I'm not great at understanding a lot of the technical aspects of the different pc parts, and especially figuring out where any potential bottle necks are. I'm thinking that the gpu is my biggest issue right now, but I'd hate to spend the money and not get a huge improvement in performance.
p.s. I'm leaning towards the RX 6600 for a budget friendly upgrade, but I'd be open to other similarly priced suggestions.
Update: thanks for all of the advice y'all. I ended up spending a bit more for a 6650xt.
No. That is not needed and also ridiculously over budget for most people.
I have a 1070 and am very happy with my 1440 1440 1080 monitor configuration. Keep in mind that op only has 60Hz!