PC Upgrade suggestions

[Dboy352]

So I am looking at upgrading some components very soon and looking for suggestions. I don't have my CPU overclocked and prob won't overclock it anytime soon so no cooling issues there. The AIO is more so I can fit 32 GB ram in, current cooler blocks one memory channel unless I make the fan a pull instead of push which I don't want to do. And I have never gone over ~11 GB ram used and CPU has only been fully utilized during benchmarks, the rest of the time it sits at no more than ~20%. GPU of course is heavily used because of gaming, but I have no complaints about my current GPU, it gives me well over 100 FPS in every game I play on Ultra/High and Ultra in 1080P. So why would I want to upgrade? Well a buddy of mine is looking to build a good gaming PC and is limited on funds (around $400) so my plan is to chip in the extra $400-$500 and upgrade my pc and use my parts in his pc (my pc was just built new in May) Here is my current setup

Asus X470 pro

Ryzen 5 2600

16 GB G Skill 3200 (2x8)

Arez Strix RX 580 8GB

Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition CPU Cooler

 

Those are the parts I'm looking to upgrade. Here's what I'm thinking.

 

Ryzen 7 2700x around $250

16 GB G Skill 3200 (2x8 giving system total 32GB) $104

Cooler Master 240 AIO CPU cooler $68

total around $420

 

or

 

5700 XT ~$400 (depending if reference or custom)

or 2070 ~$470ish (but 5700 xt performs way better for the price, 5700 xt is more inline with 2070 super but over $150 less)

 

What do you guys think?

[AngryBeaver]

13 minutes ago, Dboy352 said:

So I am looking at upgrading some components very soon and looking for suggestions. I don't have my CPU overclocked and prob won't overclock it anytime soon so no cooling issues there. The AIO is more so I can fit 32 GB ram in, current cooler blocks one memory channel unless I make the fan a pull instead of push which I don't want to do. And I have never gone over ~11 GB ram used and CPU has only been fully utilized during benchmarks, the rest of the time it sits at no more than ~20%. GPU of course is heavily used because of gaming, but I have no complaints about my current GPU, it gives me well over 100 FPS in every game I play on Ultra/High and Ultra in 1080P. So why would I want to upgrade? Well a buddy of mine is looking to build a good gaming PC and is limited on funds (around $400) so my plan is to chip in the extra $400-$500 and upgrade my pc and use my parts in his pc (my pc was just built new in May) Here is my current setup

Asus X470 pro

Ryzen 5 2600

16 GB G Skill 3200 (2x8)

Arez Strix RX 580 8GB

Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition CPU Cooler

 

Those are the parts I'm looking to upgrade. Here's what I'm thinking.

 

Ryzen 7 2700x around $250

16 GB G Skill 3200 (2x8 giving system total 32GB) $104

Cooler Master 240 AIO CPU cooler $68

total around $420

 

or

 

5700 XT ~$400 (depending if reference or custom)

or 2070 ~$470ish (but 5700 xt performs way better for the price, 5700 xt is more inline with 2070 super but over $150 less)

 

What do you guys think?

The ram isn't worth the investment. The CPU doesn't really need an upgrade at this point and as you said you are happy with the GPU. So there isn't really a need for you to upgrade. I mean you could upgrade to a 3700-3800x if you are just dying to spend the money and a AIO to cool it... but I just don't see any reason to really upgrade at this point in time.

[Jurrunio]

The GPU and CPU are the weakest link here so I'd replace these two first. Don't go with AIO cooling for the sake of it, there are plenty of bad ones, inculding the ML240L you're likely looking at.

 

The motherboard is weak for 2nd gen Ryzen 7 and 3rd gen Ryzen 9, a thing I would replace but not in any rush.

 

GPU: 2060 Super

 

CPU: 3600 (unless you plan for stuff other than gaming)

 

@AngryBeaver a way to subsidize a friend, basically