To upgrade my CPU/Mobo or wait until GPU's drop?

[Black_adder]

Hi all,
So currently im running:
1060 3gb
Overclocked and watercooled i7-2700k
Asus P8Z77-v Pro
16gb Ram
SSD's.

Overall my rig runs ok but im definately not hitting high FPS on the Medium/High settings for gaming at 1080p-4k (Star Citizen, Ship Breaker, Dying light)

Would it be more worth it to wait for GPU prices to become reasonable or to upgrade my CPU/Mobo?

Am i going to see a worthwhile improvement from say, a Ryzen 7 5800X... or is the GPU my true bottleneck?

Im short on budget (£400-500ish) and would like to do 1 or the other first, and then save for the second...

Thanks for any advice.

 

[Black_adder]

I'd probably save up and then upgrade everything at once, AM5 / raptorlake is coming out later this year and also the next gen Gpus should be arriving in about 5 months.

Suggests that the price of current gen will drop a lot?

 

[Black_adder]

I'd be surprised (... As the cpu and MOBO are different generation /socket).

Ugh i'm an idiot. That's my older rig. This one is an i7-2700k, with the Asus P8. Nice catch and now i feel silly.
However! My original point still stands that i feel like upgrading my GPU is'nt going to be efficient because i'll be CPU bottlenecked, as you said. Doesn't seem worth grabbing a 3060 and then not having the CPU to handle it.
I'd be willing to shell out more for a futureproof CPU/MOBO now, and then wait for the GPU prices to drop... Other people are mentioning the new AM5 stuff coming out soonish... that might allow me to pick up a ryzon 9 or something.

My PSU is a high quality modular 750w so I think im ok there. I'll look at it closely at it when it comes time to picking a GPU.

 

[Black_adder]

So, i'm actually about to click Checkout on a more expensive build, for futureproofing. Im looking at:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-12700K 3.60GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - OEM (SKU: CP-6A5-IN) = £368.99
  
• 1 x MSI Pro Z690-A WIFI DDR4 - Intel Z690 DDR4 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-36D-MS) = £199.99
  
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS432G360C8K) (SKU: MY-107-PA) = £99.95
  
• 1 x Crucial P5P 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 3D NAND NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-074-CR) = £112.99
  
• 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Quantum Velocity Backplate - LGA1700 (SKU: HS-00M-EK) = £1.99
  
• 1 x Thermal Grizzly Hydronaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1g (SKU: TH-022-TG) = £4.99

Total: £799.40 (includes delivery: £10.50)​

Ooorrrr I go for a GPU:

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060Ti Vision OC V2 LHR 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1E6-GI) = £629.99

Which is going to get me more for gaming?