Help on upgrade path

[Patrick98]

Budget (including currency): no more than DR 2.500.000/parts, except GPU i have IDR 10.000.000 set aside for GPU.

Country: Indonesia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games (mainly older games from ps3 and early ps4 era, no competitive games like CS2 etc), emulation, some editing.

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): 

Current build:
CPU : AMD R5 4500
MOBO : ASRock A520M-ITX AC
RAM : 2*8GB Team Elite Plus 3200Mhz

GPU : Galax RTX 2060 Super 8GB 
Storage:
1. NVME SSD ADATA Legend 128GB
2. 3.5" HDD Seagate Baracuda Compute 4TB

3. SATA SSD V-Gen 256GB (Boot Drive)

PSU : ADATA XPG PYLON 650W BRONZE
Monitor : Samsung Smart Monitor M7 32"
 

Goal :
1. 1440p 60hz high overall setting, on games like cyber punk 2077, rdr2, eldenring (haven't run these 3 games before, still finishing older backlogs).
2. Add one more 1080p monitor for second screen (do i actually need this since i don't stream, just record)
 

I had ITX build since i travel alot for work, hence the ITX motherboard. not anymore since i bought steam deck.

 

Rn i already migrate all the component to a full tower case and add cooling tower and case fans. Currently my upgrade plan is:

1. motherboard - ASRock B550 PG Riptide (if there is a better options please do tell me)

2. CPU - AMD R5 5600X (XT and X3d are hard to find in my country)
3. GPU - IDK what should i buy. (something that can run comfortably at 1440p 60fps high overall setting on 32" monitor)

*note:
- i'm comfortable with longer loading duration, so i won't upgrade my storage.
- RTX 2060 Super can run games like BF V on 1440p with high settings, but i might don't want to strain it too much.

if there is a better plan than this, please give me some insight.

[thekingofmonks]

The ITX board looks solid tbh, I wouldn't upgrade it.

5600 should already give an uplift depending on the game. You'll have to watch videos and measure your GPU usage.

I think you should wait before GPU upgrade. If you really need it, maybe the 9060XT 16GB, something in that range.

Extra monitor is up to you, just know that it takes a toll on GPU performance.

 

If you're afraid of GPU running too hot, try undervolting

 

Fast PS3 emulation requires AVX512 which is a niche and means a completely different platform (old Intel/AM5) so it's out of the question.

[dark_globe]

- RDR2 and elden ring are not that demanding actually 
if you set your in game settings smartly than even 2060s can basically achieve high 1440p 60 FPS
the only game out of your list that you would need a new graphics card for to achieve 1440p 60fps high is cyber punk .

1. your current mobo apart from being small is not that bad so you may very well keep it -
b550 riptine is a decent motherboard - it all depends on what you can find available in your country and also on the price 
other good notable b550 motherboards are asus tuf II , asus strix , msi tomahawk and also higher end gigabyte motherboards  

2. 5600x is a decent upgrade over 4500 , if this is the best cpu you can find for a decent price than go for it .

3. if you want to go brand new than 5060Ti 16gb / radeon 9060xt 16gb ,
if you can stretch your budget a bit more rtx 5070 or radeon 9070 woud be much better though .
(personally i would prefer nvidia due to better features and most likely also longer driver support)
- if you are willing to go on a second hand market than rtx 4070 will suffice .
- that being said if you want to keep your current power supply than rtx 5060 or the radeon 9060 are safer options compared to class x70 cards .

another option is to re-use your ram and go for lga 1700 if you want to upgrade your mobo anyways .
1700 offers more possibilities in terms of CPU models - you can go for 12600K or 12700K which are faster than 5600x/5800x
and even a newer models (13/14th gen) if you can find them for a good price .
although these cpus will be held back by ddr4 memory to a certain degree .

[Patrick98]

1 hour ago, thekingofmonks said:

The ITX board looks solid tbh, I wouldn't upgrade it.

