDR4.

 

[theonerm2]

FX 8350 would be better than what you have but I suggest Ryzen.

Even a Ryzen 3 would be a good upgrade.

I suggest Ryzen 5 2600X and an X470 motherboard plus 16GB of DDR4 RAM.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qtxDxG
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qtxDxG/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($162.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB SC GAMING Video Card ($249.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $782.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-22 17:33 EDT-0400