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Hello everybody,

I'm currently rocking the following specs:

- Cpu Ryzen 9 3900xt

- Mobo Asus Strix X570-F gaming

- Gpu Rog strix 2070 Super

- Ram 64gb 3600mhz cl16 Gskill Neo's

- Psu Corsair 1200 watt 80 platinum

 

I was curious what you guys recommend as a next upgrade(s). Myself I was thinking my gpu would be the first to swap out when the prices get better. Still would love to hear any tips.

 

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I think that the GPU would be the next logical upgrade since that's really the bottleneck in your build, may I recommend a 3070, 3070TI, or 3080?

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1 minute ago, Mel0nMan said:

I think that the GPU would be the next logical upgrade since that's really the bottleneck in your build, may I recommend a 3070, 3070TI, or 3080?

I was thinking the same, probably a 3070ti or 3080 when the prices get less insane.

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Perhaps more storage space like another NVMe or even a HDD for bulk storage for games. 

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5 minutes ago, DullJoker said:

I was thinking the same, probably a 3070ti or 3080 when the prices get less insane.

And then after that I would do cpu but that’s like in the far future. 

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Upgrade right now/when GPU prices come down? I wouldn't personally bother upgrading anything in that PC, it's already pretty much on the high end side of things and unless you absolutely need to have your all games run at ultra 4k, it should still easily handle most things and keep you going until the next generation that will likely be coming out next year as it will have been 2 years and its usually 2 years between generations.

 

Honestly, that computer could probably do just fine without an upgrade for at least 4 years (2 generations of GPUs), IMO, as long as you're ok reducing quality/resolution to 1080p to keep a constant 60+fps in essentially everything. After that, it would only require a GPU upgrade, unless there's massive advancements on the CPU side of things (do remember, if you want to upgrade the CPU, your only upgrade path is the 5000 series, after that you'll have to buy a new motherboard and RAM).

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24 minutes ago, DullJoker said:

Hello everybody,

I'm currently rocking the following specs:

- Cpu Ryzen 9 3900xt

- Mobo Asus Strix X570-F gaming

- Gpu Rog strix 2070 Super

- Ram 64gb 3600mhz cl16 Gskill Neo's

- Psu Corsair 1200 watt 80 platinum

 

I was curious what you guys recommend as a next upgrade(s). Myself I was thinking my gpu would be the first to swap out when the prices get better. Still would love to hear any tips.

 

What monitor do you have? If it is less than 4k or 144Hz, you could upgrade that.

 

Then you would have a reason to upgrade your GPU to something like a GeForce RTX 3080.

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