Pre built gaming PC. Upgrade or replace?

[oomaskooma]

Hello!

 

Thank you for looking at my first post. I want to preifce the post by saying I am very new to PC building. I am in the united States with a budget of around $1000.

 

My current gaming PC is starting to fall behind in performance for the games I want to play. I play of mix of games, from shooters like marvel rivals, to rpgs like BG3 and skyrim(modded). I bought my pc ~2021, it's a pre built by cyberpowerpc. At that time I had no experience in pc gaming and was very satisfied with my purchase. The unit ran all the games I wanted to play with no issues. But now it just doesn't meet my demands. I also need larger (fast) storage capacity. Should I upgrade a component like GPU and get a larger m.2 drive. Or look into system replacement?

 

Current specs that I know of:

 

CPU : AMD ryzen 5 3600 6 core 12 THREAD 3.6 ghz

RAM : Corsair vengeance 32 gb ram ddr4
(4 sticks)

I installed this myself after purchasing the pc.

GPU : AMD radeon RX 5600 xt
6128 mb memory
GDDR6
PCI EXPRESS 4.0 X 16

MOBO : Gigabyte B550M DS3H AC

 

500 gb m.2

 

1tb HDD

 

I play at 1080 p, and I'm fine sticking with that for now. I know the mobo only has 1 slot for an m.2 drive, so I will need to replace my current one to upgrade. I have tried to find the case, but it seems that it's a proprietary one from cyberpower on just their pre builds. Here is a link to my pc on ebay if that helps anyone.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/286359416499?chn=ps&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A18j066k-ITcCHZoevT-JyhA13&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=286359416499&targetid=2320093655185&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=9014870&poi=&campaignid=21672921824&mkgroupid=164322966662&rlsatarget=pla-2320093655185&abcId=10012312&merchantid=101683846&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAA-Cg_1xI8FXlBQQJv3Zag8EEwciAz&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkK3l_ffhjAMVl0H_AR2NoAl9EAQYAyABEgLE6vD_BwE

 

 

 

 

 

[strange13930]

9 minutes ago, oomaskooma said:

Hello!

 

Thank you for looking at my first post. I want to preifce the post by saying I am very new to PC building. I am in the united States with a budget of around $1000.

 

My current gaming PC is starting to fall behind in performance for the games I want to play. I play of mix of games, from shooters like marvel rivals, to rpgs like BG3 and skyrim(modded). I bought my pc ~2021, it's a pre built by cyberpowerpc. At that time I had no experience in pc gaming and was very satisfied with my purchase. The unit ran all the games I wanted to play with no issues. But now it just doesn't meet my demands. I also need larger (fast) storage capacity. Should I upgrade a component like GPU and get a larger m.2 drive. Or look into system replacement?

 

Current specs that I know of:

 

CPU : AMD ryzen 5 3600 6 core 12 THREAD 3.6 ghz

RAM : Corsair vengeance 32 gb ram ddr4
(4 sticks)

I installed this myself after purchasing the pc.

GPU : AMD radeon RX 5600 xt
6128 mb memory
GDDR6
PCI EXPRESS 4.0 X 16

MOBO : Gigabyte B550M DS3H AC

 

500 gb m.2

 

1tb HDD

 

I play at 1080 p, and I'm fine sticking with that for now. I know the mobo only has 1 slot for an m.2 drive, so I will need to replace my current one to upgrade. I have tried to find the case, but it seems that it's a proprietary one from cyberpower on just their pre builds. Here is a link to my pc on ebay if that helps anyone.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/286359416499?chn=ps&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A18j066k-ITcCHZoevT-JyhA13&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=286359416499&targetid=2320093655185&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=9014870&poi=&campaignid=21672921824&mkgroupid=164322966662&rlsatarget=pla-2320093655185&abcId=10012312&merchantid=101683846&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAA-Cg_1xI8FXlBQQJv3Zag8EEwciAz&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkK3l_ffhjAMVl0H_AR2NoAl9EAQYAyABEgLE6vD_BwE

 

 

 

 

 

You could upgrade your cpu to like a 5700x and then upgrade your gpu and get some more storage.

[PDifolco]

1 hour ago, oomaskooma said:

Hello!

 

Thank you for looking at my first post. I want to preifce the post by saying I am very new to PC building. I am in the united States with a budget of around $1000.

