What should I upgrade - CPU or GPU?

[smorgas]

Hello.
I'm wondering what I should upgrade on my setup.

Current setup:

ASUS M5A97 R.20
AMD FX-8350 Black Edition
2 x HyperX Fury DDR3 1600MHz 8GB
Sapphire Radeon R7 370 4GB GDDR5 NITRO
Cooler Master B700 VER.2, 700W PSU

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Would I be better off upgrading to a GTX 1060 6GB, or should I upgrade Motherboard /CPU / RAM to z370 / i7-8700 / 16gb 2666MHz DDR4 instead?

I use it for CSGO, Overwatch and PUBG most of the time. But also some light video editing, programming etc.

What do you recommend?

 

[alyoshka]

After using a FX-8350 , do you really want to go the Intel way?
My two bits would say go for the Ryzen 1700/1700x , New Mobo from Asus and 16gigs of DDR4. A little later upgrade the GPU, since prices ain't that favorable yet.

 

[The Paladin]

I would upgrade up from that ancient cpu personally then worry about video card

suggestions on both side of the cpu realm
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($299.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370P D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($95.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: GeIL - EVO FORZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $554.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-14 05:52 EDT-0400


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor ($289.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($180.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $594.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-14 05:56 EDT-0400

 

[smorgas]

After using a FX-8350 , do you really want to go the Intel way?
My two bits would say go for the Ryzen 1700/1700x , New Mobo from Asus and 16gigs of DDR4. A little later upgrade the GPU, since prices ain't that favorable yet.

The reason I want to go for Intel is that I've read that because of Single Core Performance it's better for CSGO. Ryzen and AMD is better for video editing and stuff but I don't do that as often as I play. If that is correct or not I don't know but that is why I've been thinking of Intel now when I'm upgrading.

 

[smorgas]

I would upgrade up from that ancient cpu personally then worry about video card

suggestions on both side of the cpu realm
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($299.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370P D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($95.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: GeIL - EVO FORZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $554.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-14 05:52 EDT-0400


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor ($289.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($180.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $594.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-14 05:56 EDT-0400

Thanks!
Not so different from this upgrade package I just looked up then??

Intel Core i7-8700K 6 Core 3,7/4,7 GHz OEM-version
MSI LGA1151 Z370-A PRO
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666MHz 16GB
Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance CPU cooler

And stay on the R7 370 GPU a while longer?

 

[The Paladin]

it is what I would do, the improvement in speed will be noticeable, and with the R7 370 CSGO will be quite playable until your next video card

 

[smorgas]

Okay. Thank you ! Then I guess that is what I will do.