5600 should already give an uplift depending on the game. You'll have to watch videos and measure your GPU usage.

I think you should wait before GPU upgrade. If you really need it, maybe the 9060XT 16GB, something in that range.

Extra monitor is up to you, just know that it takes a toll on GPU performance.

 

If you're afraid of GPU running too hot, try undervolting

 

Fast PS3 emulation requires AVX512 which is a niche and means a completely different platform (old Intel/AM5) so it's out of the question.

 

1 hour ago, dark_globe said:

- RDR2 and elden ring are not that demanding actually 
if you set your in game settings smartly than even 2060s can basically achieve high 1440p 60 FPS
the only game out of your list that you would need a new graphics card for to achieve 1440p 60fps high is cyber punk .

1. your current mobo apart from being small is not that bad so you may very well keep it -
b550 riptine is a decent motherboard - it all depends on what you can find available in your country and also on the price 
other good notable b550 motherboards are asus tuf II , asus strix , msi tomahawk and also higher end gigabyte motherboards  

2. 5600x is a decent upgrade over 4500 , if this is the best cpu you can find for a decent price than go for it .

3. if you want to go brand new than 5060Ti 16gb / radeon 9060xt 16gb ,
if you can stretch your budget a bit more rtx 5070 or radeon 9070 woud be much better though .
(personally i would prefer nvidia due to better features and most likely also longer driver support)
- if you are willing to go on a second hand market than rtx 4070 will suffice .
- that being said if you want to keep your current power supply than rtx 5060 or the radeon 9060 are safer options compared to class x70 cards .

another option is to re-use your ram and go for lga 1700 if you want to upgrade your mobo anyways .
1700 offers more possibilities in terms of CPU models - you can go for 12600K or 12700K which are faster than 5600x/5800x
and even a newer models (13/14th gen) if you can find them for a good price .
although these cpus will be held back by ddr4 memory to a certain degree .

my tought process on why i want to upgrade to B550 (not specific to asrock pg riptide) and to R5 5600x is because of Pcie 4.0. I read that starting from RTX 3000 series GPU use pcie 4.0, some only use x8 even, thats why i want to upgrade my current Mobo since A520 and R5 4500 only support Pcie 3.0. hence the step is mobo -> cpu -> gpu not GPU first.

 

So from here, i guess. Rather than upgrade the mobo first. Should start from GPU then CPU and lastly mobo?

 

As for emulation. I mainly emulate psx, ps2 and sometimes GBA, tho rn i mostly use steamdeck for emulation.

[Why_Me]

Ryzen 5 5600

 

[dark_globe]

37 minutes ago, Patrick98 said:

 

my tought process on why i want to upgrade to B550 (not specific to asrock pg riptide) and to R5 5600x is because of Pcie 4.0. I read that starting from RTX 3000 series GPU use pcie 4.0, some only use x8 even, thats why i want to upgrade my current Mobo since A520 and R5 4500 only support Pcie 3.0. hence the step is mobo -> cpu -> gpu not GPU first.

 

So from here, i guess. Rather than upgrade the mobo first. Should start from GPU then CPU and lastly mobo?

 

As for emulation. I mainly emulate psx, ps2 and sometimes GBA, tho rn i mostly use steamdeck for emulation.

well when it comes to pcie support it is not such a big deal :

even rtx 5090 can reach almost 90% of its performance even in pcie 3.0 x8 mode 
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-pci-express-scaling/29.html

5060Ti for example would run in this 3.0 x8 mode with your old motherboard which is why i´m mentioning it specifically 
this configuration presents the biggest issues for 8gb models of 5060/5060Ti when they run out of VRAM , with 16gb model you will be completely fine 
and if you decide to buy rtx 5070 it will run at full x16 lanes pcie 3.0 which is absolutely sufficient .

