Upgrade suggestions for current PC

[parthsharma6321]

Hello, first time poster here. Please help me in suggesting an upgrade path for my config.

 

Budget (including currency): 30K - 50K INR (Config based) (not finalized)

Country: India

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: FPS(Valorant, CS) + Open World(Cyberpunk, GOW, RDD2 and other common AAA titles in past 5-7 years). Coding work (Web / Generative AI), I will be requiring 2 monitors. 

 

Current Specs:
CPU - Ryzen 3 3200G (~3yrs old)
MB - MSI A320M Pro(~3yrs old)
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8x2 3000MHz
PSU - Cooler Master 450W 80+ Bronze (~1 year left on warranty)
GPU - Asrock Challenger RX 6600 8GB (Recently bought) (Able to play most games now, but I am on 720p  )
Storage - 250 GB Samsung 860 Evo SATA SSD (Boot Drive + Coding Software) + 512 GB Zebronics SATA SSD (Games, slow loading times on this drive, but its fine for me ig).
Monitor - AOC 18.5" 1366x768 (~10 yrs old)

I had thought of two options, but stuck on what would be better for my case. I can buy a Ryzen 5 5600 with a B450/Gen3 or B550/Gen4 or go for AM5 with Ryzen 5 7600 / B650, but unsure if that is overkill and even needed, because MB are costly and I would need new RAM, and probably a new PSU. Is it necessary to go AM5? What kind of future proofing can I expect from both options?

I also want to buy a new monitor, either MSI G244F or Gigabyte G24F (dual monitors). Probably 1 for now, and get another soon. Both are around 10-12K here. So I am hoping to play at 120+FPS in Valorant/CS and 60-100 FPS in AAA Titles at high settings at 1080p. 
An NVME drive would not hurt but I have never felt my PC is slow or anything in daily tasks, so idk if I should buy a new one.

I have not looked into Intel much, maybe there is a viable config there; but I don't fully trust intel, I've always had bad experiences with it.

Please suggest how should I upgrade this config in an optimized way. 

Thanks

[LinusIsTuff]

Upgrade the CPU. Rx 6600 should be running way faster. Get a 7500f if you are worried about cost and want to upgrade later, it should be really cheap in India if you leave near the Chinese border, otherwise a 5800x will be fine.
 

Unless you’re ocing or doing something specific, I think you could cut costs at the mobo level.

 

Idk much about prices in India, but if you can upgrade your gpu but focus on cpu and ram if it has a high cl, also it’ll Hold back the cpu if you upgrade on am4

[Tetras]

11 minutes ago, parthsharma6321 said:

I had thought of two options, but stuck on what would be better for my case. I can buy a Ryzen 5 5600 with a B450/Gen3 or B550/Gen4 or go for AM5 with Ryzen 5 7600 / B650, but unsure if that is overkill and even needed, because MB are costly and I would need new RAM, and probably a new PSU. Is it necessary to go AM5? What kind of future proofing can I expect from both options?

I'd just get the 5600 non-X for your current board, it is the cheapest and simplest and will be fine with your 6600.

 

In regards to future proofing, you could upgrade from a 5600 to a 5700X3D or 5800X3D, but honestly I wouldn't bother, at least not until you upgrade your graphics card. Realistically, when the new 6600 is too slow, I expect you'll jump to AM5. AMD have said that AM5 will be supported at least through 2025, so if you do buy a 7600 or 7500F, you should have at least 1, probably 2 new CPU generations.

[LinusIsTuff]

4 minutes ago, Tetras said:

I'd just get the 5600 non-X for your current board, it is the cheapest and simplest and will be fine with your 6600.

 

In regards to future proofing, you could upgrade from a 5600 to a 5700X3D or 5800X3D, but honestly I wouldn't bother, at least not until you upgrade your graphics card. Realistically, when the new 6600 is too slow, I expect you'll jump to AM5. AMD have said that AM5 will be supported at least through 2025, so if you do buy a 7600 or 7500F, you should have at least 1, probably 2 new CPU generations.

