Upgrade CPU/RAM/Motherboard or GPU first?

[StevieM]

Hi, basically as the title says. I'm going to do both but unsure which would be best to do first as there will probably be a fair few months between upgrades, my current system is,

i5 4460
8GB RAM
GTX 1060 6GB

I'm considering a GTX 1070ti or a GTX 2060, price dependent (Seems I could get either for around the same cost, so whatever is the better option), for the GPU upgrade.

For the CPU I'd be looking at Ryzen 5 2600 or 2600X most likely, which would mean a new motherboard and RAM (I'd also go from 8gb to 16gb here).

Currently using a 1440p/60hz as my main monitor so ideally I'd like to play on that at 60fps.

Just looking to gather some opinions on what people think would be the best way forward, thanks.

 

[StevieM]

id go rtx 2060 , slap up an overlay to see how CPU to GPU usage is .

games like BFV would hit that cpu hard, specially when you cant overclock it but least you'll get a feel for how your system is doing . then Ryzen 3*** is June with B550 boards hitting mid wa through Q3 if i remember correctly. plenty of time to save up if you see some bottlenecks

Thanks for the reply. I was leaning towards GPU first due to Ryzen 3 but was unsure of the timeframe.

So even at around the same price would you go with a 2060 over a 1070ti then? I was just concerned that at 1440p I may run into issues with the 6gb the 2060 has, but I admit I don't really know much about this kinda stuff.

Hi,

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £109.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £158.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan TUF Gaming Alliance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Blac= £134.99

Total: £414.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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And go with an AMD GPU together with the AMD CPU.

Thanks for the reply, is there a benefit of matching an AMD CPU with an AMD GPU? Also what would be the AMD equivalent to a gtx 1070ti or 2060?