[Somerandomtechyboi]

48 minutes ago, Patrick98 said:

 

my tought process on why i want to upgrade to B550 (not specific to asrock pg riptide) and to R5 5600x is because of Pcie 4.0. I read that starting from RTX 3000 series GPU use pcie 4.0, some only use x8 even, thats why i want to upgrade my current Mobo since A520 and R5 4500 only support Pcie 3.0. hence the step is mobo -> cpu -> gpu not GPU first.

 

So from here, i guess. Rather than upgrade the mobo first. Should start from GPU then CPU and lastly mobo?

Pcie4 is basically useless outside of fast storage which in and of itself is already quite useless for games beyond gen3 speeds so dont waste the 1.5-1.something jt on some b550 you wont even see any benifit from

 

Also you are going to replace the r5 4500 anyways so no need to consider it, btw it resells for around 800 900rb far as i can tell on fbm/tokped so thats like half the cost of a 5600 covered

 

Any complaints with your current board like i/o wise? Say too little usb a ports or the single nvme slot, cause ngl the only valid reason to swap your board if you have no complaints would be to "downgrade" it and get some extra cash

 

Putting it in quotes as a520 and b450 are basically the same thing and you can find midranger b450 like the A pro max, pro4, etc. For as low as 700rb ish used and that a520 itx board may sell for around 1.2-1.5jt used, though youd only do this if you want to speed up your upgrade or want some extra cash for any other reason

 

4 hours ago, Patrick98 said:

AMD R5 5600X

And dont waste your money on the x version since the 5600 non x is basically the same thing with slightly lower clocks, Heres one on tokped for 1.8

 

If you were thinking of This 5600x yeah im pretty sure thats some sort of scam, check the stores statistics and you see 1000+ produk with no rating and they only started selling earlier this year, if you want to give it a shot you could and probably with a good bit of safety at that since tokped has good customer protections but ngl i wouldnt waste my time with this

 

4 hours ago, Patrick98 said:

IDK what should i buy. (something that can run comfortably at 1440p 60fps high overall setting on 32" monitor)

Rtx 3080

Rx 6800 xt

Rtx 5060

I swear the 6800xt used to be more expensive than the 3080s (like 5jt ish)

 

Anyways a gentle reminder that if you want to buy new lowk kabur ke malaysia sehari 2hari and buy there cause new prices here suck beans probably due to the horrific import taxes like wdym rtx 5060 is 400$

 

The only valid gpu choices here that wont suck your wallet dry and give you actually good performance for your money are used rx 6000 and rtx 3000 for the most part and seemingly some of the higher end gpus like this 9070 right at 10.3jt as the rtx 5060 and rx 9060xt are a complete joke pricewise, oh and dont bother with the 9070gre doesnt save you that much money and seems to be a good bit worse + garbage reaper model that has terrible temperatures (ie thing will likely get more noisy due to bad cooler design)

 

4 hours ago, Patrick98 said:

2. Add one more 1080p monitor for second screen (do i actually need this since i don't stream, just record)

Maybe something like This?

 

If you arent sure if you need it i guess you could also just reuse an old monitor or buy some cheap one for 200 300rb like This or a slightly fancier one like This so in the case you dont actually find any use out of a secondary monitor you arent out 1jt

[Patrick98]

23 hours ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Pcie4 is basically useless outside of fast storage which in and of itself is already quite useless for games beyond gen3 speeds so dont waste the 1.5-1.something jt on some b550 you wont even see any benifit from

 

Also you are going to replace the r5 4500 anyways so no need to consider it, btw it resells for around 800 900rb far as i can tell on fbm/tokped so thats like half the cost of a 5600 covered

 

Any complaints with your current board like i/o wise? Say too little usb a ports or the single nvme slot, cause ngl the only valid reason to swap your board if you have no complaints would be to "downgrade" it and get some extra cash

 

