i need a good upgrade from a amd ryzen 5 3600 6 core budget is around 150 to 200

[makkaboy26]

pc build currently 

16 gig ram 

gtx 1660

Samsung SSD 970 Evo

adata su650 

all on a asus prime b450 plus

[Pixelfie]

Not really possible with this budget. The cheapest upgrades cost about 300 (5600X or 12400 + B660) and aren't worth upgrading from a 3600.

 

What are you using the PC for? If it's gaming you probably are bottlenecked by the GPU and not the CPU, in which case I'd recommend waiting for a 3050 and hope it will be somewhat decently priced.

 

All I could think of that may be worth it in this budget is better cooling or additional storage, if you need that.

[Tech87]

55 minutes ago, makkaboy26 said:

pc build currently 

16 gig ram 

gtx 1660

Samsung SSD 970 Evo

adata su650 

all on a asus prime b450 plus

If you're using the stock cooler, a solid upgrade option could be an aftermarket cpu cooler so you can overclock your chip.

[Sprawlie]

the 3600 is a decent gaming CPU. not the newest, but upgrading from it to say a 5600 imho isn’t really worth it. the bigger jump would be to an RyZen 7 or 9 series, but then we’re talking about a much larger price jump. 

 

the 3600 should be able to OC somewhat to eek out a little more performance if you want. But make sure your cooling and motherboard are of decent quality.

 

your biggest bottleneck IMHO is the GPU. I had been very succesfully gaming at 1440p in AAA titles with a 3600 overclocked. But i’m powering a 2070 super. The CPU was almost never the bottleneck in gaming. A GTX 1660 is basically a budget card at this point and is fairly out of date at that.