Opinions on PC upgrades for CS2

[m1sch13fm4n493d]

Hello, I am looking to possibly do an upgrade to my PC solely for CS2. From the specs, what would you upgrade in order of priority and why? I am not looking to do a completely new build yet. Thanks for any input you can provide.

Windows 10
Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero Motherboard
Dual 980 Pro m.2 ssd's
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4 3600
Asus ROG STRIX RX6700XT-O12G-GAMING

[m1sch13fm4n493d]

Първоначално публикувано от TeknoBug:

You'll be fine, there are streamers on Twitch playing the game right now with worse specs than most of us posting on here and it's quite playable for most of them.

Thank You.

[General T.Montana Tropic Thunder]

Първоначално публикувано от m1sch13fm4n493d:

Първоначално публикувано от General T.Montana Tropic Thunder:

I've done 3rd grade Nvidia study at Cope School:
4090 : 1660 super = 3050ti

I think I am confused.

Just joking around my friend, everybody is excited...We waited 8 years

You've got a decent card and a decent cpu, it's just that the game developer is suffering with the game engine = Players suffer with their hardware.

It's like player hardware drinking through a thin straw.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-4070-Ti-vs-AMD-RX-6700-XT/4146vs4109

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html

Първоначално публикувано от m1sch13fm4n493d:

Hello, I am looking to possibly do an upgrade to my PC solely for CS2. From the specs, what would you upgrade in order of priority and why? I am not looking to do a completely new build yet. Thanks for any input you can provide.

Windows 10
Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero Motherboard
Dual 980 Pro m.2 ssd's
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4 3600
Asus ROG STRIX RX6700XT-O12G-GAMING

Първоначално публикувано от m1sch13fm4n493d:

Първоначално публикувано от Helicopter200:

Good luck to run the game without GPU

But I have a GPU. It is the 6700xt.....

[m1sch13fm4n493d]

Първоначално публикувано от Trouter:

There is a benchmark that has your card listed I believe, but it only does very high vs very low. Very low it runs well, but high runs terribly, so maybe it will be okay for you on medium settings?

https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Cities-Skylines-2-Spiel-74219/Tests/Release-Benchmarks-Performance-Tuning-Tipps-1431613/2/?fbclid=IwAR1hCZevqkV5TR1db10NlX7ezyLhdo2r1fIEa5iEzxdHtg5FklnefPF1n1M

Yea, seems based on that info my gpu is probably due for an upgrade soon. Thanks again for the link.

[m1sch13fm4n493d]

Първоначално публикувано от General T.Montana Tropic Thunder:

Първоначално публикувано от m1sch13fm4n493d:

I think I am confused.

Just joking around my friend, everybody is excited...We waited 8 years

You've got a decent card and a decent cpu, it's just that the game developer is suffering with the game engine = Players suffer with their hardware.

It's like player hardware drinking through a thin straw.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-4070-Ti-vs-AMD-RX-6700-XT/4146vs4109

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html

Първоначално публикувано от m1sch13fm4n493d:

Hello, I am looking to possibly do an upgrade to my PC solely for CS2. From the specs, what would you upgrade in order of priority and why? I am not looking to do a completely new build yet. Thanks for any input you can provide.

Windows 10
Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero Motherboard
Dual 980 Pro m.2 ssd's
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4 3600
Asus ROG STRIX RX6700XT-O12G-GAMING

Първоначално публикувано от m1sch13fm4n493d:

But I have a GPU. It is the 6700xt.....

Thanks for the links. Was just confused on your original post because I saw (i believe) 3 different gpu's mentioned.

[General T.Montana Tropic Thunder]

No worries, I hope you can enjoy the game

[Ion]

5800X3D

[kimiko025]

Първоначално публикувано от m1sch13fm4n493d:

Hello, I am looking to possibly do an upgrade to my PC solely for CS2. From the specs, what would you upgrade in order of priority and why? I am not looking to do a completely new build yet. Thanks for any input you can provide.

Windows 10
Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero Motherboard
Dual 980 Pro m.2 ssd's
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4 3600
Asus ROG STRIX RX6700XT-O12G-GAMING

Windows 10 ----> Free upload to Windows 11, just do it!

Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero Motherboard ----> Depends on your CPU choice and overall costs. AM4 is still a very good platform and overall you seem quite well maxed out @ AM4 although with limited upgrade routes within the AM4 platform.

Dual 980 Pro m.2 ssd's ----> These are still up to date and fast, even only being PCIe 4.0 and not a 990. They have some pretty good speeds that stack up well against some 5.0 drives and the difference is not very noticeable. I recently bought a 980 for my rig for windows/overflow. I would not upgrade your SSDs as still current with only marginal improvements to loading times, etc. Trades with my 1TB T700 5.0 on sequential, etc. Easily fits a AM5 build.

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X ----> Still a very good CPU that should handle CS2 without any issues. AM5 is a step up, 7800X3D for example could be a good upgrade route to AM5, although you would need to take the costs of the motherboard and DRAM with the CPU together to bring it all up to date.