Putting it in quotes as a520 and b450 are basically the same thing and you can find midranger b450 like the A pro max, pro4, etc. For as low as 700rb ish used and that a520 itx board may sell for around 1.2-1.5jt used, though youd only do this if you want to speed up your upgrade or want some extra cash for any other reason

 

And dont waste your money on the x version since the 5600 non x is basically the same thing with slightly lower clocks, Heres one on tokped for 1.8

 

If you were thinking of This 5600x yeah im pretty sure thats some sort of scam, check the stores statistics and you see 1000+ produk with no rating and they only started selling earlier this year, if you want to give it a shot you could and probably with a good bit of safety at that since tokped has good customer protections but ngl i wouldnt waste my time with this

 

Rtx 3080

Rx 6800 xt

Rtx 5060

I swear the 6800xt used to be more expensive than the 3080s (like 5jt ish)

 

Anyways a gentle reminder that if you want to buy new lowk kabur ke malaysia sehari 2hari and buy there cause new prices here suck beans probably due to the horrific import taxes like wdym rtx 5060 is 400$

 

The only valid gpu choices here that wont suck your wallet dry and give you actually good performance for your money are used rx 6000 and rtx 3000 for the most part and seemingly some of the higher end gpus like this 9070 right at 10.3jt as the rtx 5060 and rx 9060xt are a complete joke pricewise, oh and dont bother with the 9070gre doesnt save you that much money and seems to be a good bit worse + garbage reaper model that has terrible temperatures (ie thing will likely get more noisy due to bad cooler design)

 

Maybe something like This?

 

If you arent sure if you need it i guess you could also just reuse an old monitor or buy some cheap one for 200 300rb like This or a slightly fancier one like This so in the case you dont actually find any use out of a secondary monitor you arent out 1jt

 

23 hours ago, dark_globe said:

well when it comes to pcie support it is not such a big deal :

even rtx 5090 can reach almost 90% of its performance even in pcie 3.0 x8 mode 
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-pci-express-scaling/29.html

5060Ti for example would run in this 3.0 x8 mode with your old motherboard which is why i´m mentioning it specifically 
this configuration presents the biggest issues for 8gb models of 5060/5060Ti when they run out of VRAM , with 16gb model you will be completely fine 
and if you decide to buy rtx 5070 it will run at full x16 lanes pcie 3.0 which is absolutely sufficient .

righty, i guess i can draw some conclusion here: 
1. there is no need to upgrade the mobo yet, unless i need more features
2. There won't be any significant performance to get B550 motherboard
3. as for CPU after looking around the internet and the answer to this thread, upgrading to R5 5600 is nice but not exactly will give me huge performance boost
4. GPU will be upgraded first, the strongest contender will be RTX 5060, but im on my way to do some more research.
5. Second monitor, i dont think i need it yea.

thx everyone.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

On 5/10/2026 at 2:06 PM, Patrick98 said:

 

righty, i guess i can draw some conclusion here: 
1. there is no need to upgrade the mobo yet, unless i need more features
2. There won't be any significant performance to get B550 motherboard
3. as for CPU after looking around the internet and the answer to this thread, upgrading to R5 5600 is nice but not exactly will give me huge performance boost
4. GPU will be upgraded first, the strongest contender will be RTX 5060, but im on my way to do some more research.
5. Second monitor, i dont think i need it yea.

thx everyone.

Hard pass on the 5060, if you dont want to kabur ke malay for a day or two 9070 non xt bare minimum cause the new 60 cards here have such dogshit pricing theyre not even worth considering

 

As shown in the video above 5060 = 3070 and yeah that is not beating the 3080 that is also 1.5-2jt cheaper and has 10gb of vram and especially not the 6800xt, btw tokped has like a 7 day policy nowadays so its easy to return it if dead on arrival

 

Cpu wise the 5600 will be a good bit faster than the 4500 even if you run the ram at 4600+ and properly tune it (keep in mind the 4500 is slower than the 3600) but if you dont feel like you need the extra performance then just keep it

 

The rest are all correct