Question Upgrading to Ryzen 3000 series, 2000 or 1000?

[KerrBeeldens]

Hello! I'm quite a newbie concerning building PC's. I've got a bit of a clue what I'm doing, but certainly not enough to be able to not plague forums with questions
Anyway, AMD recently announced their Ryzen 3700x, 3800x and 3900x which will obviously cause some shifts in pricing of CPU's. I myself have a 'Frankenstein' PC with an AMD A10 7800, 16gb DD3 RAM and a GTX 1070. Considering my CPU is clearly bottlenecking my GPU and these upcoming shifts in pricing I would like to upgrade it. However this will be quite costly as I will have to buy a new motherboard and RAM (and a new case wouldn't be to bad of an investment as well) to go with it. Because of this, I would like to keep my GPU (as it's still a good card) to cut on costs. The question remains, what CPU I should buy. I could go with a cheap(er) CPU (one from the 1000 or 2000 series) which would match the performance of my GPU and building an entire new PC when it becomes obsolete, or I could go the 'future proof' way by going with a 3000 series CPU and upgrading my GPU in the future.

Okay, bottom line:
With a 1070, which (AMD) CPU should I pick up, considering I'm focussed on gaming performance and long term costs?
Perhaps an additional question I would like to ask: '...and how much would this cost (roughly) if I'm buying it among with a new motherboard, RAM (8 or 16gb) and case?'

 

[WildCard999]

If your comfortable with overclocking I'd suggest getting the Ryzen 1600 for $120 (or 80 if you live near a Microcenter), B450 board & 2x8gb @3200 memory kit. Even though this is first generation Ryzen it will be a massive improvement over your current CPU and pairs much better with the 1070. If your gaming at 1080P I'd consider a monitor upgrade to 1440P. As for "future proofing" I'd hold off as there's a rumor that AMD is releasing one final generation of CPU's for the AM4 socket before they move onto a new socket so once you do this upgrade I'd save and when they come out I'd buy the best CPU you can afford to get the most from the AM4 socket.

Upgrade:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor ($118.39 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($93.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - T-Force Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($80.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $293.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-27 11:57 EDT-0400

Monitor:
PCPartPicker Part List

Monitor: Acer - V277U 27.0" 2560x1440 75 Hz Monitor ($222.99 @ Walmart)
Total: $222.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-27 11:57 EDT-0400

(Be sure to use a DisplayPort cable for the monitor to the GPU so you can use Freesync)

 

[KerrBeeldens]

If your comfortable with overclocking I'd suggest getting the Ryzen 1600 for $120 (or 80 if you live near a Microcenter), B450 board & 2x8gb @3200 memory kit. Even though this is first generation Ryzen it will be a massive improvement over your current CPU and pairs much better with the 1070. If your gaming at 1080P I'd consider a monitor upgrade to 1440P. As for "future proofing" I'd hold off as there's a rumor that AMD is releasing one final generation of CPU's for the AM4 socket before they move onto a new socket so once you do this upgrade I'd save and when they come out I'd buy the best CPU you can afford to get the most from the AM4 socket.

Upgrade:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor ($118.39 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($93.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - T-Force Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($80.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $293.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-27 11:57 EDT-0400

Monitor:
PCPartPicker Part List

Monitor: Acer - V277U 27.0" 2560x1440 75 Hz Monitor ($222.99 @ Walmart)
Total: $222.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-27 11:57 EDT-0400

(Be sure to use a DisplayPort cable for the monitor to the GPU so you can use Freesync)

Thanks for your reply! I never overclocked a CPU before, but I'm sure that won't be a problem. Could you elaborate a bit more on your choice for the 1600 (instead of for example the 1600x, or 1800/x)?

 

[WildCard999]

Thanks for your reply! I never overclocked a CPU before, but I'm sure that won't be a problem. Could you elaborate a bit more on your choice for the 1600 (instead of for example the 1600x, or 1800/x)?

Sure, the 1600, once overclock, comes to near 1600X/2600/2600X performance and unless you need the extra cores/threads of the 1700(X)/1800X then there's really no reason to spend extra on those. If you do want to wait a month or so for the Ryzen 3rd gen CPU gaming reviews they may provide better performance however getting the 1600 for $120 (or $80) and having a much better system now is what I'd do. Then save and grab whatever you can afford in 2020 for the 4th gen or whatever AMD has before they move onto a different socket.