Which should I upgrade?

[Chalkie]

Budget (including currency): £800

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 1440p COD 6 

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): Hi, I currently have a Ryzen 5 5600 CPU with 32gb DDR 4-3600 ram, and a RTX 3060 12gb GPU, I’ve been brought 2 new 1440p 180hz MSI monitors and would like to see my FPS in games like COD 6 reach upwards of 100, would it be more beneficial to upgrade my graphics card to a 4070 and change to a Ryzen 7 5800 or upgrade to AM5 architecture and stick with the 3060? 

 

[Millios]

If you keep the same GPU aka the 3060 you'll bottlenecked by that especially on 1440p on shooters since that resolution relies more on the GPU

If you can find a 5700x3d and an rx 7800xt that be a great upgrade (considering you have a strong enough PSU

[Hinjima]

4 minutes ago, Chalkie said:

Budget (including currency): £800

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 1440p COD 6 

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): Hi, I currently have a Ryzen 5 5600 CPU with 32gb DDR 4-3600 ram, and a RTX 3060 12gb GPU, I’ve been brought 2 new 1440p 180hz MSI monitors and would like to see my FPS in games like COD 6 reach upwards of 100, would it be more beneficial to upgrade my graphics card to a 4070 and change to a Ryzen 7 5800 or upgrade to AM5 architecture and stick with the 3060? 

 

What exact motherboard do you have?

For £800 you can upgrade the CPU and GPU.

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/rpnWPF

This is with a 4070 Super.  An AMD equivalent like a 7800 XT would be nice too.

[Chalkie]

10 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

What exact motherboard do you have?

For £800 you can upgrade the CPU and GPU.

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/rpnWPF

This is with a 4070 Super.  An AMD equivalent like a 7800 XT would be nice too.

I have the Gigabyte B550 AORUS elite V2, and a Corsair RM850e psu.

 

i had considered going for a 7800XT as well.

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, Chalkie said:

I have the Gigabyte B550 AORUS elite V2, and a Corsair RM850e psu.

 

i had considered going for a 7800XT as well.

Then 5700x3d + 7800xt/4070

 

What cooler do you have? The stock one is NOT enough for the 5700x3d but luckaly heaps of cheap coolers available

[Hinjima]

12 minutes ago, Chalkie said:

I have the Gigabyte B550 AORUS elite V2, and a Corsair RM850e psu.

 

i had considered going for a 7800XT as well.

That is a plenty good enough motherboard for a 5700X3D and the PSU can easily handle a GPU upgrade.

Remember that you might need a new cooler for the 5700X3D as the stock cooler for your 5600 will not be enough.

[Chalkie]

4 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

That is a plenty good enough motherboard for a 5700X3D and the PSU can easily handle a GPU upgrade.

Remember that you might need a new cooler for the 5700X3D as the stock cooler for your 5600 will not be enough.

I have an AIO water cooler 360mm. Thanks I’ll look at getting them then, thanks for your help. 

[Hinjima]

Just now, Chalkie said:

I have an AIO water cooler 360mm. Thanks I’ll look at getting them then, thanks for your help. 

Awesome, thats plenty  

A 5700X3D + a GPU will give you a pretty good performance increase.

I would go with a 7800 XT.

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D 3 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£203.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (£449.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £652.98
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