Should I Upgrade myGPU or CPU and motherboard?

Sestrick

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Hi, I recently acquired $500 and I'm planning to use it on my gaming pc. Right now I'm running a r9 285 from power cooler that is about 1 year old and an AMD FX-8320 Vishera 8-Core 3.5 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo) with a gigabyte ultra durable motherboard, that i have had a couple problems with in the past. I'm planning on making my current build kind of a "show build" because thats the type of person I am. My friends tell me I should upgrade to intel and I think I may. I want to get a cooler master amd r9 390 or a intel i5 haswell quad core 3.3 ghz and an asus sabertooth z97 mark 1. I also am planning to get a next s340 because my large rosewood throne full tower is to big for my room


current build:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113285&cm_re=amd-_-19-113-285-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128627
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5751VY9322&cm_re=r9_285-_-9SIA5751VY9322-_-Product

upgrades:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132507
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116991

or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131672&cm_re=390-_-14-131-672-_-Product

case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146189&cm_re=s340-_-11-146-189-_-Product
 
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Your CPU and Motherboard are still quite viable, and the GPU upgrade can go with you whenever you do decide to upgrade the rest, without worrying about future proofing. Recommend GPU upgrade first.

yoshimania

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Personally I think you should upgrade everything. However the component with the biggest impact in gaming is the GPU, so you should upgrade that over your motherboard and processor.
 

Valnac

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Your CPU and Motherboard are still quite viable, and the GPU upgrade can go with you whenever you do decide to upgrade the rest, without worrying about future proofing. Recommend GPU upgrade first.
 
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