9070 XT CPU pairing

[Trembletop]

Prices have settled for 9070 XT's in Canada and I can finally find one for about 860-900 CAD but my current CPU is definitely going to bottleneck it. I'm currently running a 5600X and I'm sure that it will decrease performance. The reason I'm upgrading is because my GTX 1080 is starting to give in. I'm playing competitive games at 1080p 144hz with medium/high settings and single player games at 4k 60hz maxed settings. Should I upgrade to AM5 with a PCIe 5.0 motherboard or stick with AM4 and upgrade the CPU? I'm willing to spend a bit more if it's a better idea to stick to AM4 ($400 CAD budget). The other option is selling my current motherboard, CPU and memory (used should be about $400 CAD) purchase a new X870 motherboard for about $300 CAD and some new memory for $100 CAD. But this is where I need some recommendations, I'm not sure what to buy on AM5 so that I get as much performance as possible. The 9600X looked like a good option but what do I know. 

 

Any recommendations are welcome and if you have anything that I should know/change please don't hesitate to tell me.

 

The link to my current build it shown bellow, Thanks!

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/dMJfrH

[YoungBlade]

Your best option on AM4 would be the 5700X3D. That would give you performance a bit slower than the 9600X, but in the same general tier. The difference is usually within 10% for the two on average across a range of games.

 

To get meaningfully faster than the 5700X3D requires going with an AM5 X3D CPU.

 

With that said, you can always just upgrade the graphics card now and see how it goes. If you find the CPU bottleneck is too severe, you can upgrade at that point. The 5600X isn't a bad gaming CPU today.

[strange13930]

13 minutes ago, Trembletop said:

Prices have settled for 9070 XT's in Canada and I can finally find one for about 860-900 CAD but my current CPU is definitely going to bottleneck it. I'm currently running a 5600X and I'm sure that it will decrease performance. The reason I'm upgrading is because my GTX 1080 is starting to give in. I'm playing competitive games at 1080p 144hz with medium/high settings and single player games at 4k 60hz maxed settings. Should I upgrade to AM5 with a PCIe 5.0 motherboard or stick with AM4 and upgrade the CPU? I'm willing to spend a bit more if it's a better idea to stick to AM4 ($400 CAD budget). The other option is selling my current motherboard, CPU and memory (used should be about $400 CAD) purchase a new X870 motherboard for about $300 CAD and some new memory for $100 CAD. But this is where I need some recommendations, I'm not sure what to buy on AM5 so that I get as much performance as possible. The 9600X looked like a good option but what do I know. 

 

Any recommendations are welcome and if you have anything that I should know/change please don't hesitate to tell me.

 

The link to my current build it shown bellow, Thanks!

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/dMJfrH

what's resolution you do game at? of your gaming at 1440p I wouldn't worry about the bottleneck as much

[Trembletop]

7 minutes ago, strange13930 said:

what's resolution you do game at? of your gaming at 1440p I wouldn't worry about the bottleneck as much

1080p for about half the games I play and I'm planning on playing at 4k for some single player games.

[strange13930]

3 minutes ago, Trembletop said:

1080p for about half the games I play and I'm planning on playing at 4k for some single player games.

I would start by just getting the 9070 xt and if the bottle neck is to big then you can upgrade your cpu like @YoungBlade said

[podkall]

2 minutes ago, strange13930 said:

I would start by just getting the 9070 xt and if the bottle neck is to big then you can upgrade your cpu like @YoungBlade said

5700x3D is still not that much slower than 7600/9600 from AM5, in cache sensitive games it can match or slightly beat them too