Jump to content

Wondering what would be the best updates to do to my pc

Layer9error
 Share
Posted (edited)

Budget (including currency): United State Dollar

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  virtualization running multiple VMs, steam games mainly BG3 

Other details: I am planning to save up for a couple of updates for my PC in the near future just wondering what would be the first 3 components that i could upgrade to provide me with the best upgrades that would make sense for my system. What should be my priority to upgrade? 

Tomahawk b550 Motherboard

Ryzen 7 3700x with the stock cpu cooler

16gb of ripjaw 3600hx ram (8x2)

GTX 1660 super

corsair cx650m PSU

500gb nvme ssd 

 

Edited by Layer9error
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Ryzen 5700X, 5900X, eventally 5800X3D.

More RAM. 32GB minimum.

Stronger GPU.

M.S.C.E. (M.Sc. Computer Engineering), IT specialist in a hospital, 30+ years of gaming, 20+ years of computer enthusiasm, Geek, Trekkie, anime fan

  • Main PC: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D - EK AIO 360 D-RGB - Arctic Cooling MX-4 - Asus Prime X570-P - 4x8GB DDR4 3200 HyperX Fury CL16 - Sapphire AMD Radeon 6950XT Nitro+ - 1TB Kingston Fury Renegade - 2TB Kingston Fury Renegade - 512GB ADATA SU800 - 960GB Kingston A400 - Seasonic PX-850 850W  - custom black ATX and EPS cables - Fractal Design Define R5 Blackout - Windows 11 x64 23H2 - 3 Arctic Cooling P14 PWM PST - 5 Arctic Cooling P12 PWM PST
  • Peripherals: LG 32GK650F - Dell P2319h - Logitech G Pro X Superlight with Tiger Ice - HyperX Alloy Origins Core (TKL) - EndGame Gear MPC890 - Genius HF 1250B - Akliam PD4 - Sennheiser HD 560s - Simgot EM6L - Truthear Zero - QKZ x HBB - 7Hz Salnotes Zero - Logitech C270 - Behringer PS400 - BM700  - Colormunki Smile - Speedlink Torid - Jysk Stenderup - LG 24x External DVD writer - Konig smart card reader
  • Laptop: Acer E5–575G-386R 15.6" 1080p (i3 6100U + 12GB DDR4 (4GB+8GB) + GeForce 940MX + 256GB nVME) Win 10 Pro x64 22H2 - Logitech G305 + AAA Lithium battery
  • Networking: Asus TUF Gaming AX6000 - Arcadyan ISP router - 35/5 Mbps vDSL
  • TV and gadgets: TCL 50EP680 50" 4K LED + Sharp HT-SB100 75W RMS soundbar - Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 10.1" - OnePlus 9 256GB - Olymous Cameda C-160 - GameBoy Color 
  • Streaming/Server/Storage PC: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - LC-Power LC-CC-120 - MSI B450 Tomahawk Max - 2x4GB ADATA 2666 DDR4 - 120GB Kingston V300 - Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB - Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB - 2x WD Green 2TB - Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon R9 380X - 550W EVGA G3 SuperNova - Chieftec Giga DF-01B - White Shark Spartan X keyboard - Roccat Kone Pure Military Desert strike - Logitech S-220 - Philips 226L
  • Livingroom PC (dad uses): AMD FX 8300 - Arctic Freezer 64 - Asus M5A97 R2.0 Evo - 2x4GB DDR3 1833 Kingston - MSI Radeon HD 7770 1GB OC - 120GB Adata SSD - 500W Fractal Design Essence - DVD-RW - Samsung SM 2253BW - Logitech G710+ - wireless vertical mouse - MS 2.0 speakers
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

Thank you so much! would my PSU being at 650w be an issue with any of these upgrades? also would you prioritize adding ram up to 32gb over upgrading the stock cooler for and AIO?  

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
4 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

Ryzen 5700X, 5900X, eventally 5800X3D.

More RAM. 32GB minimum.

Stronger GPU.

Thank you so much! would my PSU being at 650w be an issue with any of these upgrades? also would you prioritize adding ram up to 32gb over upgrading the stock cooler for and AIO?  

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

3700x -> 5900x for 200-250$ used minus the resell price of the 3700x

if the stock cooler is a wraith prism/max that can be left alone but of its a shitty stealth/spire get a 20$ tower like the assassin spirit/king or burst assassin or a ~35$ dual tower like the peerless assassin 120/phantom spirit 120 and their variants

gpu wise depends on how much you wanna spend, 100-150$ gets you a 6600(xt) or 5700(xt) which is about on par if not better than a 1080ti, the 1660s you have is abit worse than a 1070 iirc since the 1660ti is supposed to match the 1070 albiet with less vram

psu can be ignored till you start trying to run 6800/3080 and up

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing New Builds and Planning

×