G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4 3600 ----> Only upgrade if you upgraded your CPU to AM5/DDR5. One thing that I like about AM5 is that it is a very memory dense platform so you need fewer overall sticks to get the same bang. Also prices have fallen for DDR5. I don't personally see any point to otherwise upgrade this component for only marginal improvements (CAS timing for example) which will have no massive impact on gaming performance.

Asus ROG STRIX RX6700XT-O12G-GAMING ----> This is the best candidate for upgrade, IMO, but I think it still stacks up quite well against 7000, and there are still new 6000 series available and a couple of nice used 6000 series knocking about. 7000 series could be good for upgrade, or Nvidia 4080. If you only focused on GPU, perhaps you could stretch your budget to a better tier of graphics card aiming for 16GB or above on the VRAM, and see substantial improvements.

Overall, your upgrade is either CPU+DRAM+MOTHERBOARD to AM5 or GPU. I would say in my own honest opinion, do the GPU first and only switch the CPU to AM5 if you notice a bottleneck. That all said, your current build sounds pretty good as it is and you probably don't need to upgrade anytime soon..

[m1sch13fm4n493d]

Първоначално публикувано от kimiko025:

Първоначално публикувано от m1sch13fm4n493d:

Hello, I am looking to possibly do an upgrade to my PC solely for CS2. From the specs, what would you upgrade in order of priority and why? I am not looking to do a completely new build yet. Thanks for any input you can provide.

Windows 10
Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero Motherboard
Dual 980 Pro m.2 ssd's
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4 3600
Asus ROG STRIX RX6700XT-O12G-GAMING

Windows 10 ----> Free upload to Windows 11, just do it!

Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero Motherboard ----> Depends on your CPU choice and overall costs. AM4 is still a very good platform and overall you seem quite well maxed out @ AM4 although with limited upgrade routes within the AM4 platform.

Dual 980 Pro m.2 ssd's ----> These are still up to date and fast, even only being PCIe 4.0 and not a 990. They have some pretty good speeds that stack up well against some 5.0 drives and the difference is not very noticeable. I recently bought a 980 for my rig for windows/overflow. I would not upgrade your SSDs as still current with only marginal improvements to loading times, etc. Trades with my 1TB T700 5.0 on sequential, etc. Easily fits a AM5 build.

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X ----> Still a very good CPU that should handle CS2 without any issues. AM5 is a step up, 7800X3D for example could be a good upgrade route to AM5, although you would need to take the costs of the motherboard and DRAM with the CPU together to bring it all up to date.

G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4 3600 ----> Only upgrade if you upgraded your CPU to AM5/DDR5. One thing that I like about AM5 is that it is a very memory dense platform so you need fewer overall sticks to get the same bang. Also prices have fallen for DDR5. I don't personally see any point to otherwise upgrade this component for only marginal improvements (CAS timing for example) which will have no massive impact on gaming performance.

Asus ROG STRIX RX6700XT-O12G-GAMING ----> This is the best candidate for upgrade, IMO, but I think it still stacks up quite well against 7000, and there are still new 6000 series available and a couple of nice used 6000 series knocking about. 7000 series could be good for upgrade, or Nvidia 4080. If you only focused on GPU, perhaps you could stretch your budget to a better tier of graphics card aiming for 16GB or above on the VRAM, and see substantial improvements.

Overall, your upgrade is either CPU+DRAM+MOTHERBOARD to AM5 or GPU. I would say in my own honest opinion, do the GPU first and only switch the CPU to AM5 if you notice a bottleneck. That all said, your current build sounds pretty good as it is and you probably don't need to upgrade anytime soon..

Very detailed reply. Thank you so very much :D

[kimiko025]

Първоначално публикувано от m1sch13fm4n493d:

Първоначално публикувано от kimiko025:

Windows 10 ----> Free upload to Windows 11, just do it!

Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero Motherboard ----> Depends on your CPU choice and overall costs. AM4 is still a very good platform and overall you seem quite well maxed out @ AM4 although with limited upgrade routes within the AM4 platform.

Dual 980 Pro m.2 ssd's ----> These are still up to date and fast, even only being PCIe 4.0 and not a 990. They have some pretty good speeds that stack up well against some 5.0 drives and the difference is not very noticeable. I recently bought a 980 for my rig for windows/overflow. I would not upgrade your SSDs as still current with only marginal improvements to loading times, etc. Trades with my 1TB T700 5.0 on sequential, etc. Easily fits a AM5 build.

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X ----> Still a very good CPU that should handle CS2 without any issues. AM5 is a step up, 7800X3D for example could be a good upgrade route to AM5, although you would need to take the costs of the motherboard and DRAM with the CPU together to bring it all up to date.

G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4 3600 ----> Only upgrade if you upgraded your CPU to AM5/DDR5. One thing that I like about AM5 is that it is a very memory dense platform so you need fewer overall sticks to get the same bang. Also prices have fallen for DDR5. I don't personally see any point to otherwise upgrade this component for only marginal improvements (CAS timing for example) which will have no massive impact on gaming performance.

