3770K with a 3080, need to unbottleneck

[iTonyy]

Budget (including currency): 500

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Assasins Creed, Cyberpunk, League of Legends

 

Currently running a 3770k with a rtx 3080 and only recently realized how extremely bottlenecked my 3080 is. Would like a mid-budget cpu platform upgrade to unbottleneck my gpu.

I mostly play casual esports titles, with the occasional AAA game. I'm thinking the best value would be a second-hand 5600X with a B550 motherboard.

Open to suggestions if anyone has a recommendation.

 

 

[Shimejii]

5600x second hand would be the best option.  dont think youll get so lucky to find a 5800x3d+mobo+ram for that price though.

[Jonathan Lee]

The 5700x with DDR4 has been on a good deal lately:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($259.00 @ Canada Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK400 66.47 CFM CPU Cooler  ($44.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B550-VC ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($159.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($72.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $536.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-05 21:37 EDT-0400

 

Alternatively, you could go with an intel 13400 for around the same price point:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($279.99 @ Canada Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK400 66.47 CFM CPU Cooler  ($44.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock B760M Pro RS/D4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($147.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($72.98 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $545.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-05 21:43 EDT-0400

[GeorgeMKane]

22 minutes ago, iTonyy said:

Budget (including currency): 500

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Assasins Creed, Cyberpunk, League of Legends

 

Currently running a 3770k with a rtx 3080 and only recently realized how extremely bottlenecked my 3080 is. Would like a mid-budget cpu platform upgrade to unbottleneck my gpu.

I mostly play casual esports titles, with the occasional AAA game. I'm thinking the best value would be a second-hand 5600X with a B550 motherboard.

Open to suggestions if anyone has a recommendation.

 

 

Go with a solid Noctua cpu cooler and 16GB of RAM should be plenty for now. You can always add a second kit later.

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/gPxhtn

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($189.00 @ Canada Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S redux 70.75 CFM CPU Cooler  ($62.95 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($52.97 @ Newegg Canada) 
$504.91

[SorryBella]

29 minutes ago, iTonyy said:

I'm thinking the best value would be a second-hand 5600X with a B550 motherboard

Eh. 3600X would be a better buy for used, with it being similar in performance to 5500 but cheaper. Id definitely go for dead stock cooler, it doesnt matter much on such a low TDP for stock operation in games.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($189.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($117.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($44.97 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $351.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-05 22:01 EDT-0400

 

For performance similar to 5800X3D you could also go for 13600. If you are going to go down to 13400 or 13500 to compress this to sub 500, at markets with similar cost to 12600K, go for that instead, but it isnt as cost effective as just going for Ryzen 5 5600 in the first place.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($189.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($117.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($44.97 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $351.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-05 22:01 EDT-0400