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munchi3s May 10 @ 5:43pm

opinion on my upgrades?

hey guys!
i built my PC probably about 5 years ago roughly, and i noticed its just not keeping up anymore. i definitely cant afford to rebuild completely the way id like to, but! i figure id upgrade a few components while i can can the most use out of what i still have

current new
CPU - ryzen 5 3600X ryzen 7 5700X
RAM - 8GB DDR4 32GB DDR4
GPU - RTX 2060super RTX3060 windforce OC 12GB

is there anything i should look at next? im insalling and upgrading all fans even on radiator (CPU cooler )

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Bing Chilling May 10 @ 6:14pm

the 2060 super to 3060 is rather questionable but the rest looks good

also whats your storage looking like? what mobo do you have?

Last edited by Bing Chilling; May 10 @ 6:15pm

Ghost Robertson May 10 @ 6:16pm

Get the RTX 3060 Ti unless using 4k.

r.linder May 10 @ 6:53pm

3060 isn't enough of an upgrade, get at least a 5060 Ti

Illusion of Progress May 10 @ 7:05pm

I agree with the others. You're making the smallest upgrade where it matters most.

The 8 GB is absolutely dire and needs it too though. I'm surprised you went as little as 8 GB even five years ago.

peremptor May 10 @ 7:56pm

At least he got more vram. Dunno you seem damn solid for an am4 system other than getting a 3D chip and a faster vcard but what you got can play all the games and pretty well unless you're a total stickler for running things maxed out.

Bigger SSDs? Better heapdhones/speakers? Monitor? Get a 27 inch 1440 OLED... if you aren't on OLED its an even bigger upgrade than what you've done so far.

Last edited by peremptor; May 10 @ 7:58pm

Ice Robertson May 10 @ 8:40pm

Originally posted by r.linder:
3060 isn't enough of an upgrade, get at least a 5060 Ti

On a pci-e 4.0 slot it's barely enough, on a 3.0 slot it would be bottle necked.

I don't understand amd mother boards though.

ˢᵈˣ FatCat May 10 @ 8:42pm

good enough bro, happy gaming

gwwak May 10 @ 10:25pm

Leave the cpu alone and get a 5060 and the ram.

r.linder May 10 @ 10:58pm

Originally posted by Ice Robertson:
Originally posted by r.linder:
3060 isn't enough of an upgrade, get at least a 5060 Ti

On a pci-e 4.0 slot it's barely enough, on a 3.0 slot it would be bottle necked.

I don't understand amd mother boards though.

PCI-e bandwidth really doesn't matter nearly as much as you think it does.

There is a performance hit with less than 16 lanes, however, the CPU will always be more of a bottleneck than that anyway, and both of the CPUs mentioned here support 4.0. and there's a decent chance they have a B550 motherboard, but even if they don't, they aren't going to notice the difference.

Any difference at all is going to be a few frames depending on the game, it's not going to be even noticeable in most cases unless you're trying to highlight the difference.

Rumpelcrutchskin May 10 @ 11:45pm

3600X is still pretty decent, would put that money into more meaningful GPU upgrade.
32 GB RAM is definitely worth it.

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Lixire May 11 @ 5:38am

2060 Super to 3060 isn't really an upgrade but more of a sidegrade overall. you def want a bigger upgrade on the GPU side of things
8GB single channel to 32GB dual channel is a massive improvement that you will notice right away with your existing CPU/GPU pair.
3600X to 5700X? you will get a decent improvement in that case but consider the 5700x3d instead as that massive cache will be handy if its possible.

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Monk May 11 @ 5:44am

Originally posted by Ice Robertson:
Originally posted by r.linder:
3060 isn't enough of an upgrade, get at least a 5060 Ti

On a pci-e 4.0 slot it's barely enough, on a 3.0 slot it would be bottle necked.

I don't understand amd mother boards though.

A 5060ti is totally fine on pcie3 x16.

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DragonPlus7 May 11 @ 5:54am

ryzen 5800x better because minimum difference with e 5700x cpu. options for gpu rtx3070 or rx6600XT , RX6700xt or rx6800xt ( upgrade power supply to 850w and bigger case to fit gpu)

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Lixire May 11 @ 6:02am

Originally posted by Monk:
Originally posted by Ice Robertson:

On a pci-e 4.0 slot it's barely enough, on a 3.0 slot it would be bottle necked.

I don't understand amd mother boards though.

A 5060ti is totally fine on pcie3 x16.

on the 16GB model it is totally fine. but the 8GB one is where the issue starts as the 8GB 5060Ti will constantly go through swap in modern games as 8GB is simply not enough so the extra bandwidth of PCIe 4/5 will do make a difference.
I would just suggest not purchasing the 8 gig card to begin with but had to bring it up

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