Seeking upgrade advice

[Brxdman]

Budget (including currency): 200 GBP

Country: England

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Counter strike, Fortnite

Hello, im looking to upgrade my pc to improve performance, Mainly in Fortnite and cs2.

I currently have a ryzen 5 2600.

Asrock b450m steel legend.

16gb 3000mhz corsair vengeance.

XFX RX 5600 XT thicc ii.

 

i was thinking of upgrading to a Ryzen 5 5600x and upgrade my mobo bios as its currently on P2.90. Currently i deal with quite a bit of micro stutters and would like to be able to play the games more smooth opening the window to 240hz and higher.

I've heard ryzen 5000 benefits from faster ram. if so could you recommend some? im open to all recommendations within the budget.

 

Thanks

 

 

[Tan3l6]

I'd go for 5700X3D and no RAM upgrades, would probably be faster in games. Costs a tad more than £200 though.

[leclod]

You could consider going 32GB Ram, depending on your behaviour

[191x7]

37 minutes ago, Brxdman said:

Budget (including currency): 200 GBP

Country: England

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Counter strike, Fortnite

Hello, im looking to upgrade my pc to improve performance, Mainly in Fortnite and cs2.

I currently have a ryzen 5 2600.

Asrock b450m steel legend.

16gb 3000mhz corsair vengeance.

XFX RX 5600 XT thicc ii.

 

i was thinking of upgrading to a Ryzen 5 5600x and upgrade my mobo bios as its currently on P2.90. Currently i deal with quite a bit of micro stutters and would like to be able to play the games more smooth opening the window to 240hz and higher.

I've heard ryzen 5000 benefits from faster ram. if so could you recommend some? im open to all recommendations within the budget.

 

Thanks

 

 

Update your BIOS and reinstall the latest AMD chipset drivers. That will help quite a bit.

 

Then you can upgrade to a Ryzen 5600 or 5700X.

 

Then a GPU upgrade.

[Dedayog]

1 hour ago, Brxdman said:

Budget (including currency): 200 GBP

Country: England

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Counter strike, Fortnite

Hello, im looking to upgrade my pc to improve performance, Mainly in Fortnite and cs2.

I currently have a ryzen 5 2600.

Asrock b450m steel legend.

16gb 3000mhz corsair vengeance.

XFX RX 5600 XT thicc ii.

 

i was thinking of upgrading to a Ryzen 5 5600x and upgrade my mobo bios as its currently on P2.90. Currently i deal with quite a bit of micro stutters and would like to be able to play the games more smooth opening the window to 240hz and higher.

I've heard ryzen 5000 benefits from faster ram. if so could you recommend some? im open to all recommendations within the budget.

 

Thanks

 

 

5600X is a great upgrade for your usecase and is relatively inexpensive.

 

 

[venomtail]

I used to have a 2700X, a CPU faster than yours with that exact GPU but THICC III and in games it held me back. I upgraded the CPU and saw nearly double the increase in FPS in games like Apex Legends.

 

At the low end, get a 5600. At the high end snipe a 5700X3D whilst they last. 5700X is also an option. Ignore the 5800X unless same price or cheaper than the 5700X.

[Brxdman]

1 hour ago, venomtail said:

I used to have a 2700X, a CPU faster than yours with that exact GPU but THICC III and in games it held me back. I upgraded the CPU and saw nearly double the increase in FPS in games like Apex Legends.

 

At the low end, get a 5600. At the high end snipe a 5700X3D whilst they last. 5700X is also an option. Ignore the 5800X unless same price or cheaper than the 5700X.

Thank you very much. I think ill get a 5600x as its only slightly more than the 5600

[Brxdman]

Here to report back. I now have the 5600x and it was worth every penny