upgrade opinions please

[bmx6454]

Budget (including currency): 600$

Country: usa

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: half life alyx, warzone, pubg, fallout 4, red dead redemption 2, various vr games

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

 

only replacing ram, cpu, and mobo at the moment

 

(CURRENT)

6600k

h60 cooler

corsair vengeance lpx 3000 cl15

asrock z270 extreme4

evga 500w 80+ bronze

rog strix gtx 1070

970 evo plus 500gb

1tb 7200rpm seagate

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$274.49 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$189.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z Neo 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$114.49 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$578.97
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-16 00:00 EDT-0400

 

been waiting for the funds, cpu is a bit degraded after years of oc, done a bit of reading, and this is the cpu+ram+mobo i have decided on, just waiting for the mobo to be instock. hoping to get some second opinions though before i order them. i am planning to swap the gpu for a 3000 series when they drop, and the psu will likely be replaced around the same time, and adding another m.2 soon, so board has to have 2 m.2 slots. would like to keep the price at or below 600$, any opinion/suggestions appreciated, thanks!

 

edit: went with 3700x, asrock b550 etreme4, and 16gb 3600mhz G.Skill trident neo b-die instead, added about 55$

 

[zeusthemoose]

Looks good to me. Only thing to consider: make sure you still have the am4 bracket for your cooler. If you don’t, you might have to buy one from Corsair.

[bmx6454]

Just now, zeusthemoose said:

Looks good to me. Only thing to consider: make sure you still have the am4 bracket for your cooler. If you don’t, you might have to buy one from Corsair.

thanks, just dug the box out yesterday to be sure lol

[MISTERDIEABETIC]

I see no issue

Good luck with the upgrade man!

[5x5]

Looks okay. I'd get a new power supply too, though. Most of EVGAs bronze units are either bad or very mediocre

[bmx6454]

3 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

Looks okay. I'd get a new power supply too, though. Most of EVGAs bronze units are either bad or very mediocre

yea, im planning on replacing that cheap questionable psu soon after upgrade. hard to believe i got 5+ good years out of it lol