Thinking about an upgrade or two.

[CPT_BEEMO]

 

So I ended up with some extra cash at the start of the year, and I'm considering throwing some upgrades to the system I currently have, thought I'd check in with yall and see what you think.

 

The specs in my signature are currently accurate. I'm thinking about doing a CPU, mobo and ram swap. I'd be doing a 5800X on either a B550 or X570 board with some 3600mhz memory. I would keep the 5700XT GPU. Either that, or I keep my board and chip and throw money at a new GPU. Something like a 3070Ti. Either way, I'm into it for close to the same price Either way.

 

Which route do you guys think would be the best way to go with a gaming dominant with passive workstation task type of system? 

 

Thanks!

[ki8aras]

the 3070 ti is about 30% faster than the 5700xt, so given that you don't have any problems with your current gpu capabilities, i would suggest you go for the new cpu (without the motherboard though cuz there is no need)

[HeroRareheart]

2 minutes ago, ki8aras said:

(without the motherboard though cuz there is no need)

I agree, however if @CPT_BEEMO is running into issues such as not enough USB controllers then a MOBO upgrade would be warranted.

[Pixelfie]

Would recommend the CPU upgrade in this case.

 

Since you'll swap the board anyway I'd recommend a 12700K + Z690 instead, it's better than a 5800X. Or wait for 5800X3D

[CPT_BEEMO]

So given that I'm using a PCI gen 4 card on a gen 3 board, there would be no beneficial gain to performance to switch out the mobo to a gen 4 board? Because if that's the case, I have a friend selling his 3800XT CPU that I could also go with.

[Jonathan Lee]

I think you can update your bios to support the ryzen 5800X (maybe 5900X/5950X if you want to be a baller). Save money on getting new mobo and get a 2nd set of 2x8 GB (or 2x16 GB if baller status desired). That would get you a pretty beastly PC for the upcoming AAA games.

 

1 hour ago, CPT_BEEMO said:

I have a friend selling his 3800XT CPU that I could also go with

If he's selling it at a good price that is a very good option as well.

 

I would keep the 5700xt. Wait for rtx 40 series or rx 7000 series before upgrading GPU. You should get a much better performance uplift at that time.

1 hour ago, CPT_BEEMO said:

So given that I'm using a PCI gen 4 card on a gen 3 board, there would be no beneficial gain to performance to switch out the mobo to a gen 4 board?

Don't think you need to really worry about that just yet. I don't think most GPU's really fully utilize the gen 4 bandwidth right now. Gen 4 NVME don't really have an appreciable real world performance difference for the average user.

[CPT_BEEMO]

On 1/8/2022 at 12:18 PM, Jonathan Lee said:

I think you can update your bios to support the ryzen 5800X (maybe 5900X/5950X if you want to be a baller). Save money on getting new mobo and get a 2nd set of 2x8 GB (or 2x16 GB if baller status desired). That would get you a pretty beastly PC for the upcoming AAA games.

 

If he's selling it at a good price that is a very good option as well.

 

I would keep the 5700xt. Wait for rtx 40 series or rx 7000 series before upgrading GPU. You should get a much better performance uplift at that time.

Don't think you need to really worry about that just yet. I don't think most GPU's really fully utilize the gen 4 bandwidth right now. Gen 4 NVME don't really have an appreciable real world performance difference for the average user.

Would there be any disadvantage of putting a 5800X on an X470 chipset? I'm more or less concerned of my boards power delivery/stability versus just getting a B550 or X570 board.

[Jonathan Lee]

1 hour ago, CPT_BEEMO said:

Would there be any disadvantage of putting a 5800X on an X470 chipset? I'm more or less concerned of my boards power delivery/stability versus just getting a B550 or X570 board.

I believe your mobo is a pretty high end X470. So, I think it should be able to handle to 5800X, but I'm not 100% sure.