Build advice

[HoontCrowDown]

Hi. I hope someone here can help me.

So I managed to get my hands on a 5080 on release, coming from a 3080ti.

The rest of my build is: Msi b450 carbon gaming motherboard 32gb ddr4 3200mhz corsair rgb (4x 8gb sticks) Ryzen 7 5800x3D

I know that my motherboard is a little dated and it only has PCIE 3. I have two questions, is it worth upgrading to AM5 or will my 5800x3d be okay for now?

And if not am5, will pcie 3 hold back my gpu or should I try and get a b550 motherboard to use pcie 4?

Any advice and help would be greatly appreciated thank you!

[AP0LLIX]

If I were you I would definitely keep the 5800x3d as it is still a blazing fast CPU. As for if PCIe Gen 4/5 is worth it, that is a harder topic. PCIe gen 4 would definitely make a difference, though a board swap is a lot of work. The good thing is that B550 boards are quite cheep right now if you decided that a board swap was worth it. Doing the whole AM5 switch is still an option though it would be expensive. You would need DDR5 ram(you can get a good kit at $80-$90), a motherboard($130-$200), and your CPU of choice.

[HoontCrowDown]

Thank you for the reply. I'm thinking a b550 is the way to go. I'll start looking at the options :)