Planning to upgrade... what should I upgrade first?

[Avocheeseado]

Budget (including currency): £400-550

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

This is my current Build: 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	£149.99 @ CCL Computers
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler	£29.80 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	£89.99 @ Box Limited
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£74.97 @ Laptops Direct
Storage	Sabrent Rocket Q 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£99.99 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case	£83.99 @ Box Limited
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£117.22 @ Newegg UK
Monitor	Acer VG270U Pbmiipx 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£645.95
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-26 17:43 GMT+0000

 

Hi. Recently, my PC hasn't been getting my desired frame rate in some games. Not by too much, but enough to notice. I am also interested in playing with Ray Tracing which mine is not really capable of. I am aware of the stock issues with both Nvidia and AMD but am not planning to upgrade until next year around March/April time.

 

The 2 things I plan to upgrade is my CPU, to a Ryzen 5 5600 - non X (when and if that is released) and my GPU, to an RTX 3060ti or 3070 depending on how much money I have available at the time.

 

I suppose I am asking whether you think these are worthy upgrades and am wondering which one I should get first? As my 2600 will probably bottleneck a 3060ti or 3070 and my 2060 will probably bottleneck a 5600.

 

Thanks for your help, sorry this was quite long!

[Aakash_Ram]

5 minutes ago, Avocheeseado said:

Budget (including currency): £400-550

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

This is my current Build: 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	£149.99 @ CCL Computers
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler	£29.80 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	£89.99 @ Box Limited
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£74.97 @ Laptops Direct
Storage	Sabrent Rocket Q 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£99.99 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case	£83.99 @ Box Limited
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£117.22 @ Newegg UK
Monitor	Acer VG270U Pbmiipx 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£645.95
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-26 17:43 GMT+0000

 

Hi. Recently, my PC hasn't been getting my desired frame rate in some games. Not by too much, but enough to notice. I am also interested in playing with Ray Tracing which mine is not really capable of. I am aware of the stock issues with both Nvidia and AMD but am not planning to upgrade until next year around March/April time.

 

The 2 things I plan to upgrade is my CPU, to a Ryzen 5 5600 - non X (when and if that is released) and my GPU, to an RTX 3060ti or 3070 depending on how much money I have available at the time.

 

I suppose I am asking whether you think these are worthy upgrades and am wondering which one I should get first? As my 2600 will probably bottleneck a 3060ti or 3070 and my 2060 will probably bottleneck a 5600.

 

Thanks for your help, sorry this was quite long!

if you desire ray tracing that  just get a 3070 or 3060ti

[mikestrong88]

I'd say they're worth yes. I went from a 3600 & 2060 Super to a 5600x and 3070 FE and I'm getting over 50 extra fps at 1440p. I was shocked at how much of a difference it made.