Drop-in upgrade? Or just a new system?

[GrumpyNoodles]

Budget: $350 ish

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Rocket League, Cult of the Lamb, Cities Skylines, Horizon Zero Dawn, Overwatch, Cyberpunk 2077, GTA V, Minecraft (w/ shaders), Premiere Pro, Photoshop, (maybe Blender)

Other details: 

I'm noticing a reasonable bottleneck with my Ryzen 5 2600 on a B450 Aorus M Motherboard. This is after I upgraded from a GTX 970 to a RTX 3070. Sure, there's an upgrade path that could let me squeeze out another 10-25 fps, but first:

- Idk if my poor entry level VRMs can handle a 5800x3D

- Board is PCIe 3.0 and is bottlenecking my SSD and GPU

- 5800x3D costs as much as an entry level board and intel i5 13500

Should I just get a new board and CPU? Are there other less pricey ways to upgrade?

I built this system new in 2019 so it's due for an upgrade. I just can't afford much atm.

Specs of what I have are as follows:

Gigabyte B450 Aorus M

Ryzen 5 2600 w/ Hyper 212 Black Cooler

16GB 3200 MT/s Ram DDR4

RTX 3070 Founder Edition

EVGA 600 BR Power Supply

WD_Black SN770 1TB

 

I'm not against using DLSS, but I do like playing in high refresh rate on my Samsung G8 3440 x 1440 175hz OLED

 

[johnt]

I'd get the i5 13500 and an entry level board if you can get them both for under $350.

 

To be honest, I have a 12th gen chip and it's hardly a joke. It's more than enough for a 3070. Take a look at those chips as well to see how much you can save. There is little difference between 12, 13, and 14 gen processors.

 

Just make sure the board you purchase supports DDR4 so you can repurpose your old ram.

[johnt]

Here... I found this entry level board for $100ish https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-D4-CSM-Commercial-Motherboard-DisplayPort/dp/B0C3ZM464W/

 

You might be able to find a better board for that price. It's just the first one I came across. Definitely look at pcpartpicker for LGA1700 boards.

 

My Amazon price for a 13500 is $230, and $240 for a 14500. I would spend the $10 more for the 14500 if they were my only options.

 

However, the 12400 is selling for $160, which is a better buy and more than adequate for the 3070.

[Likwid]

i upgraded from ryzen 2600 to 5600 on my cheap b350 board and my fps whent from 120-140 to 170-190 in warthunder 4k I can even get 250+ fps with a bit lower settings.

GPU is rx 6900 xt