Discussion for new upgrades

[TheRiskk]

Budget (including currency): £400-500

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: CSGO / BATTLEFIELD / EDITING PHOTOSHOP / SONY VEGAS / VALORANT / COD 2020 ect

Other details,I currently have a 1600x / ASUS x370 pro prime mobo / 16gb ram 2666mhz and gtx 1660TI  , looking to buy whenever I decide upon what I want , I have two 144hz gaming monitors

 

Im looking to upgrade the mobo and cpu to the next step up and then to future proof the rest around it at a later date

 

[RTX 3090]

4 minutes ago, TheRiskk said:

I currently have a 1600x

Try to get a 2700x or a 3700x, (or a 5600 if you manage to find one)

 

5 minutes ago, TheRiskk said:

ASUS x370 pro prime mobo

Would still be fine, but if you want pcie4, you will need a newer board 

6 minutes ago, TheRiskk said:

gtx 1660TI 

GTX1080 or RTX2060 would be a good upgrade

[dave2700]

the buget is that for the upgrades or is it for the whole pc?

 

[Lord Vile]

5 hours ago, TheRiskk said:

Budget (including currency): £400-500

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: CSGO / BATTLEFIELD / EDITING PHOTOSHOP / SONY VEGAS / VALORANT / COD 2020 ect

Other details,I currently have a 1600x / ASUS x370 pro prime mobo / 16gb ram 2666mhz and gtx 1660TI  , looking to buy whenever I decide upon what I want , I have two 144hz gaming monitors

 

Im looking to upgrade the mobo and cpu to the next step up and then to future proof the rest around it at a later date

Would just buy a 3700X and get some 3200Mhz RAM. You don't need to upgrade the board unless you're after PCIE 4.0, just needs a BIOS update.

[TheRiskk]

On 11/29/2020 at 9:24 PM, dave2700 said:

the buget is that for the upgrades or is it for the whole pc?

 

just the upgrades looking mostly to upgrade cpu / mobo /ram  as GPU is only year old

[TheRiskk]

On 11/29/2020 at 9:22 PM, RTX 3090 said:

Try to get a 2700x or a 3700x, (or a 5600 if you manage to find one)

 

Would still be fine, but if you want pcie4, you will need a newer board 

GTX1080 or RTX2060 would be a good upgrade

@RTX 3090just the upgrades looking mostly to upgrade cpu / mobo /ram as GPU is only year old 

3700X good choice just needs bios update right  ?

[TheRiskk]

On 11/30/2020 at 2:26 AM, Lord Vile said:

Would just buy a 3700X and get some 3200Mhz RAM. You don't need to upgrade the board unless you're after PCIE 4.0, just needs a BIOS update.

is  24gb or even 32gb worth the difference?

[RTX 3090]

19 minutes ago, TheRiskk said:

just the upgrades looking mostly to upgrade cpu / mobo /ram as GPU is only year old 

3700X good choice just needs bios update right  ?

Yes, 3700x is a very good choice (for value and performance) although 3600 would exceed in "bang for your buck" but has less cores

20 minutes ago, TheRiskk said:

is  24gb or even 32gb worth the difference?

Not talking about capacity of RAM, rather the speed of it. RAM has timings too, similar to how a CPU has clock speed

[RTX 3090]

22 minutes ago, TheRiskk said:

just needs bios update right  ?

Yes, you can get the BIOS flashing kit from AMD, or get a motherboard with the latest BIOS, or get a motherboard with "BIOS flashback"

 

https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1038568/

[dave2700]

10 hours ago, TheRiskk said:

just the upgrades looking mostly to upgrade cpu / mobo /ram  as GPU is only year old

• AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Processor (8C/16T, 36 MB Cache, 4.4 GHz Max Boost) is good for editing and gaming
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• CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB PRO 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3600 (PC4-28800) C18 AMD Optimized Memory – Black 3600mhz

 

 

i am new to pc building

[TheRiskk]

17 hours ago, RTX 3090 said:

Yes, 3700x is a very good choice (for value and performance) although 3600 would exceed in "bang for your buck" but has less cores

Not talking about capacity of RAM, rather the speed of it. RAM has timings too, similar to how a CPU has clock speed

aha yh I know that sorry was jut curios as the prices have gone down so much recently, if I was to buy the 3700x is my mobo good enough to future proof ? Im sort of hoping this will be able to keep up in 16months or so at a high level 

[VEXICUS]

As you are already on ryzen, you can update your motherboards BIOS to the latest revision available at this moment and purchase a ryzen 7 3700x. It will cost you around £280 and you can sell your 1660ti and 1600x and get something like a 3060ti / 5700xt. It will be a major boost in performance.

 

I didn't recommend ryzen 5600x in your case, as you already own a x370 board and zen3 chips won't work in x370 boards.

[wolfff]

On 11/29/2020 at 10:15 PM, TheRiskk said:

Budget (including currency): £400-500

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: CSGO / BATTLEFIELD / EDITING PHOTOSHOP / SONY VEGAS / VALORANT / COD 2020 ect

Other details,I currently have a 1600x / ASUS x370 pro prime mobo / 16gb ram 2666mhz and gtx 1660TI  , looking to buy whenever I decide upon what I want , I have two 144hz gaming monitors

 

Im looking to upgrade the mobo and cpu to the next step up and then to future proof the rest around it at a later date

 

maybe a late reply and a dumb one, but what about... you save up alittle more money. sell that pc of yours and build a brand new all amd pc

[TheRiskk]

to clarify are you saying the 5700xt would work with my current mobo?

22 hours ago, VEXICUS said:

As you are already on ryzen, you can update your motherboards BIOS to the latest revision available at this moment and purchase a ryzen 7 3700x. It will cost you around £280 and you can sell your 1660ti and 1600x and get something like a 3060ti / 5700xt. It will be a major boost in performance.

 

I didn't recommend ryzen 5600x in your case, as you already own a x370 board and zen3 chips won't work in x370 boards.

 

[VEXICUS]

39 minutes ago, TheRiskk said:

to clarify are you saying the 5700xt would work with my current mobo?

 

Yes, it will work fine with your current x370 board.

PCIe is backwards compatible.

So, PCIe gen 4 cards will work on PCIe gen 3 slots.