Asus ROG STRIX RX6700XT-O12G-GAMING ----> This is the best candidate for upgrade, IMO, but I think it still stacks up quite well against 7000, and there are still new 6000 series available and a couple of nice used 6000 series knocking about. 7000 series could be good for upgrade, or Nvidia 4080. If you only focused on GPU, perhaps you could stretch your budget to a better tier of graphics card aiming for 16GB or above on the VRAM, and see substantial improvements.

Overall, your upgrade is either CPU+DRAM+MOTHERBOARD to AM5 or GPU. I would say in my own honest opinion, do the GPU first and only switch the CPU to AM5 if you notice a bottleneck. That all said, your current build sounds pretty good as it is and you probably don't need to upgrade anytime soon..

Very detailed reply. Thank you so very much :D

No problem:)

[Falcon]

Първоначално публикувано от m1sch13fm4n493d:

Hello, I am looking to possibly do an upgrade to my PC solely for CS2. From the specs, what would you upgrade in order of priority and why? I am not looking to do a completely new build yet. Thanks for any input you can provide.

Windows 10
Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero Motherboard
Dual 980 Pro m.2 ssd's
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4 3600
Asus ROG STRIX RX6700XT-O12G-GAMING

I think the 5800x3D will be better. Those extra cores in the 5950x do not get used in gaming. The 3d cache will get you more fps in the 5800x3d.

2023 Gaming CPU Benchmarks Ranking — Windows 11
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$449 — Ryzen 7 7800X3D 100.00% 100.00% Zen 4 8 / 16 4.2 / 5.0 120W / 162W Ryzen 7 7800X3D
$699 — Ryzen 9 7950X3D 99.1% 98.4% Zen 4 16 / 32 4.2 / 5.7 120W / 162W Ryzen 9 7950X3D
$599 - Ryzen 9 7900X3D 95.4% 96.7% Zen 4 12 / 24 4.4 / 5.6 120W / 162W Ryzen 9 7900X3D
$699 - Core i9-13900KS 90.7% 94.2% Raptor Lake 24 / 32 (8+16) 3.0 / 5.8 150W / 253W / 320W Core i9-13900KS
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$409 - Core i7-13700K 88.4% 92.6% Raptor Lake 16 / 24 (8+8) 3.4 / 5.4 125 / 253W Core i7-13700K
$365 - Ryzen 7 5800X3D 87.4% 90.7% Zen 3 8 / 16 3.4 / 4.5 105W Ryzen 7 5800X3D
$319 - Core i5-13600K 84.1% 89.5% Raptor Lake 14 / 20 (6+8) 3.5 / 5.1 125 / 181W Core i5-13600K
$229 - Ryzen 5 5600X3D 81.5% 87.0% Zen 3 6 / 12 3.3 / 4.4 105W Micro Center In-Store Only
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$474 - Ryzen 9 7900X 79.6% 85.6% Zen 4 12 / 24 4.7 / 5.6 170 / 230W Ryzen 9 7900X
$429 - Ryzen 9 7900 78.4% 83.8% Zen 4 12 / 24 3.7 / 5.4 65 / 88W Ryzen 9 7900
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$249 - Ryzen 5 7600X 75.5% 82.3% Zen 4 6 / 12 4.7 / 5.3 105 / 142W Ryzen 5 7600X
$229 - Ryzen 5 7600 71.5% 80.8% Zen 4 6 / 12 3.8 / 5.1 65 / 88W Ryzen 5 7600
$220 - Core i5-13400 / F 68.8% 76.7% Raptor Lake 10 / 16 (6+4) 2.5 / 4.6 65 /148W Core i5-13400 / F
$550 - Ryzen 9 5950X 66.0% 71.9% Zen 3 16 / 32 3.4 / 4.9 105W Ryzen 9 5950X
$350 - Ryzen 9 5900X 66.3% 73.4% Zen 3 12 / 24 3.7 / 4.8 105W Ryzen 9 5900X
$210 - Ryzen 7 5700X 63.8% 73.2% Zen 3 8 / 16 3.4 / 4.6 65W Ryzen 7 5700X
$189 - Core i5-12400 63.7% 71.0% Alder Lake 6 / 12 (6+0) 2.5 / 4.4 65 / 117W Core i5-12400
$165 - Ryzen 5 5600X 62.1% 70.0% Zen 3 6 / 12 3.7 / 4.6 65W Ryzen 5 5600X
$140 - Ryzen 5 5600 61.7% 68.4% Zen 3 6 / 12 3.5 / 4.4 65W Ryzen 5 5600
$110 - Core i3-13100F 57.2% 64.0% Raptor Lake 4 / 8 (4+0) 3.4 / 4.5 60W / 89W Core i3-13100F
$100 - Core i3-12100 56.7% 63.8% Alder Lake 4 / 8 (4+0) 3.3 / 4.3 60W / 89W Core i3-12100
$135 - Ryzen 5 5600G 53.3% 59.5% Zen 3 6 / 12 3.9 / 4.4 65W Ryzen 5 5600G
$99 - Ryzen 5 5500 52.9% 57.9% Zen 3 6 / 12 3.6 / 4.2 65W Ryzen 5 5500
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