upgrading current CPU or get a new Mobo/Cpu combo?

[Deras]

As the title suggests:
I cant figure out if it is worth it to upgrade my current CPU or if i should go for a new combo of Motherboard and CPU?

my specs are:
System: Windows 7 64 bit
Motherboard: MSI a88x - g45 Gaming. ( Fm2+, Fm2, Athlon supported)
Cpu: AMD Athlon x4 II 760K 3,8 GHz ( Fm2+)
Ram: 8gb 2400 Mhz DDr
Gpu: AMD Radeon r9 280x 3gb

I would like to be able to play games like Rise of the Tomb Raider and Witcher 3 smoothly with decently high settings.

i plan on upgrading my GPU to GTX 1060 3 gb or 6 gb. Havent decided yet on that one, so if i go for a new combo, it should preferrably support the GTX as well 😀

any help would be greatly appreciated! I am super confused about what to do. I've been looking at TomsHardwares recommended Mobo's but i cant figure out what i should go for.

 

[Obakasama]

I have the same CPU, and as far as I'm concerned getting something like the x4 880k wouldn't be a worthwhile upgrade. As it is, the current range of AMD CPUs really lag behind Intel's offerings in pure computational terms.

But a new CPU/motherboard upgrade may also require a RAM upgrade too if you switch to a current Intel CPU/motherboard requiring DDR4 RAM rather than DDR3.

To get the best out of a GTX 1060 I expect a change to an Intel CPU would likely be better.

Let others know what your possible budget is to advise accordingly.

 

[Deras]

I have the same CPU, and as far as I'm concerned getting something like the x4 880k wouldn't be a worthwhile upgrade. As it is, the current range of AMD CPUs really lag behind Intel's offerings in pure computational terms.

But a new CPU/motherboard upgrade may also require a RAM upgrade too if you switch to a current Intel CPU/motherboard requiring DDR4 RAM rather than DDR3.

To get the best out of a GTX 1060 I expect a change to an Intel CPU would likely be better.

Let others know what your possible budget is to advise accordingly.

currently my budget is around 500 US dollars. If i have to get new Ram it might be stretching it a bit tho....but that is likely what i will have to do anyways, as i learned today there might be a fault in one of my Ram blocks...
- Thanks you for the reply Obakasama!