He can just maybe fit a 7500f by the skin of his teeth I think, especially if he sells the old parts, then upgrade the gpu down the line. The 6600 is actually quite competent, and hits juts above a cinematic 30 at 1440p ultra, which is actually decent

[parthsharma6321]

15 minutes ago, Linuswasright said:

Upgrade the CPU. Rx 6600 should be running way faster. Get a 7500f if you are worried about cost and want to upgrade later, it should be really cheap in India if you leave near the Chinese border, otherwise a 5800x will be fine.
 

Unless you’re ocing or doing something specific, I think you could cut costs at the mobo level.

 

Idk much about prices in India, but if you can upgrade your gpu but focus on cpu and ram if it has a high cl, also it’ll Hold back the cpu if you upgrade on am4

Did you not attach like the 1440p ultra performance thing?? I double checked. I think for 1080p 6600 gets 60 fps easily, and 7500f (first time hearing about it) is not available anywhere on any marketplace I see. 

Edit. I am buying a 1080p monitor, Why would I bother with 1440p performance benchmarks? 1440p is out of budget for me

[LinusIsTuff]

6 minutes ago, parthsharma6321 said:

Did you not attach like the 1440p ultra performance thing?? I double checked. I think for 1080p 6600 gets 60 fps easily, and 7500f (first time hearing about it) is not available anywhere on any marketplace I see. 

Edit. I am buying a 1080p monitor, Why would I bother with 1440p performance benchmarks? 1440p is out of budget for me

Can you use aliexpress? Idk if they ship to india. It trades blows with the 5800x and is similar cost as a 5600x
 

I was using it as an example, if it runs 1440p ultra at 40+ (it was the only one I have on my camera list (kamera liste?)) then you shouldn’t have to run it 720p. I was just showing the bottleneck was in the cpu & ram, sorry if the wasn’t clear  , my bad.

[Fasauceome]

28 minutes ago, parthsharma6321 said:

I had thought of two options, but stuck on what would be better for my case. I can buy a Ryzen 5 5600 with a B450/Gen3 or B550/Gen4 or go for AM5 with Ryzen 5 7600 / B650

 

28 minutes ago, parthsharma6321 said:

I also want to buy a new monitor, either MSI G244F or Gigabyte G24F (dual monitors). Probably 1 for now, and get another soon

How much can you get a 5600 for? The motherboard swap may not be necessary since your board is compatible with the 5600 via BIOS version 7C51v16. Or you can even consider a Ryzen 7 5800X3D, which might be a better choice due to the lower default operating voltage.

[LinusIsTuff]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

 

How much can you get a 5600 for? The motherboard swap may not be necessary since your board is compatible with the 5600 via BIOS version 7C51v16. Or you can even consider a Ryzen 7 5800X3D, which might be a better choice due to the lower default operating voltage.

I was thinking that too. A 5600, no mobo upgrade, might work for upgrading gpu and ram,the two major bottlenecks. He might find a 770 for cheap there

[parthsharma6321]

1 minute ago, Linuswasright said:

Can you use aliexpress? Idk if they ship to india. It trades blows with the 5800x and is similar cost as a 5600x
 

I was using it as an example, if it runs 1440p ultra at 40+, then you shouldn’t have to run it 720p. I was just showing the bottleneck was in the cpu & ram, sorry if the wasn’t clear  

No I cannot use aliexpress unfortunately, I don't trust chinese websites. I buy locally, its always cheaper than online for me. 

And for the bottleneck part. Yes I know about the CPU/RAM thing, that is why I am still holding onto buying a 1080p monitor, because that will struggle with my mere 3200G. 

[parthsharma6321]

4 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

 

How much can you get a 5600 for? The motherboard swap may not be necessary since your board is compatible with the 5600 via BIOS version 7C51v16. Or you can even consider a Ryzen 7 5800X3D, which might be a better choice due to the lower default operating voltage.

About 10-12K locally, But I am worried about this board, It already died once, got an RMA. And I get random crashes out of nowhere sometimes. I have not seen 5800x3d being available anywhere, but 5800x is 20k, So almost double than 5600.

 

[LinusIsTuff]

3 minutes ago, parthsharma6321 said:

No I cannot use aliexpress unfortunately, I don't trust chinese websites. I buy locally, its always cheaper than online for me. 

And for the bottleneck part. Yes I know about the CPU/RAM thing, that is why I am still holding onto buying a 1080p monitor, because that will struggle with my mere 3200G. 

