UPGRADING 2019 PC

[JayCatalyst]

I'm looking to upgrade my PC that I built in early 2019 but I haven't really paid much attention to what new hardware has been released since that time so I'm a little uncertain what I should be looking for and am looking for suggestions.

Basically what I'd like to do is upgrade to roughly today's equivalent to the following hardware in early 2019. If I can keep anything that's a plus, but again, I haven't kept up with new hardware in several years so I don't know how much room to upgrade there is or whether the cost would be worth it at this point.

MY CURRENT HARDWARE:

GPU: GIGABYTE GTX 1660 Ti OC 6G

CPU: RYZEN 7 2700

RAM: V-Color SKYWALKER PRISM RGB 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 3200

MOTHERBOARD: MSI B450-A PRO

BOOT DRIVE: WD Blue SN500 NVMe M.2 2280 500GB

POWER SUPPLY: Corsair CX650M 650W ATX12V

 

[DEADPOOLSMOM]

3 minutes ago, JayCatalyst said:

I'm looking to upgrade my PC that I built in early 2019 but I haven't really paid much attention to what new hardware has been released since that time so I'm a little uncertain what I should be looking for and am looking for suggestions.

Basically what I'd like to do is upgrade to roughly today's equivalent to the following hardware in early 2019. If I can keep anything that's a plus, but again, I haven't kept up with new hardware in several years so I don't know how much room to upgrade there is or whether the cost would be worth it at this point.

MY CURRENT HARDWARE:

GPU: GIGABYTE GTX 1660 Ti OC 6G

CPU: RYZEN 7 2700

RAM: V-Color SKYWALKER PRISM RGB 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 3200

MOTHERBOARD: MSI B450-A PRO

BOOT DRIVE: WD Blue SN500 NVMe M.2 2280 500GB

POWER SUPPLY: Corsair CX650M 650W ATX12V

 

CPU, slot in a Ryzen 5700. Boom, Done. Make sure to do a bios update first.

 

Second part is more complicated and depends on budget. There's no terrific budget GPU's right now really. Perhaps the Radeon RX 6600/6600xt. Whatever GPU you get will likely need a PSU upgrade as well. Again, it all depends on budget. The Ryzen 5700 is WAYYYYY better than the 2700 though and it's currently around $199, so that's a start.

[podkall]

Do you really need an upgrade? Because you really haven't told us a reason. (fps/too low quality settings for your liking/etc.)

[DEADPOOLSMOM]

3 minutes ago, podkall said:

Do you really need an upgrade? Because you really haven't told us a reason. (fps/too low quality settings for your liking/etc.)

Yeah exactly. The Ryzen 2700 and GTX 1660ti are kinda equally slow anyways

[DEADPOOLSMOM]

8 minutes ago, Abyssal Radon said:

Budget, games you want to play and at what settings? You can’t go wrong with Intel or AMD CPU’s these days and as for GPU’s, well if you don’t mind paying scalper prices it’s hard to get a new GPU at MSRP these days. nVidia’s RTX 4080 is launching soon, as are AMD’s 7900XT/XTX. If you go with AMD’s next generation Radeon’s you’ll not have to buy an next generation PSU (which is a plus).

Bro I just looked at your signature. Isn't your 4090 struggling for Air in that case with no airflow?

[PDifolco]

51 minutes ago, JayCatalyst said:

I'm looking to upgrade my PC that I built in early 2019 but I haven't really paid much attention to what new hardware has been released since that time so I'm a little uncertain what I should be looking for and am looking for suggestions.

Basically what I'd like to do is upgrade to roughly today's equivalent to the following hardware in early 2019. If I can keep anything that's a plus, but again, I haven't kept up with new hardware in several years so I don't know how much room to upgrade there is or whether the cost would be worth it at this point.

MY CURRENT HARDWARE:

GPU: GIGABYTE GTX 1660 Ti OC 6G

CPU: RYZEN 7 2700

RAM: V-Color SKYWALKER PRISM RGB 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 3200

MOTHERBOARD: MSI B450-A PRO

BOOT DRIVE: WD Blue SN500 NVMe M.2 2280 500GB

POWER SUPPLY: Corsair CX650M 650W ATX12V

 

For the CPU it's rather simple but depends on budget

Under $200 :  5600 or 5600X (6 cores)

$200 to $300 : 5700X or 5800X (8 cores)

$400+ : 5800X3D (8 cores+ cache) or 5900X (12 cores)

 

For the GPU, understanding you want a mid range GPU, I'd say a 6600XT (<$300) or 6700XT (<$400)

 

imo best balance would be a 5700X and 6700XT, for $600 and some

[GreatnessRD]

25 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

For the CPU it's rather simple but depends on budget

Under $200 :  5600 or 5600X (6 cores)

$200 to $300 : 5700X or 5800X (8 cores)

$400+ : 5800X3D (8 cores+ cache) or 5900X (12 cores)

 

For the GPU, understanding you want a mid range GPU, I'd say a 6600XT (<$300) or 6700XT (<$400)

 

imo best balance would be a 5700X and 6700XT, for $600 and some

I like this a lot. The upgrade would be noticeably insane and solid value, imo.

[JayCatalyst]

So... I ended up spending more than I anticipated and basically buying parts for a whole new PC, but I did get some solid Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals:

 

CPU : Ryzen 7 5800X
GPU : ZOTAC RTX 3060 Ti AMP White Edition
MOB : ASRock B550 PRO4
RAM : CORSAIR Vengeance RGB Pro SL 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 3200Mhz (White)
AIO : ID-COOLING AURAFLOW X 360 Snow RGB
SSD : Western Digital WD_BLACK SN770 M.2 2280 1TB PCIe Gen4
SSD : Western Digital WD Blue SN500 NVMe M.2 2280 500GB (already had)
HDD : Seagate 4TB BarraCuda (already had)
HDD : Seagate 3TB Constellation ES.3 (already had)
PSU : Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 750W/80 PLUS GOLD (White)
CASE: KEDIERS C590