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Upgrade cpu or gpu first

Ques2.0
By Ques2.0
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Happy Thanksgiving to you all 🦃, I want to take advantage of the black friday sales, my current system is 

- i7 8700

- rx 6600

-32 ddr4 / 3200 

- 430 w psu 

- 240 hz 1440p monitor 

 

I mostly play call of duty, the goal is to play at 1440p smooth at over or around 120 fps. I was thinking to upgrade psu and to a rx 7800 xt or I can do a am5 upgrade but will have to keep my rx 6600 I can't afford to do both, which one will benefit the most

 

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You're gonna have to do both if you want >120 fps in cod, assuming it's bo6

 

What's your budget?

Ryzen 7 5700X3D (CO -30) - AX370-Gaming 5 - 2x16GB @3600C18 - EVGA RTX 3070 8G XC3

[PBO2] CO -25/-25/-30/-30/-30/-30/-30/-30

[BIOS] Vsoc 1.1 / DRAM XMP

 

i5-6400 4.38GHz @1.36v (162.2 BCLK) - Z170M-Plus - 2x8GB @3244C16- Biostar RX 570 8G w/ MSI Armor cooler

[BIOS] BCLK: 162.2 (x27) / Vcore 1.35 / DRAM 3244 (XMP timings) / FCLK 1GHz (1622) / RebarUEFI patched

 

ROG G531GT : i7-9750H (uv) - GTX 1650 +700mem - 16+8GB @2666 - 1920x1080@145Hz (up to 172Hz) IPS panel

[Throttlestop] FIVR - Vcore -160 / Vcache -105 / iGPU+unslice -125 (IccMax 255)

 

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17 minutes ago, Ques2.0 said:

Yes bo6 and budget is around 1200, but I prefer not to buy a pre built

Definitely avoid prebuilts, they're overpriced and can be problematic.

 

To minimize the cost, you can keep your RAM and build a new system with a 5700X3D and a GPU that's fast enough, likely a used 3080 or 6800XT.

For this you'll need a different motherboard (IMO used X370 or new B550), PSU (at least 700W) and possibly a new cooler as well.

Ryzen 7 5700X3D (CO -30) - AX370-Gaming 5 - 2x16GB @3600C18 - EVGA RTX 3070 8G XC3

[PBO2] CO -25/-25/-30/-30/-30/-30/-30/-30

[BIOS] Vsoc 1.1 / DRAM XMP

 

i5-6400 4.38GHz @1.36v (162.2 BCLK) - Z170M-Plus - 2x8GB @3244C16- Biostar RX 570 8G w/ MSI Armor cooler

[BIOS] BCLK: 162.2 (x27) / Vcore 1.35 / DRAM 3244 (XMP timings) / FCLK 1GHz (1622) / RebarUEFI patched

 

ROG G531GT : i7-9750H (uv) - GTX 1650 +700mem - 16+8GB @2666 - 1920x1080@145Hz (up to 172Hz) IPS panel

[Throttlestop] FIVR - Vcore -160 / Vcache -105 / iGPU+unslice -125 (IccMax 255)

 

i5-4690K + Z97-AR + Panram Blue DDR3 2800 2x4GB Lightsaber Blue

iMac 21.5" (late 2011) : i5-2400S - Samsung 4x4GB PC3-1333 - HD 6750M 512MB - cheap Winten SSD (MacOS High Sierra) - 1920x1080@60 LCD

Acer Z5610 "Theatre" : Core 2 Quad Q9550 - 2x2GB PC3-1333 (Samsung) - 1920x1080@60Hz Touch LCD - great internal speakers

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https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805937115185.html 

AMD Ryzen 5 7500F $127.29

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B650-S WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($81.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: *ASRock Challenger OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($449.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $761.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-11-28 18:00 EST-0500

 

Total: $889.90 w/cpu

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