Upgrade Ryzen 7 3700X/3060TI system

[Artemis Kazuto]

Hello Everyone!

 

I am making the switch to full time gaming on my PC and leaving my PS5 behind.  Previously I only used my PC for MMO games (FFXIV).  As such, I have been a little dissatisfied with the performance of my existing setup in simulation games such as Cities Skylines 2 and Flight Simulator 2024 (Yes I know a lot of the bugs are server side) as well as some light choppiness in COD: BO2.  I am looking for opinions on what I should upgrade for better performance in these games. 

 

I am also wanting to upgrade to a higher tier GPU and I am looking at obtaining either a 5070 TI or 5080 in the near future.  I currently play through a Sony TV and have been thinking about switching from 1080p to 4k gaming, the display is only rated for 60hz. 

 

I understand that sim games are CPU heavy as well - but I think AMD has moved on to a new socket since I built my PC - would a CPU upgrade to a newer tier required a new MOBO and RAM?  Or is it better to get something thats higher end for the AM4 socket as opposed to an overhaul?  General thoughts welcome. 

 

Budget (including currency): N/A

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Flight Simulator 2024, Cities Skylines 2, COD: BO2, Farming Simulator, General Gaming.

 

Current Setup:

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mT7ph7

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor
Motherboard: MSI MPG B550 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital Blue 2 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Salvaged from previous PC)
Video Card: NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB Video Card
Case: NZXT H510i ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Retail - USB 32/64-bit  (Carried over from previous PC)
Keyboard: Logitech G915 X LIGHTSPEED RGB Wired/Wireless/Bluetooth Gaming Keyboard  (Just upgraded)
Mouse: Logitech G502 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Optical Mouse

 

 

EDIT: Ryzen 7 5700X3D is on the way. 

 

[Why_Me]

4K is brutal for frame rates. Look at 1440P.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D 3 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($225.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $254.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-01-09 23:57 EST-0500

[SorryBella]

32 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

4K is brutal for frame rates.

i mean MSFS24 itself is brutal for framerates. All of these but COD is CPU and cache bottlenecked practically so maxxing out the platform on that regard is the way to go.

[Mark Kaine]

sure you could upgrade the cpu, but thing is cod will still be "choppy" and msf still "buggy"... just slightly less so... imo not worth it.

problem here is optimization and "throwing more power at it" doesn't really always help with that.

its a pretty decent midrange system still, again imo its not really worth it as the gains will be minimal.

 

its like upgrading a 2024 chevy to a 2025 chevy... is that really a worthwhile investment? 

[venomtail]

Get a 3D CPU upgrade whilst stocks last. GPU can wait as there will always be new powerful backwards compatible options:

 

PCPartPicker Part List.

[Artemis Kazuto]

It seems like the general consensus is a CPU upgrade.  5700X3D seems to be the way to go.  5800X3D is twice the price, not sure if it’s worth it. 

[decidedlydead]

                                unlimited budget?

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use eBay and save your self $1k (if you want used)