Can someone help me?

[I spent too much on my pc]

I've been struggling to find affordable PC components lately and could really use some guidance on upgrading my system or even building a completely new PC. I currently run an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core processor and a GTX 1660 SUPER graphics card, but I'm unsure if this setup is sufficient for video editing or if I need an upgrade.

I'm having trouble locating budget-friendly components, and I'm not sure if my PC's performance is subpar or if there's room for improvement. Do I need to upgrade my CPU, GPU, or both to avoid bottlenecking? Additionally, I'm experiencing some issues with recording, and I'm not sure if it's related to my OBS settings. I generally don't push my game settings to the maximum, ensuring they are playable and the video quality is decent, but in some games, the recording quality still suffers.

Can anyone offer advice or point me in the right direction? I'm open to suggestions and appreciate any help. Thanks a bunch!

[Tetras]

8 minutes ago, I spent too much on my pc said:

and I'm not sure if my PC's performance is subpar or if there's room for improvement

This ^^ video may help.

 

If you want more gaming performance, then ideally you'll need to upgrade both, but it does depend on the game and the resolution.

 

This is the sort of video card upgrade you'd be looking at, so you might want to watch:

 

11 minutes ago, I spent too much on my pc said:

Additionally, I'm experiencing some issues with recording, and I'm not sure if it's related to my OBS settings. I generally don't push my game settings to the maximum, ensuring they are playable and the video quality is decent, but in some games, the recording quality still suffers.

Can you elaborate on the issues?

[PDifolco]

1 hour ago, I spent too much on my pc said:

I've been struggling to find affordable PC components lately and could really use some guidance on upgrading my system or even building a completely new PC. I currently run an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core processor and a GTX 1660 SUPER graphics card, but I'm unsure if this setup is sufficient for video editing or if I need an upgrade.

I'm having trouble locating budget-friendly components, and I'm not sure if my PC's performance is subpar or if there's room for improvement. Do I need to upgrade my CPU, GPU, or both to avoid bottlenecking? Additionally, I'm experiencing some issues with recording, and I'm not sure if it's related to my OBS settings. I generally don't push my game settings to the maximum, ensuring they are playable and the video quality is decent, but in some games, the recording quality still suffers.

Can anyone offer advice or point me in the right direction? I'm open to suggestions and appreciate any help. Thanks a bunch!

It's a rather old rig that was midrange when new, so yes rather weak now.

But without telling where you are, what you play, not what budget you have it'll be hard to give useful advice...

[I spent too much on my pc]

5 hours ago, Tetras said:

Can you elaborate on the issues?

When I downscale my recordings, they end up looking fuzzy, and when I attempt to keep it at native resolution, I can only feasibly record games like League of Legends without running into problems. I'm not sure if this is related to my OBS settings or if I'm just dumb.

 

[Tetras]

11 minutes ago, I spent too much on my pc said:

When I downscale my recordings, they end up looking fuzzy, and when I attempt to keep it at native resolution, I can only feasibly record games like League of Legends without running into problems. I'm not sure if this is related to my OBS settings or if I'm just dumb.

 

Ah, I see. I'm afraid don't know enough about that either, but definitely worth investigating further before you spend any money.

[I spent too much on my pc]

Would a b550 board work with the Ryzen 5 5600x, and would it be ddr4 ram?

Now that I am thinking about it I don't want to give up in Nvidia's nvenc encoding but the amd gpu looks like it would be great... AHHH This is so difficult

[Tetras]

30 minutes ago, I spent too much on my pc said:

Would a b550 board work with the Ryzen 5 5600x, and would it be ddr4 ram?

It would, but since you already have a working AM4 motherboard, it would be pointless to buy a new one. I'd just check which bios you need and update it.

[I spent too much on my pc]

2 hours ago, Tetras said:

It would, but since you already have a working AM4 motherboard, it would be pointless to buy a new one. I'd just check which bios you need and update it.

So my PRIME A320M-K would take a 5000 Series chip?

[Tetras]

7 minutes ago, I spent too much on my pc said:

So my PRIME A320M-K would take a 5000 Series chip?

Yes. From the cpu support page, you need a minimum of BIOS 5862 (November 2021), which would need to be present prior to the CPU being installed.

[I spent too much on my pc]

1 hour ago, Tetras said:

Yes. From the cpu support page, you need a minimum of BIOS 5862 (November 2021), which would need to be present prior to the CPU being installed.

I am just worried having such a low end motherboard from that long ago, I wouldn't want to damage it or my new components 

[Tetras]

32 minutes ago, I spent too much on my pc said:

I am just worried having such a low end motherboard from that long ago, I wouldn't want to damage it or my new components 

If the motherboard can handle a 2600, then it can handle a 5600, but I wouldn't use a 5950X in it.

[I spent too much on my pc]

5 minutes ago, Tetras said:

If the motherboard can handle a 2600, then it can handle a 5600, but I wouldn't use a 5950X in it.

I haven't even looked at my power supply in like 3 years and may need to upgrade it but assuming that it will handle it do you think my motherboard would handle the 7800xt? or would I have to go with an older card

[Tetras]

10 hours ago, I spent too much on my pc said:

I haven't even looked at my power supply in like 3 years and may need to upgrade it but assuming that it will handle it do you think my motherboard would handle the 7800xt? or would I have to go with an older card

Yeah, it would, the motherboard doesn't matter.

 

Your power supply being 3 years old isn't an issue, what model is it?