Try to use aliexpress this once. They’re super shady and I hate them, but it’s the only way to get the 7500f.

 

Otherwise, go r5 5600 or r7 5800x3d

[filpo]

2 minutes ago, Linuswasright said:

Try to use aliexpress this once

they don't ship to india 

41 minutes ago, parthsharma6321 said:

Storage - 250 GB Samsung 860 Evo SATA SSD (Boot Drive + Coding Software) + 512 GB Zebronics SATA SSD (Games, slow loading times on this drive, but its fine for me ig).

get a 1tb nvme 

Amazon.in: Buy Western Digital WD Blue SN580 NVMe 1TB, Upto 4150MB/s, 5 Y Warranty, PCIe Gen 4 NVMe M.2 (2280), Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (WDS100T3B0E) Online at Low Prices in India | Western Digital Reviews & Ratings

and a 5600 

Amazon.in: Buy AMD 5000 Series Ryzen 5 5600 Desktop Processor 6 cores 12 Threads 35 MB Cache 3.5 GHz Upto 4.2 GHz AM4 Socket 500 Series Chipset (100-100000927BOX) Online at Low Prices in India | AMD Reviews & Ratings

you could get a mobo upgrade 

Amazon.in: Buy MSI B550M Pro-Vdh WiFi Ddr4, M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 1, Front Type-C, Wi-Fi, Hdmi, Micro ATX Gaming Motherboard AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Desktop Processors Online at Low Prices in India | MSI Reviews & Ratings

Amazon.in: Buy GIGABYTE B550M Aorus Elite Ax (Am4/ AMD/ B550/ Micro ATX/Single M.2/ Sata 6Gb/S/USB 3.2 Gen 1/ Realtek Gbe LAN/Pcie 4.0/ DDR4 Motherboard) Online at Low Prices in India | GIGABYTE Reviews & Ratings

[parthsharma6321]

3 minutes ago, filpo said:

they don't ship to india 

get a 1tb nvme 

Amazon.in: Buy Western Digital WD Blue SN580 NVMe 1TB, Upto 4150MB/s, 5 Y Warranty, PCIe Gen 4 NVMe M.2 (2280), Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (WDS100T3B0E) Online at Low Prices in India | Western Digital Reviews & Ratings

and a 5600 

Amazon.in: Buy AMD 5000 Series Ryzen 5 5600 Desktop Processor 6 cores 12 Threads 35 MB Cache 3.5 GHz Upto 4.2 GHz AM4 Socket 500 Series Chipset (100-100000927BOX) Online at Low Prices in India | AMD Reviews & Ratings

you could get a mobo upgrade 

Amazon.in: Buy MSI B550M Pro-Vdh WiFi Ddr4, M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 1, Front Type-C, Wi-Fi, Hdmi, Micro ATX Gaming Motherboard AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Desktop Processors Online at Low Prices in India | MSI Reviews & Ratings

Amazon.in: Buy GIGABYTE B550M Aorus Elite Ax (Am4/ AMD/ B550/ Micro ATX/Single M.2/ Sata 6Gb/S/USB 3.2 Gen 1/ Realtek Gbe LAN/Pcie 4.0/ DDR4 Motherboard) Online at Low Prices in India | GIGABYTE Reviews & Ratings

What actual benefits can I expect from the SSD upgrade? Slower load times in open world games is not an issue for me. and why 1TB? I only keep 1-2 games and then delete them and add new ones. Rest all looks good to me, looks like 5th gen is still good enough and 7th gen may not be necessary here.

[filpo]

11 minutes ago, parthsharma6321 said:

and why 1TB?

since it matches the size you have now

 

11 minutes ago, parthsharma6321 said:

I only keep 1-2 games and then delete them and add new ones

if so then don't get so much, unless you plan to install more

 

11 minutes ago, parthsharma6321 said:

What actual benefits can I expect from the SSD upgrade?

depends on the game since slow loading times could also be due to the CPU, GPU or RAM. NVME is the newest and what I'd go for but if you're ok with the loading times then stick with sata

 

12 minutes ago, parthsharma6321 said:

7th gen may not be necessary here.

not for a 6600. I've got a 5600 and a 3060 12gb and it's been running great (apart from some issues in pcbs2 but that might be due to the game or DX11)