Upgrading GPU

[ChristopherNW]

Budget (~600€): 

Country: Germany

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

Other details (already existing in the system:

- Prozessor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x

- PSU: Seasonic Focus GX-650

- Case: Fractal Design Meshify S2

- Storage: Western Digital WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 1TB

- RAM: G.Skill V black DIMM Kit 16GB

- Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk

- GPU AMD R290X

 

This was my first PC build. I built in summer 2021 hence the old GPU (got it from a friend for free). 

As the prices are going down for the GPUs I would like to upgrade to a better GPU.

I was thinking NVIDIA RTX 3070 or 3060Ti.

I also want to upgrade the CPU cooler (and I know that it's installed side ways) 

And at somepoint maye, also get some more RAM.

I'd be very thankful for some GPU tips. (RGB isn'tt a priority as i haven't got any in my case anyway)

 

 

[Jekub]

What games do you play / want to play?

[Pixelfie]

If you can spend €625 you can get an RX 6800 which outperforms both by a lot.

 

For the cooler, the Arctic Freezer 34 eSports should be great for a 5600X.

[venomtail]

Something like this could be a fair upgrade. One iffy thing though is on paper one should buy a whole new one set of RAM sticks as there could be differences within the same models made at different times but for an average consumer I don't think you'll run into issues unless you're trying to overclock and go beyond the rated XMP's:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For €0.00) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK400 66.47 CFM CPU Cooler  (€34.90 @ Alza) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  (Purchased For €0.00) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (Purchased For €0.00) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (€62.90 @ Alza) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For €0.00) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Speedster QICK 319 BLACK Video Card  (€519.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify S2 ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For €0.00) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For €0.00) 
Total: €616.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-07-27 09:21 CEST+0200

[ChristopherNW]

 

9 hours ago, Jekub said:

What games do you play / want to play?

I mainly play strategy or shooters but I also like playing things like witcher 3

[ChristopherNW]

8 hours ago, Pixelfie said:

If you can spend €625 you can get an RX 6800 which outperforms both by a lot.

 

For the cooler, the Arctic Freezer 34 eSports should be great for a 5600X.

Ah ok I didn't know that thanks 

[ChristopherNW]

8 hours ago, venomtail said:

Something like this could be a fair upgrade. One iffy thing though is on paper one should buy a whole new one set of RAM sticks as there could be differences within the same models made at different times but for an average consumer I don't think you'll run into issues unless you're trying to overclock and go beyond the rated XMP's:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For €0.00) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK400 66.47 CFM CPU Cooler  (€34.90 @ Alza) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  (Purchased For €0.00) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (Purchased For €0.00) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (€62.90 @ Alza) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For €0.00) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Speedster QICK 319 BLACK Video Card  (€519.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify S2 ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For €0.00) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For €0.00) 
Total: €616.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-07-27 09:21 CEST+0200

Yeah, I will keep that in mind

Thanks