 

My current gaming PC is starting to fall behind in performance for the games I want to play. I play of mix of games, from shooters like marvel rivals, to rpgs like BG3 and skyrim(modded). I bought my pc ~2021, it's a pre built by cyberpowerpc. At that time I had no experience in pc gaming and was very satisfied with my purchase. The unit ran all the games I wanted to play with no issues. But now it just doesn't meet my demands. I also need larger (fast) storage capacity. Should I upgrade a component like GPU and get a larger m.2 drive. Or look into system replacement?

 

Current specs that I know of:

 

CPU : AMD ryzen 5 3600 6 core 12 THREAD 3.6 ghz

RAM : Corsair vengeance 32 gb ram ddr4
(4 sticks)

I installed this myself after purchasing the pc.

GPU : AMD radeon RX 5600 xt
6128 mb memory
GDDR6
PCI EXPRESS 4.0 X 16

MOBO : Gigabyte B550M DS3H AC

 

500 gb m.2

 

1tb HDD

 

I play at 1080 p, and I'm fine sticking with that for now. I know the mobo only has 1 slot for an m.2 drive, so I will need to replace my current one to upgrade. I have tried to find the case, but it seems that it's a proprietary one from cyberpower on just their pre builds. Here is a link to my pc on ebay if that helps anyone.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/286359416499?chn=ps&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A18j066k-ITcCHZoevT-JyhA13&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=286359416499&targetid=2320093655185&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=9014870&poi=&campaignid=21672921824&mkgroupid=164322966662&rlsatarget=pla-2320093655185&abcId=10012312&merchantid=101683846&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAA-Cg_1xI8FXlBQQJv3Zag8EEwciAz&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkK3l_ffhjAMVl0H_AR2NoAl9EAQYAyABEgLE6vD_BwE

 

 

 

 

 

With 1 grand you can defo make a way better rig 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D 3 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($277.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.90 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN580 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 210 Core 2 Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($579.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1002.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-04-18 14:19 EDT-0400

 

[Why_Me]

11 hours ago, oomaskooma said:

Hello!

 

Thank you for looking at my first post. I want to preifce the post by saying I am very new to PC building. I am in the united States with a budget of around $1000.

 

My current gaming PC is starting to fall behind in performance for the games I want to play. I play of mix of games, from shooters like marvel rivals, to rpgs like BG3 and skyrim(modded). I bought my pc ~2021, it's a pre built by cyberpowerpc. At that time I had no experience in pc gaming and was very satisfied with my purchase. The unit ran all the games I wanted to play with no issues. But now it just doesn't meet my demands. I also need larger (fast) storage capacity. Should I upgrade a component like GPU and get a larger m.2 drive. Or look into system replacement?

 

Current specs that I know of:

 

CPU : AMD ryzen 5 3600 6 core 12 THREAD 3.6 ghz

RAM : Corsair vengeance 32 gb ram ddr4
(4 sticks)

I installed this myself after purchasing the pc.

GPU : AMD radeon RX 5600 xt
6128 mb memory
GDDR6
PCI EXPRESS 4.0 X 16

MOBO : Gigabyte B550M DS3H AC

 

500 gb m.2

 

1tb HDD

 

I play at 1080 p, and I'm fine sticking with that for now. I know the mobo only has 1 slot for an m.2 drive, so I will need to replace my current one to upgrade. I have tried to find the case, but it seems that it's a proprietary one from cyberpower on just their pre builds. Here is a link to my pc on ebay if that helps anyone.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/286359416499?chn=ps&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A18j066k-ITcCHZoevT-JyhA13&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=286359416499&targetid=2320093655185&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=9014870&poi=&campaignid=21672921824&mkgroupid=164322966662&rlsatarget=pla-2320093655185&abcId=10012312&merchantid=101683846&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAA-Cg_1xI8FXlBQQJv3Zag8EEwciAz&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkK3l_ffhjAMVl0H_AR2NoAl9EAQYAyABEgLE6vD_BwE

Your current case looks to be a hotbox as in restrictive airflow in the front.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($151.69 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A410 BLACK 78.25 CFM CPU Cooler  ($26.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($53.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: *Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($496.29 @ Amazon) 
Case: *Fractal Design Pop Air ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Best Buy) 
Power Supply: *Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 (2024) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($81.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $890.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
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