What should i upgrade first ? My cpu or gpu

[Time Traveler]

Current running a fx-8300 with an xfx r9 380

Im planning to get a ryzen as because its better for budget gamer.

I could get anew MB + ram + cpu for $300+ or a gpu for $300+

maybe even less because of christmas sell but i really dont know what to get first in order to boost my performance to the max on my PC.

[trippyofficial]

Cpu over Gpu first I feel its more useful for alot of games but once you can then defiantly get the gpu for those better graphics

[ISellHoes]

Need this answered as well since im deciding on upgrading rest of computer or get new gpu

[Extrapolated]

CPU for sure in this case. That gpu is good enough for now but that cpu needs to go. @ISellHoes what are your specs because it depends.

[WalmartBird]

cpu first. gpu need upgrade too.

[kingtiger821]

always the cpu 1st haha

[st4yn1ght]

CPU i think...

[KoffeeKat]

cpu fosho ///

[ElectraDyne]

I'm going to go against the grain here and say GPU.
recent CPUs are all very capable; but GPU performance is the most quickly outdated. YMMV!

[niggo]

Current running a fx-8300 with an xfx r9 380

Im planning to get a ryzen as because its better for budget gamer.

what games do you play and at 1080p i guess

[Swifftyz]

CPU first the gpu comes in 2nd

[niggo]

CPU first the gpu comes in 2nd

im not too sure about that

highly depends on the game and resolution youre playing

[Swifftyz]

im not too sure about that

highly depends on the game and resolution youre playing

Yeah generally though you rely on the CPU on mostly everything so upgrading it comes in first then for gaming you could upgrade your gpu afterwards, because a stronger gpu with a lower end cpu would cause bottlenecks anyways you know

[bilotola]

Just change the GPU and you will be happier, as getting a GTX 1060 or so. But you need to overclock that CPU to get the most of juice out of the GTX 1060. If your PC is mainly used for gaming, the first upgrade is GPU. At other side, if your PC is mainly used for video rendering & editing, the first upgrade is CPU.

[tauwtech]

As long as the CPU isn't too outdated (like my i5 2500k) I'd say go for the GPU. I'm cucked because a CPU upgrade means replacing everything except the GPU... That's not going to be cheap