Need help! upgrading options!

Okay so.. I'm not super tech savvy or anything but I get the idea of how everything works pretty well but I'm just curious on what options I have given an 500$ budget on upgrading. I know I want to upgrade to an 8core CPU and I feel like I should do that first before my GPU upgrade.. I'm not sure where at 1050 stands but my games seem to run fine and look pretty good but with the new systems coming out and new games going 4K res soon I want to be as close as possible if I can? Any help would be great. I do have about 550$ saved up for upgrades and I am able to do them myself.

I was thinking of going Amd Ryzen 7 1700 or should I aim higher? I hope this information below will give some idea to what I'm running better than I can explain it.

P.S. I also never over-clocked cpu or gpu ever and not sure exactly how it works or the best way to go about it.

Current Rig via CPU-Z


CPU
AMD FX™-6300 Six-Core Processor
Threading
1 CPU - 6 Core - 6 Threads
Frequency
3499.81 MHz (17.5 * 199.99 MHz) - Uncore: 1999.9 MHz
Multiplier
Current: 17.5 / Min: 7 / Max: 20.5
Architecture
Vishera / Stepping: OR-C0 / Technology: 32 nm
CPUID / Ext.
F.2.0 / 15.2
IA Extensions
MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA3, FMA4
Caches
L1D : 16 KB / L2 : 2048 KB / L3 : 8192 KB
Caches Assoc.
L1D : 4-way / L2 : 16-way / L3 : 64-way
TDP / Vcore
94.99 Watts / 1.288 Volts
Temperature
40.3 °C / 105 °F
Type
Retail (Stock Frequency : 3500 MHz)
Cores Frequencies
#00: 3499.81 MHz  #01: 3499.81 MHz  #02: 3799.79 MHz  #03: 3499.81 MHz 
#04: 3499.81 MHz  #05: 3799.79 MHz 


GPU
GPU Type
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (GP107) @ 721 MHz
GPU Brand
Micro-Star International Co. Lt
GPU Specs
GP107-300 / Process: 14nm / Transistors: 3300M / Die Size: 135 mm² / TDP: 75W
GPU Units
Shader Units: 640 / Texture Units (TMU): 40 / Render Units (ROP): 32
GPU VRAM
2048 MB GDDR5 128 bit @ 810 MHz
GPU APIs
DirectX 12.0 (12_1) / OpenGL 4.5 / OpenCL 1.2 / Vulkan 1.0

Storage (HDD/SSD)

Model #1
TOSHIBA DT01ACA200
Capacity #1
2000 GB
8GB RAM

EVGA 600W PSU

Again I'm no amd expert but after a quick look I think you won't be able to upgrade your cpu, looks like different socket which means new mobo

Edited by DST4ME - 07 Nov 2017 at 6:23pm

Well im no amd expert so maybe I'm wrong but your cpu is socket amd3 new cpu is amd4, if those 2 are compatible then you can upgrade, I'm assuming they are not.

I would go 16gb ram, that would be my first update but see about the cpu first.

Ya intel

If the socket match your current cooler should do the job, worst case scenario you get a new cooler. But no it wouldn't overheat the mobo, its the cpu itself that would overheat.

Well you can upgrade gpu but you will probably need sli 1080 ti for 4k, plus a psu upgrade, in short forget that.

Maybe just wait

Edited by DST4ME - 07 Nov 2017 at 9:48pm

Crap didn't read that correctly. Yeah psu needs an upgrade anyway. Thanks for all the help.

There might be some bottleneck, one of the reasons why it's not worth it then there is the cost plus cost of psu upgrade = not worth it

My pleasure, sorry I'm not well informed in amd so I could not provide better info.

Gotcha. And np on the amd stuff. I'm still learning it all myself. Built mine a few years back still runs games pretty well. Take care appreciate it