New CPU or GPU

[DethShot]

Budget (including currency): R10 000.00

Country: South Africa

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

 

Basically looking to either upgrade my CPU or GPU. I run a 1080p 144hz monitor so try and shoot for that.

 

SPECS:

CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 AF

GPU: Palit RTX 2060 

RAM: (2x8GB) TeamGroup 3200Mhz CL16

PSU: 750w 80+ Gold Hydro G Pro

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max

 

 

Looking to either get a Ryzen 5 5600x or Ryzen 7 3700x for CPU

OR

Upgrade GPU first to something like RTX 3060 Ti

 

 

This is place where i will be ordering from:

https://www.wootware.co.za/

[Downkey]

1 minute ago, DethShot said:

Budget (including currency): R10 000.00

Country: South Africa

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

 

Basically looking to either upgrade my CPU or GPU. I run a 1080p 144hz monitor so try and shoot for that.

 

SPECS:

CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 AF

GPU: Palit RTX 2060 

RAM: (2x8GB) TeamGroup 3200Mhz CL16

PSU: 750w 80+ Gold Hydro G Pro

Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max

 

 

Looking to either get a Ryzen 5 5600x or Ryzen 7 3700x for CPU

OR

Upgrade GPU first to something like RTX 3060 Ti

 

 

This is place where i will be ordering from:

https://www.wootware.co.za/

Since your playing at 1080p the RTX 2060 is still great. I would upgrade the CPU too a 5600x. 

[CreepySK]

3 minutes ago, Downkey said:

Since your playing at 1080p the RTX 2060 is still great. I would upgrade the CPU too a 5600x. 

yeah cpu is also probably bottlenecking gpu at these resolutions.

[ImNotABot]

https://pc-builds.com/calculator/
I this website you can check wether your cpu will bottleneck the gpu or not at which resolution. Check here before you make your decision. 

[Boyohan]

6 minutes ago, DethShot said:

 

Basically looking to either upgrade my CPU or GPU. I run a 1080p 144hz monitor so try and shoot for that.

 

Your 2060 is still decent while your CPU could use an upgrade.

Also because GPUs are hard to get and very high price these days. 

 

B450 Tomahawk Max is one of the better B450 boards available so you shouldn't have any problem with a 5600x as long as you update the BIOS. 

For a gaming PC I would get the 5600x over 3700x

[Grabhanem]

2 minutes ago, Danish69 said:

https://pc-builds.com/calculator/
I this website you can check wether your cpu will bottleneck the gpu or not at which resolution. Check here before you make your decision. 

These sites are generally not super reliable - bottlenecking is a lot more complicated than anything you can do with a basic online calculator.

 

OP, what games do you typically play? For sightseeing/graphically demanding games, you'd probably benefit more from a GPU upgrade, while fast paced shooters or games with heavy DRM would probably benefit most from a CPU upgrade. Also worth considering is that productivity applications will care much more about CPU - if you do video editing or CAD on the side, a CPU upgrade might give you more benefit there.

[AronMan13]

Get a CPU there's not points getting a GPU when your old one show 144fps you only have a 144hz monitor so theres no points however CPU will make a big difference GO FOR THE CPU
 

[DethShot]

1 hour ago, Grabhanem said:

These sites are generally not super reliable - bottlenecking is a lot more complicated than anything you can do with a basic online calculator.

 

OP, what games do you typically play? For sightseeing/graphically demanding games, you'd probably benefit more from a GPU upgrade, while fast paced shooters or games with heavy DRM would probably benefit most from a CPU upgrade. Also worth considering is that productivity applications will care much more about CPU - if you do video editing or CAD on the side, a CPU upgrade might give you more benefit there.

I mainly play CS:GO, Overwatch, Some Warzone but not a lot, Sea of Thieves and going to purchase Escape from Tarkov and Cyberpunk. 

[DethShot]

1 hour ago, AronMan13 said:

Get a CPU there's not points getting a GPU when your old one show 144fps you only have a 144hz monitor so theres no points however CPU will make a big difference GO FOR THE CPU
 

Weird thing with Insurgency Sandstorm i get around 120Hz but GPU utilization is like 50% so GPU or CPU bottleneck i don't know. Could be game. Games like CS and Overwatch usually get 144 ez. 

[Grabhanem]

2 hours ago, DethShot said:

I mainly play CS:GO, Overwatch, Some Warzone but not a lot, Sea of Thieves and going to purchase Escape from Tarkov and Cyberpunk. 

CS:GO, Overwatch, and Warzone are all pretty likely to be CPU bound - Tarkov might be as well. Cyberpunk will probably care more about GPU.