Currently have 3700x - worth it to overclock, or should I plan for replacement?

[Nemockulous]

System:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz
Mobo: Asus ROG Strix X570-E
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 x2 (64GB total)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME
GPU: EVGA 3080 Ti Hydro Copper
PSU: Corsair RMx 1,000 Watt

 

PC is water cooled.

I've recently updated the GPU and PSU. Mostly playing World of Warcraft, which I know is CPU heavy, and not getting the FPS I'd like. Is it worth it to try and squeeze more out of the CPU, or should I start planning for a platform upgrade?

[Ottoman420]

5800x3D easy drop in replacement and the cheapest option for upgrade.

 

OC it (3700x)see if it makes enough of a diffrence for you.

Edited March 28, 2023 by Ottoman420

[Nemockulous]

8 minutes ago, Ottoman420 said:

5800x3D easy drop in replacement and the cheapest option for upgrade.

 

OC it (3700x)see if it makes enough of a diffrence for you.

 

Is there a recommended guide or place to start for overclocking?

[jauxan]

Same here, I got a 4080 but some games are similar if not the same in FPS (Mostly old games).

As Ottoman said, 5800x3d is now "cheap" and you can easyly upgrade without the need for MOBO or RAM.

[Nemockulous]

8 minutes ago, jauxan said:

Same here, I got a 4080 but some games are similar if not the same in FPS (Mostly old games).

As Ottoman said, 5800x3d is now "cheap" and you can easyly upgrade without the need for MOBO or RAM.

Yea it's not a dumb idea at all - looks to be about a 20% bump at stock.

[FI Fheonix]

3 minutes ago, Nemockulous said:

Yea it's not a dumb idea at all - looks to be about a 20% bump at stock.

Plus the extra cache will be a big plus when gaming.

[Ottoman420]

2 minutes ago, Nemockulous said:

Yea it's not a dumb idea at all - looks to be about a 20% bump at stock.

Dont forget to update bios and you are good to go.

Check out a link in this old thread about PBO it will take some playing around and i was looking for slightly less performance rather than more performance by lowering ppt and edc where the efficicncey is alot better but for almost the same performance. but you can use these tools for the opposite effect.

[Nemockulous]

50 minutes ago, Ottoman420 said:

Dont forget to update bios and you are good to go.

Check out a link in this old thread about PBO it will take some playing around and i was looking for slightly less performance rather than more performance by lowering ppt and edc where the efficicncey is alot better but for almost the same performance. but you can use these tools for the opposite effect.

You're saying this in addition to the swap?

[Ottoman420]

7 minutes ago, Nemockulous said:

You're saying this in addition to the swap?

No thisis for using PBO to oc 3700x

[jauxan]

16 hours ago, Ottoman420 said:

No thisis for using PBO to oc 3700x

For sure I will take a look, thank you!