Upgrade CPU or GPU?

[JakePNEFC]

Time for an upgrade, thinking of either finally upgrading the CPU/Mobo/Ram or the GPU. I use the PC for gaming only. My problem is will the CPU majorly bottleneck a 1080/ti if so am I best upgrading to Ryzen now, then a new GPU in the future?


Asus P8Z77-V LX
i53570k @ 4.6ghz 212 Evo cooler
16GB DDR3 ram
EVGA 980
2TB HDD
x2 250gb SSD
600W PSU
ROG PG279Q
NZXT H440 case

 

[realscot]

Depends what resolution you play at and which games you play. I have a very similar setup to you but 4690 and 980ti and what I decided to do was grab another 980ti for SLI. In some games it definately helped as most games tend to GPU bottleneck before they CPU bottleneck. I believe for the money it's the better choice as a new CPU/MOBO/RAM would cost 3x as much and wouldn't have given much of an improvement if any in games. I think you would definately need to upgrade your PSU too before SLI.

 

[laddy]

gpu will help more than cpu