upgrading my current setup

[Amirali_mi]

Budget (including currency): 400$

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: shooter and fps games like valorant, deadlock and cod. I play games like elden ring too. 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

 

My current specs are intel core i7 6850K, 32 GB of 3000mhz ram, and 1080TI. I was thinking of upgrading my CPU but idk how much would it help. I saw this deal on Micro Center which seems pretty good: https://www.microcenter.com/product/5006832/amd-ryzen-7-9700x,-gigabyte-b650-gaming-x-av-v2,-gskill-flare-x5-series-32gb-ddr5-6000-kit,-computer-build-bundle#tab-reviews-bm

 

I have a few questions. If I get the bundle that I linked or something similar to that, how much boost will I get? How is the motherboard? Since I think it's on the cheaper side, what is it lacking? If I want to upgrade my GPU in the future, will the CPU become a bottleneck or will it be fine? If this deal isn't that good, what should I be looking for and do you think I can find a better deal on Black Friday?

 

A bit more context:

Currently, on cod for example, I'm playing on basic graphic settings on 1440P, and I get around 90fps which drops to 70. The reason that I started thinking about upgrading is that my game was dropping to like 20 fps and it was unplayable. I started looking for upgrades and today I saw that XMP was off and my RAM was at 2000 (haha). So only turning XMP on made the game much smoother and the game is now playable. The feel difference is night and day. My other question is, is the ram upgrade comparable with turning XMP on? 

 

Thanks for your help. 

[Zenny232323]

5 hours ago, Amirali_mi said:

Budget (including currency): 400$

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: shooter and fps games like valorant, deadlock and cod. I play games like elden ring too. 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

 

My current specs are intel core i7 6850K, 32 GB of 3000mhz ram, and 1080TI. I was thinking of upgrading my CPU but idk how much would it help. I saw this deal on Micro Center which seems pretty good: https://www.microcenter.com/product/5006832/amd-ryzen-7-9700x,-gigabyte-b650-gaming-x-av-v2,-gskill-flare-x5-series-32gb-ddr5-6000-kit,-computer-build-bundle#tab-reviews-bm

 

I have a few questions. If I get the bundle that I linked or something similar to that, how much boost will I get? How is

the motherboard? Since I think it's on the cheaper side, what is it lacking? If I want to upgrade my GPU in the future, will the CPU become a bottleneck or will it be fine? If this deal isn't that good, what should I be looking for and do you think I can find a better deal on Black Friday?

 

A bit more context:

Currently, on cod for example, I'm playing on basic graphic settings on 1440P, and I get around 90fps which drops to 70. The reason that I started thinking about upgrading is that my game was dropping to like 20 fps and it was unplayable. I started looking for upgrades and today I saw that XMP was off and my RAM was at 2000 (haha). So only turning XMP on made the game much smoother and the game is now playable. The feel difference is night and day. My other question is, is the ram upgrade comparable with turning XMP on? 

 

Thanks for your help. 

Cod is pretty ram dependant from what I hear, so DDR5 might help you, especially since you're not in the 3200/3666 mhz range.
But realistically your GPU would determine your performance. Your current set up has aproximately 11% bottleneck because of a weak CPU. A 9700 would definetly solve that problem and you'd get maybe like a 10 fps increase perhaps? And better lows I'd assume.
Let me see if there's any other deals you should get on MC. I'd honestly try for a 7000 CPU's since, they're just cheaper and won't bottleneck even a 4090.

[Amirali_mi]

3 minutes ago, Zenny232323 said:

Cod is pretty ram dependant from what I hear, so DDR5 might help you, especially since you're not in the 3200/3666 mhz range.
But realistically your GPU would determine your performance. Your current set up has aproximately 11% bottleneck because of a weak CPU. A 9700 would definetly solve that problem and you'd get maybe like a 10 fps increase perhaps? And better lows I'd assume.
Let me see if there's any other deals you should get on MC. I'd honestly try for a 7000 CPU's since, they're just cheaper and won't bottleneck even a 4090.

Thanks for your answer. 

 

Where do you get the "11%" from? 

 

The reason I didn't choose a 7000 was that the same bundle with 7700x was 400$ instead of 430$ and I don't mind paying the extra 30$. 

 

What do you think about the bundle in general? From what I searched today, it seems to have a great value. 

[Zenny232323]

Just now, Amirali_mi said:

Where do you get the "11%" from? 

Bottleneck Calculator. Site that estimates a bottleneck within a system. You select your CPU, GPU and resolution and select what task you use it for. For you, that'd be GPU intensive, gaming tasks. So they more depend on the GPU rather than the CPU.

 

1 minute ago, Amirali_mi said:

The reason I didn't choose a 7000 was that the same bundle with 7700x was 400$ instead of 430$ and I don't mind paying the extra 30$. 

Eh, I wouldn't really bother to be honest. Sure there's some improvements, but the thing is AMD is going to drop the 9700x prices when they release the 9800x3d, so, take it as what it is.

 

4 minutes ago, Amirali_mi said:

What do you think about the bundle in general? From what I searched today, it seems to have a great value. 

Overall, yeah, it's good.

[Zenny232323]

Honestly, only other deal I could find interesting was this
https://www.microcenter.com/product/5006946/amd-ryzen-5-7600x,-asus-b650m-plus-tuf-gaming-wifi,-gskill-16gb-ddr5-6000,-computer-build-bundle
It's a micro board, so if you need the expansion slots/you have an atx case(i just don't like smaller mobas in bigger form factor cases) you're outta luck. Also it's only one stick of ram, so you'd probably have to either buy another stick (might cause issues) or buy two new sticks and maybe resell or ask them to pay for another one.

[Amirali_mi]

Just now, Zenny232323 said:

Honestly, only other deal I could find interesting was this
https://www.microcenter.com/product/5006946/amd-ryzen-5-7600x,-asus-b650m-plus-tuf-gaming-wifi,-gskill-16gb-ddr5-6000,-computer-build-bundle
It's a micro board, so if you need the expansion slots/you have an atx case(i just don't like smaller mobas in bigger form factor cases) you're outta luck. Also it's only one stick of ram, so you'd probably have to either buy another stick (might cause issues) or buy two new sticks and maybe resell or ask them to pay for another one.

Yep, I saw this one and for the exact reasons you said, I won't get it. I'll probably get the 9700x bundle then. Thanks for your help.