Which should i upgrade, CPU or GPU

[Sushi_isla]

I have an RTX 3060 12GB and an I5-9600K, I am thinking of upgrading, but still not sure which to upgrade first, my options are split between an RX 7700 XT or upgrading to an I5-13600K.
I play mostly Valorant and some other tittles as well, tho no triple As.
As for the price of each I'd say its about the same for both upgrades for me.

I only play on 1080p

[Dedayog]

9 minutes ago, Sushi_isla said:

I have an RTX 3060 12GB and an I5-9600K, I am thinking of upgrading, but still not sure which to upgrade first, my options are split between an RX 7700 XT or upgrading to an I5-13600K.
I play mostly Valorant and some other tittles as well, tho no triple As.
As for the price of each I'd say its about the same for both upgrades for me.

I only play on 1080p

CPU first.  IT's a single threaded almost 6 year old CPU.  

 

Look at the 7800X3D as well.  Intel ain't the only show in town.  But honestly even a Ryzen 5600 will be an upgrade, so you have a lot of options.,

[Why_Me]

What's the rest of your specs such as psu (make, model & age), RAM and storage. What's your budget and what country are you located.

[Sushi_isla]

7800x3d doubles the cost for me, ive set my eyes on the 13600k because I can get it for a decent price (half the 7800x3d) as for the 5600 i really hate going from one dead platform to another dead platform so i would rather stay away from that.

[Sushi_isla]

2 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

What's the rest of your specs such as psu (make, model & age), RAM and storage. What's your budget and what country are you located.

PSU is MSI MAG A750GL, ram is 32gb 2666Mhz(thats the fastest this platform goes) storage is samsung 980, budget really just depends on the deal and i live in bulgaria

[Dedayog]

2 minutes ago, Sushi_isla said:

7800x3d doubles the cost for me, ive set my eyes on the 13600k because I can get it for a decent price (half the 7800x3d) as for the 5600 i really hate going from one dead platform to another dead platform so i would rather stay away from that.

You can get the 13600K under $170?  If so, grab it.  

 

FYI, dead platform though.

 

1 minute ago, Sushi_isla said:

PSU is MSI MAG A750GL, ram is 32gb 2666Mhz(thats the fastest this platform goes) storage is samsung 980, budget really just depends on the deal and i live in bulgaria

What motherboard? My 9900K runs RAM at 3200MHz on a Z370.

[Why_Me]

1 minute ago, Sushi_isla said:

PSU is MSI MAG A750GL, ram is 32gb 2666Mhz(thats the fastest this platform goes) storage is samsung 980, budget really just depends on the deal and i live in bulgaria

i5 12400F + B660 / B760 board + 2x16GB DDR4-3200 CL16.

[Sushi_isla]

1 minute ago, Dedayog said:

You can get the 13600K under $170?  If so, grab it.  

 

FYI, dead platform though.

 

What motherboard? My 9900K runs RAM at 3200MHz on a Z370.

still its like just died, 15th gen hasn't come out yet and won't for another few months while am4 has been dead for almost 2 years, just a different kind of dead if you will

[Sushi_isla]

2 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

You can get the 13600K under $170?  If so, grab it.  

 

FYI, dead platform though.

 

What motherboard? My 9900K runs RAM at 3200MHz on a Z370.

2666 max because its a b360, cheaped out 6 years ago

[Sushi_isla]

1 minute ago, Why_Me said:

i5 12400F + B660 / B760 board + 2x16GB DDR4-3200 CL16.

other than the thread count not much of a difference in gaming performance (bench marked it when a friend got the 12400f)

[Why_Me]

2 minutes ago, Sushi_isla said:

other than the thread count not much of a difference in gaming performance (bench marked it when a friend got the 12400f)

i5-12600KF

[Sushi_isla]

1 minute ago, Why_Me said:

i5-12600KF

problem with this one is the difference bet ween the 12600kf and 13600k in price is around 15$ so it just starts to feel pointless-ish

[Sushi_isla]

26 minutes ago, Sushi_isla said:

I have an RTX 3060 12GB and an I5-9600K, I am thinking of upgrading, but still not sure which to upgrade first, my options are split between an RX 7700 XT or upgrading to an I5-13600K.
I play mostly Valorant and some other tittles as well, tho no triple As.
As for the price of each I'd say its about the same for both upgrades for me.

I only play on 1080p

just saw another option for the gpu is also an rx 6800 xt, again same price

[Somerandomtechyboi]

43 minutes ago, Sushi_isla said:

just saw another option for the gpu is also an rx 6800 xt, again same price

far better than the 7700xt so definitely go for the 6800xt

 

43 minutes ago, Sushi_isla said:

problem with this one is the difference bet ween the 12600kf and 13600k in price is around 15$ so it just starts to feel pointless-ish

get the 13600k

 

board wise a cheaper z690 will do or if you can find a b660/b760 for sigificantly cheaper than a z690 then thatd work too but it doesnt make sense to buy a b660/760 at the same price as a z690 and still only end up with a similar board in terms of i/o but you cant undervolt properly

 

54 minutes ago, Sushi_isla said:

PSU is MSI MAG A750GL, ram is 32gb 2666Mhz(thats the fastest this platform goes) storage is samsung 980, budget really just depends on the deal and i live in bulgaria

ram can be transferred over, should run 3200 bare minimum but can go higher if its a decent ic, also official max ram speeds are bullshit and shouldnt be followed cause those are just jedec specs that intel/amd guarantees all cpus can hit and definitely dont reflect the imcs actual capabilities

 

Spoiler

topmost pic is 243% over the imcs official max speed (1333) and bottom pic is 319% max official imc speed (1066)

 

max stable speeds would be ~2900 for my 2nd best w3503 on 2 sticks (272%) and probably around 2900-3000 (218%-225%) on 3 sticks for the w3680 but my middle stick in particular is trash so stuck at ~2750c10 stable for now, and yes i am definitely exceeding the boards max rated speed aswell (2200) cause thats also a whole lot of bullshit

 

with the 9600k id expect around 4400 (165%) and with the 13600k id expect anywhere from 4200-4500 gear 1 (131%-141%) or 5200+ gear 2 (163%+) given capable rams and a good board, heres a ddr4 example of 5400 on a 13600kf gear 2

[Sychicyuto]

3 hours ago, Sushi_isla said:

I have an RTX 3060 12GB and an I5-9600K, I am thinking of upgrading, but still not sure which to upgrade first, my options are split between an RX 7700 XT or upgrading to an I5-13600K.
I play mostly Valorant and some other tittles as well, tho no triple As.
As for the price of each I'd say its about the same for both upgrades for me.

I only play on 1080p

Cpu maybe go am5