New PC tips

[SusjDaPhrog]

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnight, Minecraft, GTA 6 (When it comes out lol) 

 

My current build: 

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 

B450 Mobo  (Link: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B450-AORUS-ELITE-rev-1x#kf) 

 

1660 super 

DDR4 16gb 3200hz 

650 watt (bronze) 

 

Preferably I would like to keep as much as possible but understand that might not just be possible and might just have to rebuild a new one. If so what kind of budget should I aim for( 1440p 120hz with decent setting not looking to max anything out) This is mostly for fortnight since i just got into it but interested in playing GTA 6 when that comes out. Currently run it at 70 FPS with dips to 20 FPS.

 

With the new 50 series cards being announced and the 90 AMD card to come out soon. I would like to upgrade my GPU either for the 5070 or AMD equivalent. With that said I know I would need to upgrade my CPU (and ram alongside with it). 

 

1. Would I need to upgrade my motherboard for the new GPU generation? 

   1a. If not what would be a reasonable CPU? 

2. Can I stick with my PSU? 

 

Best, A frog. 

 

 

[tantalicmysterium]

You don't need a new pc. Get a 5700X3D and the 5070 when it comes out and you'll be set, I'd swap out to b550 for faster nvme support, and make sure the motherboard BIOS has support for that chip, since it's been released way after most of Zen 3.

Edit, what brand is the PSU?

[Hinjima]

9 minutes ago, SusjDaPhrog said:

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnight, Minecraft, GTA 6 (When it comes out lol) 

 

My current build: 

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 

B450 Mobo  (Link: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B450-AORUS-ELITE-rev-1x#kf) 

 

1660 super 

DDR4 16gb 3200hz 

650 watt (bronze) 

 

Preferably I would like to keep as much as possible but understand that might not just be possible and might just have to rebuild a new one. If so what kind of budget should I aim for( 1440p 120hz with decent setting not looking to max anything out) This is mostly for fortnight since i just got into it but interested in playing GTA 6 when that comes out. Currently run it at 70 FPS with dips to 20 FPS.

 

With the new 50 series cards being announced and the 90 AMD card to come out soon. I would like to upgrade my GPU either for the 5070 or AMD equivalent. With that said I know I would need to upgrade my CPU (and ram alongside with it). 

 

1. Would I need to upgrade my motherboard for the new GPU generation? 

   1a. If not what would be a reasonable CPU? 

2. Can I stick with my PSU? 

 

Best, A frog. 

 

 

That motherboard is quite good. Update the BIOS and put a 5700X3D in there

Quite a decent uplift over the Ryzen 3600 without costing too much.

 

650w bronze tells us very little when it comes to your PSU, we need to know the exact model.

 

[SorryBella]

3 hours ago, tantalicmysterium said:

I'd swap out to b550 for faster nvme support

I personally find time to swap motherboard on both hardware and software side to not be worthwhile to get a chipset upgrade. Unless if OP buys it used and dont mind the time cost associated with it, i really think the limited to pcie 3 nvme slot is fine. pcie is a backwards and forwards compatible standard afterall.

[Why_Me]

4 hours ago, SusjDaPhrog said:

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnight, Minecraft, GTA 6 (When it comes out lol) 

 

My current build: 

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 

B450 Mobo  (Link: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B450-AORUS-ELITE-rev-1x#kf) 

 

1660 super 

DDR4 16gb 3200hz 

650 watt (bronze) 

 

Preferably I would like to keep as much as possible but understand that might not just be possible and might just have to rebuild a new one. If so what kind of budget should I aim for( 1440p 120hz with decent setting not looking to max anything out) This is mostly for fortnight since i just got into it but interested in playing GTA 6 when that comes out. Currently run it at 70 FPS with dips to 20 FPS.

 

With the new 50 series cards being announced and the 90 AMD card to come out soon. I would like to upgrade my GPU either for the 5070 or AMD equivalent. With that said I know I would need to upgrade my CPU (and ram alongside with it). 

 

1. Would I need to upgrade my motherboard for the new GPU generation? 

   1a. If not what would be a reasonable CPU? 

2. Can I stick with my PSU? 

 

Best, A frog. 

 

 

Budget?

[SusjDaPhrog]

On 1/10/2025 at 2:18 PM, tantalicmysterium said:

You don't need a new pc. Get a 5700X3D and the 5070 when it comes out and you'll be set, I'd swap out to b550 for faster nvme support, and make sure the motherboard BIOS has support for that chip, since it's been released way after most of Zen 3.

Edit, what brand is the PSU?

That you for the advice. 

 

It is a EVGA PSU.

 

Edit: It is a "650BQ Watt 80 Plus Bronze ATX Semi-Modular Power Supply" 

 

[SusjDaPhrog]

On 1/10/2025 at 2:19 PM, Hinjima said:

That motherboard is quite good. Update the BIOS and put a 5700X3D in there

Quite a decent uplift over the Ryzen 3600 without costing too much.

 

650w bronze tells us very little when it comes to your PSU, we need to know the exact model.

 

It is a 650BQ Watt 80 Plus Bronze ATX Semi-Modular Power Supply by EVGA. Does this help?