Which to upgrade?

[@Qsirk]

Im starting to upgrade my system slowly. Now I am in the process of upgrading either the MOBO or the GPU.

The current MOBO I have is the ASROCK Z44 Extreme 4

The current GPU I have is the EVGA GTX 670

Now, I want to either get

MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM LGA 1151

or

EVGA 1060 SC.

Which one would you guys recommend changing first? I don't want to get both at the same time.

 

[PP Mguire]

What processor do you have? If you upgrade boards you'll need a new CPU and RAM to go with it. If you already have a solid processor like an i5 then it'd be kind of pointless right now.

 

[@Qsirk]

What processor do you have? If you upgrade boards you'll need a new CPU and RAM to go with it. If you already have a solid processor like an i5 then it'd be kind of pointless right now.

This is the i5 I have

Intel Core i5-3570 Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 77W BX80637i53570 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2500-Newegg.com

and my ram is

CORSAIR Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Profile Desktop Memory Model CML8GX3M2A1600C9-Newegg.com

 

[PP Mguire]

Yea, so right now you'd get more of a performance bump by updating your GPU. You just need to make sure your PSU is good enough.

 

[@Qsirk]

It should be. I recently upgraded it to a EVGA G1 750 W 80+ Gold

 

[PP Mguire]

That's more than plenty and a good unit too.

 

[@Qsirk]

Perfect. I think I should be good on the MOBO and CPU for a while? Maybe I can upgrade to a 1070?

 

[PP Mguire]

Perfect. I think I should be good on the MOBO and CPU for a while? Maybe I can upgrade to a 1070?

Yea you should be good for a while. I'd just hold off and update with a Canonlake CPU end of next year maybe. If you can wing a 1070 you'd be doing damn good.