Looking for upgrade recommendations

[mojosback]

Hello everyone,

I haven't done a cpu/motherboard upgrade in awhile so I've gotten a bit out of the loop. I use my pc mainly for gaming and I am currently running an AMD FX 8350 with a GTX 1060 6gb with 16gb of RAM. As you can probably imagine, my cpu is bottlenecking the GPU, a problem I wish to resolve with the upgrade.

With my GPU being my most recent upgrade I do not plan on replacing it any time soon. With that in mind, what is the best cpu I can get now that won't be bottlenecking my 1060? And maybe also gives me a bit of future proofing for whenever I decide to upgrade the 1060 down the road.

I have a budget of around $500 and with that I need a CPU, motherboard, and new RAM. The rest of my system will remain the same.

I did a little searching before posting and couldn't find any newer similar questions beyond 2017. Thanks everyone.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

With room to upgrade to a better card in the future.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor ($259.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX AM4 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $484.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-04 09:26 EST-0500

 

[shknawe]

Upgrading to that level and not replacing the 1060 is a mistake. Its like buying a Corvette with a Volkswagen transmission.

 

[mojosback]

I know I said I had a $500 budget, but is the performance difference between the Ryzen 7 2700 and Ryzen 5 2600 worth the roughly $100 price difference?

 

[mojosback]

Eventually shknawe... eventually.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It was just a suggestion based on the budget , the 2600 would still be a decent upgrade and a great choice.

 

[mojosback]

Gotcha. Well thank you for the quick reply nonetheless. I may just go with the 2600 for now and set the extra aside for when I do upgrade the 1060 down the road. Got some time to think about it still!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Okay , sounds great. Will be a nice upgrade when you get around to it.

 

[azerick]

Try waiting until the 3XXX series Ryzen CPUs come out this year and see what the prices are for those, and with them coming out I would expect the prices of the 2nd gen chips to drop as well, so see if you can hold out for a little later in the year. for mobo I've got an Asus B350-F Gaming that I can't complain about, and I've got G.Skill Trident Z ram.

 

[mojosback]

I will consider that, azerick. Thanks for the info.