What to upgrade first...

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Looking for some advice on what I should upgrade first in my machine. I’m currently running an AMD FX 8320e and a GTX 960 2GB with 8GB DDR3. I’m aware that the entire system needs upgrading and am looking at moving to AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and possibly 5700XT Red Devil, but I can’t afford to do it all at once just yet. I’ve already upgraded my case to a Fractal Design 7 and got a Benq EX3230R 1440p 144hz monitor so will be aiming for a 1440p system. But I’m just looking for some advice on whether a new GPU first would be advisable to give me some game time or if the platform upgrade with cpu and ram would be better first? Any ideas?

 

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What PSU do you have and how old is it?

One of the new Ryzen 3300X quad cores with a cheap B450 (Asrock B450 Pro4? ) and 16GB of 3200 mhz Ram could be had for under £250

Best bang for buck at the budget end of the graphics cards would probably be a 8GB RX580/590 as these still appear new and cheap often enough (£120 would be a good price to aim for with decent cooler and clocks)

I would think the above would let you game at high details at 1080p in most games, probably not maxing out details at 1440p though

With the right board you will have a solid base for the new Ryzen and graphics cards that should drop later this year.

I’ve got about a £450 budget at the moment. As I have a white case, I was thinking of keeping the white theme and going with the Asus x570-Pro and Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB in white. Think that should be do-able with that budget. Thought about the Tomahawk Max to save £150 but I’d lose the white theme.