Pc possible update/upgrade am4

[wrathofdragon]

Budget (including currency): 500 ish if necessary

Country: usa

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: light gaming-> skyrim fallout4, yakuza, crusader kings 3, csgo, maybe some anno...

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): run 2 monitors and a TV for watching non smart TV things (disconnect when gaming) 1920x1080 x3 60hz.

I don't game often, but started noticing hitching and stutters. 

R5 1400 cpu

Rx570 gpu

32gb ram

Couple nvme ssd, sata ssd and some hdds

800w evga  psu from 5ish years ago

 

What's the biggest bottleneck and is it worth it to upgrade/update now ($$$) 

 

Closest electronics store is best buy (60 miles away) with almost no parts available in stock, so probably online only -> ship to alaska.....

 

[RONOTHAN##]

1 minute ago, wrathofdragon said:

What's the biggest bottleneck and is it worth it to upgrade/update now ($$$) 

 

CPU, and it will depend on the price and what motherboard you have. If you can get a used 3600 for ~$150, go for it, that would be a great upgrade. If you have to buy that CPU new for ~$200-300, not so much. A 2600 shouldn't be much more expensive and should still give you a pretty decent performance uplift, I just wouldn't pay more than about $150 for it, otherwise it would make more sense to flip what you have and buy an i3 12100F and a cheap B660 board. 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

What board do you have? How much ram and what config is it (1,2, or 4 sticks)?

[Dutch_Master]

CPU is your bottleneck for sure. A R7 1700 or 2700 is a drop-in replacement with double the cores of your 1400. The 2700 is around 200 bucks on Aliexpress. (mind, these are unboxed, so no cooler included! Shop listed is safe to purchase from, i bought there twice last year, no issues other then my own making (BIOS update :P ))

 

Alternatively, do the "2 birds, one stone" thing and replace both CPU and GPU with an APU in the form of the R7 4750G. Still double the core count over your 1400 but also (much) better graphics over the RX570. Downside is that your mainboard should support that chip, it may well not do so: 300 series boards probably not, 400 series board may require a BIOS update, if available. In case you can't run the 4750G on your current board, a B550 board is not too dear these days, re-use your current RAM and repurpose the old system (with new RAM sticks, like 2x 8GB or similar) for a backup solution if you don't have one already.