What should I upgrade first for my situation ?

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Right now my current setup is an
- Athlon 880k (4GHZ 4 Cores)
- RX 460
- 8GB of RAM
- 1 TB HDD

Goal: Eventually build a PC that can run games at a CONSTANT 60 FPS med-low settings for the next 3-5 years
Games I currently play and struggle with in terms of FPS:
- Dragon Age: Inquisition
- PUBG (ofc)
- Rainbow Six Siege

I also produce music and my projects sometimes fly to 90 percent My currently budget is in between 150 CAD - 200 CAD.
 
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It's going to be difficult to recommend a worthwhile upgrade for 200 CAD. Your best bet is to go with AMD Ryzen but even getting a R3 1200/B350 MB & 8gb of DDR4 goes well above your budget. The best thing you could do is overclock your 880K/RX 460 as far as they'll safely go and continue to save up.
 
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Forgot to mention I am getting 8GB DDR4 for free sorry.
 
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I am in a situation where money is coming in slowly. So i want to progressively upgrade my system over a period of time. In any case thank you
 
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Ok, well something like this would be a good step up, you'll want to overclock it to around 3.8ghz to get the most from it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($70.50 @ Vuugo)
Total: $180.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-23 12:19 EDT-0400


http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-3-1200-vs-AMD-Athlon-X4-880K/3931vsm121029
 
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not going to be possible

the 880k will never allow for the fps you want

sell what you have

then MINIMUM you need to look into an i3 8100 with a b360 mobo plus a gtx 1050 ti

for 5 years you are looking at a i5 8400 with a rx 570 or something thereabouts ( used gtx 970 is a good choice as well )

the ryzen 1200 is too weak
 
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I understand that, but im upgrading each part piece by piece. So I was asking if i should start with my graphics card or my CPU.

 
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Do you think it would be wise just to wait until the end of the year and wait for sales?
 
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There's never really any sales on CPU's unless you get it bundled with a motherboard, Black Friday has some sales but you'll maybe save 20-30$ depending on what you buy. It may be more beneficial to overclock your CPU and GPU for now and save a bit more, get something with more cores/threads to last a bit long, something like the Ryzen 2600.
 
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Ahh I see, so is Ryzen the way I should go? Is it even worth looking into Intel's side of this?

 
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Either would be fine but I'd try to get at least a 6 core Intel (8400) or the AMD 1400/2400G for it to last. The 1200 is still a good upgrade but I'd suspect it won't last a few more years but the good part about the AM4 socket is that AMD should be using the same socket until 2020 which gives you a better upgrade path over Intel.
 
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