Looking to upgrade my pc, any suggestions?

BigNutsRicky · June 23

Budget (including currency): $500 to any part

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Heavy Minecraft mods, general intense gaming

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):

Hello, im looking to upgrade my pc to get a lil more juice out of it but not sure what to spec into. This is my current build:

CPU: Intel Core i7-11700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($299.97 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI MAG Z590 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1200 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($64.98 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($64.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB Video Card ($509.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case ($94.99 @ Best Buy - OOS)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 GT 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($134.99 @ Newegg)

Appreciate any help

Why_Me · June 23

Heavy modded Minecraft means more RAM. Replace your current RAM with this:

PCPartPicker Part List

Memory: *Corsair Vengeance LPX 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($117.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $117.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-22 23:49 EDT-0400

strange13930 · June 23

30 minutes ago, BigNutsRicky said:

Budget (including currency): $500 to any part

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Heavy Minecraft mods, general intense gaming

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):

Hello, im looking to upgrade my pc to get a lil more juice out of it but not sure what to spec into. This is my current build:

CPU: Intel Core i7-11700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($299.97 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI MAG Z590 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1200 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($64.98 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($64.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB Video Card ($509.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case ($94.99 @ Best Buy - OOS)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 GT 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($134.99 @ Newegg)

Appreciate any help

I would get a 9060 xt 16gb and with what budget you have left to for a single kit of 32gb ram in two sticks instead of four.

podkall · June 23

3 hours ago, BigNutsRicky said:

Budget (including currency): $500 to any part

Gather more or drain your wallet for better GPU, but recently GPU prices weren't so great

2 hours ago, strange13930 said:

I would get a 9060 xt 16gb and with what budget you have left to for a single kit of 32gb ram in two sticks instead of four.

It's a 22% upgrade, but my problem is exactly that, it's only 22%, and you're jumping from low-end to low-end just newer gen so it's faster.

Problem is, RX 9070 isn't 550$ MSRP price, instead it's 600$, and above that there's 9070 XT for just 617$ so only 17$ more, out of stock though. Just like other lower options, like 7800 XT which there are bunch out of stock priced at ~550$ and even two 7900 GREs.