What Should I Upgrade First My Cpu or Gpu?

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hello , i have an i5 4690k with water cooling and currentley an gigabyte redeon r9 280x . I've been thinking of upgrading my gpu(because my r9 280x is running badly now and crashes alot)
i have a budget for sevrel gpus : Sapphire R9 290X 4G DDR5 TRI-X , Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 GV-N970WF3 , Gigabyte R9 390 8GB DDR5 GV-R939WF2 , igabyte Radeon R9 290X GV-R929XOC .
i have two questions:
1. which of those gpus have the best performance
2. should i get one of those gpus or upgrade my cpu to an i7?
Thank for the help (and sorry for my bad english)
 
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i would go with getting a MSI 390 or if your budget allows, a MSI 390x. both of these are the 2 best cards in that general price range. if you could spend the extra 70 and get the 390x for longevity purposes.

the i5 4690k is fine for gaming currently. even in games like arma were you need the single core preformance, upgrading is only going to get you 3-5 frames at the most. this is a video showing that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDqa1TEEVW8
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The i5-4690k is still plenty for gaming, especially if water cooled, you can overclock it to prevent bottlenecks, so don't upgrade it just yet. I'm not an AMD person so I would recommend the GTX 970, but if you have issues with its "4GB" RAM shenanigans then look into the AMD cards (if you don't mind higher temperatures).
 
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Ok thank you , i have enough budget for alot of gpus (on a specific website : http://www.1pc.co.il/cat.aspx?id=192&sort=price&page=5 i know its not in english but i have max budget of 2000 shekels : the currency that is used in the site ) can you recommend any in my budget? thank you
 
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power supply make and model?
 
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my pcu is corsair ax860 ( which is 860 W)
 
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i would go with getting a MSI 390 or if your budget allows, a MSI 390x. both of these are the 2 best cards in that general price range. if you could spend the extra 70 and get the 390x for longevity purposes.

the i5 4690k is fine for gaming currently. even in games like arma were you need the single core preformance, upgrading is only going to get you 3-5 frames at the most. this is a video showing that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDqa1TEEVW8
 
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I see there are two versions the g1 and the other one which is better? ( G1 : http://www.1pc.co.il/product-7247-%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%98%D7... , other one : http://www.1pc.co.il/product-7382-%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%98%D7...)
 
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unfortunately those websites look like they are in yiddish? so i have no idea what they say. if your talking about the difference between a Gigabyte g1 390 and a Gigabyte windforce 390. the g1 is always the better version.
 
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Its in hebrew and the g1 is actually cheaper are you sure? thanks BTW
 
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oh i thought yiddish was hebrew my bad. its actually apparently a german dialact of hebrew. i thought they were the exact same. *facepalm*. now are you asking about the 390 here or the 390x?
 
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