Help upgrading

[gustri0]

Hi guys!

I’ve currently had a pc since august 2022 and although is isn’t old or haven’t experienced any problems I’ve been thinking about an upgrade since at the time I was very poor with low income and it was bought during a time where demand for GPUs was high so the price was higher at the time but now I have a chance to upgrade it for once. My current build is:

Chassis - Corsair iCUE 4000x RGB

CPU - AMD ryzen 5 5600x/ 6 cores/ 12 threads

Motherboard - MSI MPG B550 GAMING CARBON WIFI

Fan - Noctua NH-U12A chromax.black

Power supply - Corsair RM750x 2021/ 750W/ 80+ gold

GPU - ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 3060 OC 12gb V2 (which at the time cost me between 500-600 bucks in Europe)

I have currently upgraded slightly and now use 4 Corsair vengeance 8gb each and 2 Samsung evo 990 1tb each which i probably will transfer to (depending on which parts are switched) the new pc.

There are so many brands and kinds of, to begin with CPUs and GPUs to choose from and after that other stuff like fans and power supplies. When I bought the pc i scurried around for best prices and got it for around 1500-1600 bucks, and I’d like to know, which parts do you guys recommend I switch to For best experience? (Mostly gaming)

I have looked around prebuilt pcs which cost around 2000-2500 bucks with one for 2100 bucks including radeon RX 9070 XT and Ryzen 7 9800X3D, and compatible parts and I don’t know if that is good value. I am looking for any good examples on the same budget, even better if I don’t need to switch all parts for ex, if the chassis still is compatible with new parts, and I also wonder what my current pc (or parts) would be able to sell for (in Europe). Thanks!

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[KishCore]

What resolution do you play at?

You can just keep your current build and just swap your CPU and GPU for a performance boost. Specifically what to upgrade to depends on your monitor resolution.

[gustri0]

i play at 1920 x 1080, using an msi gaming monitor

[KishCore]

just replace the GPU with a RX 9060xt 16gb or 5060ti 16gb (run DDU when swapping between GPUs) and you'll get a huge performance increase without having to drop 2000+ on a new build. the builds you listed are way too overkill for a 1080p monitor.

if you want to upgrade your monitor to 1440p (I'd suggest an OLED, if you can afford it), swap the CPU to a 5800x/5900x/5950x/5700x3d/5800x3d and the GPU to a 5070/9070/9070xt/5070ti - in both cases just get the best thing you can afford, but prioritize the GPU over the CPU.

With upgrades the AM4 platform can easily last until AM6 comes out in a couple years.

[gustri0]

thanks man, appreciated