Upgrading PC pieces

[leggit]

Hello,

I am looking to upgrade my current PC, I am looking to spend around $1000 to $2000. What do you guys think I should change?

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K CPU @4.20GHz
Motherboard: MSI Performance GAMING Intel Coffee Lake B360 LGA 1151 DDR4 Onboard Graphics CFX ATX Motherboard (B360 GAMING PLUS)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 2400MHz C16 Desktop Memory Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A2400C16)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
WD Blue 1TB SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 RPM 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch Desktop Hard Drive (WD10EZEX)
SAMSUNG SSD 970 EVO 500GB
2 MORE SSD
1X M.2
Video Card: GTX 1070
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart 500W 80+ White Certified PSU, Continuous Power with 120mm cooling fan, ATX 12V V2.3/EPS 12V Active PFC Power Supply PS-SPD-0500NPCWUS-W
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor
2X different monitors with the same size
Fan: CORSAIR HYDRO SERIES H60 AIO Liquid CPU Cooler, 120mm Radiator, 120mm Fan

I am looking to change my Video Card, what else do you think I should change and which Video Card do you suggest to buy?
Note: I use my PC quite a lot and use it for variety of things. Programs/Games that I use it for frequently: Blender. Photoshop, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Revit, Adobe Illustrator, Sony Vegas; for games: World of Warcraft, VALORANT, LoL, and some other games if I feel like it. I also stream

Appreciate the help

[Exkrementor]

Wait until january/february and buy whatever comes out on top. Probably a Ryzen 5 5600XT for gaming or 5800XT for productivity and then a RTX3070 or a 6700XT/6800.

You could buy a new PSU already because you will need a better one. Also HDDs and SSDs are pretty cheap right now.

[leggit]

Would rather changing things within this month

[Djuntas]

With the new GPU's you will need a whole new PSU, 500 watts is likely not to be enough. Honestly OP, everything is dated in your system. You will need a new motherboard too. Biggest upgrade if you dont wanna change it all is just a new GPU, but 500 watt PSU is not a lot. Are you sure its a 500 watt PSU?

Anyway consider a completely new system or only the GPU. We'll re-use your SSD's/hdd's and maybe ram, but now a days DDR5 on the horizon and ddr4 kits as high as 4500 mhz.

[leggit]

any specific suggestions on what to grab? i am kind of a plebian so the more details the better, thanks.

[Exkrementor]

Would rather changing things within this month

I would strongly advice otherwise but if you really need to upgrade right now here is something reasonable for a gaming/workstation.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($304.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock 2 CPU Cooler ($39.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard ($149.16 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($116.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($94.50 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB KO GAMING Video Card ($617.94 @ Office Depot)
Power Supply: EVGA BR 700 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1398.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-29 19:24 EDT-0400


If you wait 2-3 months you can get about 50% more performance for the same price.

[leggit]

I would strongly advice otherwise but if you really need to upgrade right now here is something reasonable for a gaming/workstation.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($304.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock 2 CPU Cooler ($39.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard ($149.16 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($116.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($94.50 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB KO GAMING Video Card ($617.94 @ Office Depot)
Power Supply: EVGA BR 700 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1398.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-29 19:24 EDT-0400


If you wait 2-3 months you can get about 50% more performance for the same price.

The point is to buy the items during black friday

[Temp name]

The point is to buy the items during black friday

I'd still really suggest waiting, at least with the GPU. Nvidia's 3000 series and AMD's 6000 series are looking like they'll perform about so much better.
The 3070 for instance costs 500 dollars MSRP, and matches the 1200 dollar 2080ti.

AMD's 5000 series CPUs are also (claimed) to be ~20% better IPC than their 3000 series.


Buying now means losing out on those performance gains.

[Kauko]

With this system, I would wait a year. Comparing it to current systems, there wont be as much difference... in games, 10fps is not worth the money.

IF you must upgrade, then GPU.

[leggit]

I'd still really suggest waiting, at least with the GPU. Nvidia's 3000 series and AMD's 6000 series are looking like they'll perform about so much better.
The 3070 for instance costs 500 dollars MSRP, and matches the 1200 dollar 2080ti.

AMD's 5000 series CPUs are also (claimed) to be ~20% better IPC than their 3000 series.


Buying now means losing out on those performance gains.

I could upgrade other stuff and wait until the newer GPUs are out then upgrade that.