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Thinking about upgrading (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey guys, my PC is getting kind of "old" and i'm thinking about upgrading it, considering the performance is starting to feel subpar.

I feel like the CPU is causing most of the problems but i'm not quite sure, and would like some advice as to what needs upgrading most. Here are the specs :

CPU : Ryzen 3 1300X
Motherboard : MSI B350 Gaming Plus
RAM : 16GB of DDR4 2133MHz RAM (2*8)
GPU : Geforce GTX 1060 6GB

Thanks for your insights !

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And what is your budget? We could easily recommend going AM5 with a 7800x3d and ddr5 ram, and a 4080, but that may be out of you price range.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use it mostly for gaming, and i was thinking about 500€ max for a single component upgrade, but the more i think about it, the more it seems better to juste save up and actually build another PC from scratch

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

With the components you have it's tough. Maybe you can get a used 5600X? It would still feel like a massive upgrade (99% fps matters a lot more for smoothness than average fps).

For an actually decent longer lasting upgrade on the same motherboard you'd need a 5800X3D, new RAM (2x16 GB 3600 MHz preferred) and a new GPU.

So it might actually be best to save up now and build a new rig with RTX 5000 series and the next gen of CPUs.