What should i upgrade first CPU or GPU (AMD X4 880k,AMD R7 260x)

[Zdenekk]

Hey everyone, i have a summer job for a whole duration of august. I decided to spend my wage on a new upgrade for my rig. My rig is AMD X4 880k and AMD R7 260x (8GB DDR3). For the money i can buy a NVIDIA 1060 or RX 580 (Which is going to bottleneck my cpu like hell) or a whole new ryzen platform which will be a CPU,MOBO,RAM combo (AMD RYZEN 1500X) but i would have to stick with my AMD R7 260x GPU which would obviously bottleneck the RYZEN. And since im my point of interest is gaming i think the gpu would cause a much trouble dealing with the powerful ryzen 1500x. So i'm can't come to a conclusion what would be the best decision

 

[Wolfshadw]

Go for the core system upgrade (CPU/Motherboard/RAM). Everything you do will benefit from the new processor. Not everything you do will benefit from a new GPU.

-Wolf sends

 

[TeamRED]

Get the CPU, MOBO, RAM Combo first and do sell off the x4 880K, MoBo and the 8GB DDR3 RAM (all individually).
If you can get the Ryzen 1600, it would be nice.
Later get your hands on a GPU (preferably the GTX 1060 6GB or the RX 580 8GB).

-Happy Gaming

 

[Pcenthusiast16]

I would agree withwolfshadw, except bare in mind that when you upgrade a motherboard you will have to reinstall windows and watch out for conflicts between old drivers and new ones and so on. This is also the case with gpus.

 

[MeatFeastMan]

I'd get a new gpu. The x4 880k isn't horrible as such, it's bad for sure, but I still think you can push for 45-50 fps on most games with a good gpu. The 1060 and rx 580 are extremely expensive at the moment, you could either wait or get something like a 1050ti.

 

[Hardware Brad]

You will see the biggest improvement in gaming going with the GPU, but like you said, a GTX 1060 will be bottlenecked by that CPU. Upgrading the CPU, MOBO, and RAM will help a little bit in gaming, give you a much better PC. Either way The whole system needs to be upgraded. I think it will be better to upgrade the CPU, MOBO, and RAM first, because these components will last longer than the GPU. Performance increases between CPU generations is about 5% per generation, where graphics cards are about 50% per generation. Meaning when you go to buy a GPU in the future it there will be one better than a 1060, or another way to look at it, if you buy a 1060, by the time you save up to replace the CPU, MOBO, and RAM, the 1060 may be outdated already.

 

[Zdenekk]

My other option would be: Buy an RYZEN 3 1200/1300x,MOBO (With lower price and quality), RAM (Single module Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB DDR4 2133 and as we all know ryzen really likes high speed RAM) and then i would have money to buy 1050/560 GPU. But that is not that big of an upgrade from 260x is it? So i feel like the ryzen 1500x would be the best decision.

 

[Pcenthusiast16]

Unless you are getting a 1060 or higher, you will not see any performance gains in gaming with ryzen so dont worry on that regard.

 

[Zdenekk]

Get the CPU, MOBO, RAM Combo first and do sell off the x4 880K, MoBo and the 8GB DDR3 RAM (all individually).
If you can get the Ryzen 1600, it would be nice.
Later get your hands on a GPU (preferably the GTX 1060 6GB or the RX 580 8GB).

-Happy Gaming

Technically i could get the ryzen 1600 but i would have to save up money on the ram (Buy Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 2133 instead of Kingston HyperX Predator 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 3200) and as i already said the ryzen really increases its performance if it gets higher clocks ram. So i dont know if that would be worth it....