GPU Upgrade for my set (i5 3570K, 8GB RAM)

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Hello everyone.
I'm looking for some graphic boost by changing graphic card according to bellowed spec. Of course I would to avoid bottleneck. Because of small budget I would to spend about 300-400 €. This budget should include an PSU if change will be needed.
Is there some GPU worth for this setup?

Actually CPU is overclocked to 4.3 with CM 212 Evo on it.
In Prime95 on torture with a large FFT I've reach even 87 degrees but normally in game (few hours The Witcher 3) max reached was about 75 degrees.

PS. especially I leave RAM detailed information - why there is 536.1 MHz? Is this everything correct?

Here's my spec (generally by CPU-Z):
Processor (CPU)
CPU Name Intel® Core™ i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Threading 1 CPU - 4 Core - 4 Threads
Frequency 4322.09 MHz (43 * 100.51 MHz)
Multiplier Current: 43 / Min: 16 / Max: 43
Architecture Ivy Bridge / Stepping: E1/L1 / Technology: 22 nm

Motherboard
Model Asus P8Z77-V LX2
Socket Socket 1155 LGA

Memory (RAM)
Total Size 8192 MB
Type Dual Channel (128 bit) DDR3-SDRAM
Frequency 536.1 MHz - Ratio 1:4
Timings 7-7-7-20-2 (tCAS-tRC-tRP-tRAS-tCR)
Slot #1 Module Patriot Memory 2048 MB (DDR3-1062) - XMP 1.2 - P/N: 2400EL Series
Slot #2 Module Patriot Memory 2048 MB (DDR3-1062) - XMP 1.1 - P/N: 1600LL Series
Slot #3 Module Patriot Memory 2048 MB (DDR3-1062) - XMP 1.2 - P/N: 2400EL Series
Slot #4 Module Patriot Memory 2048 MB (DDR3-1062) - XMP 1.1 - P/N: 1600LL Series

Graphic Card (GPU)
GPU Type AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (Tahiti) @ 1100 MHz (exactly 280x GV-R928XOC-3GD)
GPU Brand GIGABYTE Technology
GPU VRAM 3072 MB @ 1500 MHz

Display
Screen #1 BenQ XL2411Z (BNQ7F31)

PSU OCX Core eXtreme 500W
 
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Toss up. Both cards perform about the same. The 580 wins some titles, 1060 in others. It seems like though that in my experience and cards are better over time. I think I might avoid MSI though. Another user I talked to on here had trouble with a card less than 2 months old and they wanted to try to give a partial refund. I think he contacted the BBB or something to try to get it worked out.

I think evga is pretty good on warranty though.
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Silmefaron

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I have a somewhat long answer - if you have a budget of $400, then I would recommend getting a newer CPU/Board/RAM combo and a new GPU.

It will be a bit more time consuming, but much more worth your time and money, in order to not bottleneck your system.

For your current parts, reselling, you could easily get $55 for the processor on eBay, $95 for the Motherboard, maybe $20 for the RAM, and $125 for the GPU. And those are the LOWEST completed sales on eBay for those items, you could easily get more finding the right person. That gives you $295 + $400 ($695) for a CPU/Board/RAM/GPU.

I would recommend:
-Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x4gb DDR4 at 3200MHz https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0123ZBULW/ref=twister_B01M33CGCY
-MSI GTX 1050 ti Gaming X 4gb https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137054&cm_re=msi_gtx_1050_ti_gaming_x-_-14-137-054-_-Product
-Intel Core i7-7700k https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=n82e16819117726&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleKWLess&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleKWLess-_-DSA-_-CategoryPages-_-NA&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9uHOBRDtARIsALtCa96ItOgJojzDWkpX_OwiOt0XMIATCrJc5qBcKG9r7aSTaDCehmNo1-AaAkGFEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
-MSI Z270-A Pro Board https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130993&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Motherboards+-+Intel-_-N82E16813130993&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9uHOBRDtARIsALtCa95PNJ0aniIG1CnGB-fOxPwUziPGsUGzEYVZoi7A_zqk4HILPwxC3lUaAgpqEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

This of course involves a slight risk, and a bit of time, but with hard work all of this will put you only $30 over your budget, and you could always go with a Skylake CPU as opposed to a Kaby Lake, dropping the price of the motherboard and other things a bit. The Coffee Lake processors were just released yesterday, which is usually followed by a drop in price of the previous series and so you could wait a couple weeks and get all those parts most likely under budget, so long as you're willing to sell the old parts and either be out a bit of money for a couple weeks or be out a computer for a couple weeks.

If you would prefer not to try to sell the old parts and upgrade everything, let me/us know but if I were in your position, this ^ is the route I would take :)
 
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Getting something like an RX 580 or agtx 1060 would be a nice upgrade. You might get away with a 1070, but not sure if that cpu would bottleneck.

I looked at about sure that says both of those cards would bottleneck, but the i5 you have was borderline. However, their calculator couldn't account for your overclock. So I would roll with an RX 580 or a 1060.

If you go with the plan above, I think I'd go with a ryzen setup using an R5 1600 or so and overclock. It would be slightly behind the Intel setup but at least you should have an upgrade path. They are already talking about releasing new ryzen CPUs next year.
 
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@Silmefaron It could be good solution if I have time and spare parts for selling period. I have to think about it and maybe this will be possible. Easier way is buy new card then try do sell old one. But didn't decide yet. I'm afraid to stuck without CPU in example.

@ohiou_grad_2006 Which manufacturer I should choose and why?
 
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Personally, I usually pick the one I can get the best deal on with the best warranty regardless of brand. A lot of guys like EVGA as I think they tend to have better warranties.

You could also look, sometimes you can get factory overclocked cards, but any card that's like a gtx 1060 6gb for example, should perform close to any other others that are similar.

If you can afford it, a 1060 6gb card, or the RX 580 8gb are the 2 better choices though in my opinion. The 1060 3gb for example is good, but some games are starting to hot that 3gb limit already when textures and AA etc get turned up. So I would prefer cards with more memory.

I personally have an RX 480 8gb, old version of the 580, and it plays pretty much everything max or close to max at 1080p 60hz.
 
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Toss up. Both cards perform about the same. The 580 wins some titles, 1060 in others. It seems like though that in my experience and cards are better over time. I think I might avoid MSI though. Another user I talked to on here had trouble with a card less than 2 months old and they wanted to try to give a partial refund. I think he contacted the BBB or something to try to get it worked out.

I think evga is pretty good on warranty though.
 
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arkador

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Add an AIO Water cooler, bump your CPU Turbo speeds to 4.4-4.6GHZ and drop in a 1070TI

I have a stable 200MHZ overclock on my MSI GPU for the last 2 years.
 
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