Which to upgrade first, processor or graphics card?

GIIS

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Good Day, to whoever reads this, newbie to this forum and I have something to ask.

Currently I am having trouble deciding what to upgrade right now, I currently have an Intel Pentium G3220 on a z87 motherboard and an old Radeon HD 5830. I am kindly asking which would I upgrade first, the Processor or the Graphics card, given the choices are a new 4690k or a new gtx 960. All these will be used for 1080p gaming. FYI, The processor and motherboard were both given to me and the graphics card was from my old system(very old system). Also, I already have 8gb 1866mhz of DDR3 ram and a decent 650 watt rated power supply
 
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I'd say to upgrade the graphics card first because though it will be bottlenecked a bit you will still get a good boost in performance for gaming.