Should i Sell or Upgrade?

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Hello, like the title says I'm looking for a change of PC or an upgrade, hopefully i can get good insights from you guys.

Here is my current Spec, i also added the price i think i can get per component, correct me if I'm wrong:

Asus M5A99X R2 Evo $120
OctalCore AMD FX-8350, 4334 MHz (20 x 217) $150
Patriot Dual Channel 1666mhz 2x4gb (8gb) $90
Asus STRIX Radeon R7 370 OC 2GB $180
Antec 750w Power Supply 80 PLUS Bronze $140
Cooler Master Hyper T2 CPU Fan $20
PNY SSD 120GB $150
HDD WD 1tb $40

Mostly i use the PC for Gaming, My Old XFX Radeon HD 7970 went bad and i had to buy a new Card which is the one i currently have. It works great but is not that powerful and that one of the things i want to upgrade. I play on a 29 ultra wide screen 2560x1080 resolution

Should invest on this system or just sell it and build a PC with more recent hardware even if i have to put a bit more of money.

I am an AMD guy, no Intel or Nvidia suggestions please.

Thank you very much.

 
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^Guys above are both right, in a sense.^ I think you should listen to Chugalug_'s advice and sell the system and then wait until Ryzen comes out and use the money from your sold system on a fresh build, simple as that. Thanks for asking on Tom's Hardware and good luck!
 
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Ryzen appears to be more focused on the server end of things in the sense of multicore rendering and video/photo work.
Intel's Pentium G4560 (has HT with the new generation) and other CPUs will still beat AMD in this department.
Keep in mind that intel has many billions of dollars more to spend on R&D, while AMD has a much lower net worth as a company, and is making both CPUs and GPUs after being out of the CPU game for 5 years.
 
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Thank you all for your answers. I will take all this into consideration.

So I'm better off if i invest on a more powerful Graphics Card for the moment. I was looking at the XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB on Newegg which is priced at $214, pretty damn good price if you ask me. Don't know if choosing XFX again would be a good idea since my old card was XFX and went bad after 4 years of very heavy use, don't know if it really matters.

I could sell my graphics cards and get the rest and buy that one.

This is the XFX Card: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150770 should i get it?

What would be a good price to sell my r7 370 so it sells fast? (I bought it 6 months ago, it's brand new)

How Much of a difference will i notice if i get 8gb more of RAM or Faster RAM?

I want to upgrade to get a better gaming experience and so i can record gaming videos full HD, I'm currently playing Forza Horizon 3 and Battlefield 1 and i would like to MAX Everything out and be able to record properly.

Thank you for your time reading this.
 
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