Pretty new to pc, what should I upgrade?

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I am very new to pc gaming, recently built my first first rig and am already looking to upgrade. I started off with a gigabyte b250 mono, gigabyte 1050 ti gpu, and the g4560 CPU with 8 gb ram. I just purchased another 16 gb ram but was wondering what I should upgrade next?
 
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Actually given the 8600K is lower priced than the 7700k you should upgrade to coffee lake before going to that extreme. It would only add about $50 to the cost. Best to go with the i5-7600k or get the 8600k.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($279.89 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($111.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $426.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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As you can see the 7700k gets trashed by the 8600K that...
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Well you're in a tight spot because your CPU and GPU compliment each other well as far as price/performance. If you upgrade one you would likely want to upgrade the other.

Forgetting about that though, I would say right now a CPU upgrade is better than a GPU upgrade for a couple of reasons.

1.) Coffee Lake just released and 6-cores and quad-cores are [somewhat] available for a good price from Intel, and even AMD has their good prices.

2.) GPUs are on their second year of the same generation. You wouldn't get as much time out of a GPU right now as you would a CPU upgrade.

If you do upgrade your CPU, it should either be a 7th-gen i7, 8th-gen Intel, or Ryzen 5 1600 or higher. But I think you have more time with your current setup before you actually need to upgrade. But I can also understand wanting to upgrade when you don't necessarily need to.
 
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For right now I would say that is a great choice. But next year when the GTX 2060 is out and the latest games are hitting the market I'd be willing to bet the i5-7600K will be dropping frames that the GTX 2060 would otherwise be pushing with an i7 or 8th-gen i5. It won't be much, but nothing is more aggravating than having your expensive parts not meeting their potential on the latest games.
 
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So was the upgrade to my ram a good first move or was it kind of a waste?
 
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Well it's not a waste, I'm sure there will be a couple games that could use a little more than 8GB of RAM. But you would have seen more performance increase from a better GPU or CPU.

But if you do want a better GPU, I would recommend upgrading your CPU.
 
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I would recommend against a kaby lake i5. If you are staying on kaby lake, I would suggest getting the i7 7700k if you can. That would max out your CPU on that platform. However, for that money, you could get an AMD Ryzen 1600 and a b350 motherboard.

But going for a kaby lake i5 is basically the same as a coffee lake i3 since they are both quad cores. So you basically would be spending money for more range parts and getting entry level performance.
 
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Actually given the 8600K is lower priced than the 7700k you should upgrade to coffee lake before going to that extreme. It would only add about $50 to the cost. Best to go with the i5-7600k or get the 8600k.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($279.89 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($111.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $426.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-20 11:42 EDT-0400

As you can see the 7700k gets trashed by the 8600K that performs as well as the 8700k in most games.
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