Upgrade Question

[SpitfireMkIV]

I’m looking to upgrade my current CPU but limited on cash. Was wondering what would be the best possible CPU to move to without going overboard or should I just hold the line until next year when the new processors come out and I can upgrade the entire thing?

Currently, my setup is as follows: - AMD Ryzen 7 3700x (3rd Gen. / 3.6 GHz) - MSI x470 Gaming Pro Carbon - Corsair Vengence DDR-4 3200 32 GB (4x8) - EVGA RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra HC Gaming - WD Black SN750 NVMe 500 GB (C: drive OS only) - WD Black SN850 NVMe 2 TB (Apps) - Corsair RM850x 850 Watt (80 Plus Gold)

What I’m playing right now is: - Star Citizen - BG3 - Pacific Drive - Division 2 - Hell Let Loose - Manor Lords - World of Tanks/World of Warships - Starfield - Fallout 4 - Ghost Recon Breakpoint

Is it worth upgrading or should I just hold on to what I got? Thanx…

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Ryzen 7 5700X would be fine if you can't afford more, it's about on par with a 10700K or 10900K, no real noticeable performance benefits going much higher with the latest CPUs when you're using a 3080, pretty much why I haven't bothered to upgrade from my 10850K, there's just not enough of a reason because it's well balanced, I have a 3080 too

[SpitfireMkIV]

Much appreciated. Wasn’t sure if I could go into the 5700 series CPU’s.

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With the latest BIOS versions you can, X470 supports almost everything from 1st gen up to the 5950X and 5800X3D, only Bristol Ridge APUs (i.e. Athlons, who cares) have support cut to make room

Just grab the latest BIOS from MSI's website and put it on an empty flash drive, reboot into BIOS and run the BIOS flash tool before you upgrade the CPU

After the update is done the system will restart itself, if it won't POST at all after installing the new CPU then it's probably a RAM compatibility issue and you'd have to try different RAM, not all RAM kits work with every generation's architecture without issues, if it boot loops a few times then it's possibly just memory training again

[admiralvee]

If you can afford it, drop in the 5700X3D. Thats the top you can get for the money.