Upgrade gaming pc

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My pc AMD Ryzen 5 2600 AB350 gaming 3 16gb ddr4 GPU gtx1080.
PSU 850 gold

can anyone recommend a 4k GPU upgrade that will work well with my spec?
 
Which exact PSU do you have? Your motherboard only has PCIe 3.0 so you'll lose about 5% performance on the current highest-end GPUs and the CPU will be a bottleneck (even at 4k) for most games but as long as your PSU has 3x PCIe 8-pin you could even go as high as the 7900 XTX:


The AB350 motherboard can take better processors too, so if you wanted to in the future you could drop in something like a Ryzen 5700X3D which would make the build a bit more balanced. If you're only targeting 60fps at 4k though while the 2600 does bottleneck the GPU in a pretty big way, it's still able to maintain 60fps in a lot of games (excl Cyberpunk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWVFtX0hAls

It's really depends whether you want to upgrade your CPU in the budget too and have a slightly less 4k future proofed GPU (i.e. 7900XT) or if you want to spend all your budget on one of the most future proofed 4K GPUs and then upgrade the CPU afterwards.
Thanks for you help! My PSU is Cooler Master V850 Gold V2 PSU, I would upgrade prefer to upgrade the CPU and GPU , It sounds like i could also do with upgrading my motherboard ? If i could add some more to my budget, say an extra £300 would you recommend upgrading the motherboard too?
 
If sticking with AM4, something like this would fit the bill:

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £847.92 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

You'd need to update your motherboard bios to the latest version.

It would handle 4K passably, although obviously it depends on the game and settings.
Thanks for you help! My ram is teamgroup pro dark drr4 3200 16gb would that be ok to keep ? I was also thinking if i add and extra £300 to my budget would you recommend i upgrade the motherboard >?
 
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