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Thisapear
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I currently have a RX 580 and I have also a 144hz monitor. I'm not gaming on really recent games so I dont mind not playing them at 144hz. I play "old games" like league of legends.

 

I think I need a new CPU since mine ia getting old. (Intel I7 950). I also have a motherboard rampage extreme III. And some old rams that I bought with my Intel I7 950 back then. 

 

My question is : What CPU and motherboard should I buy? Also , should I buy RAM too? 

 

For my budget Im not so sure, it really depends

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Get a used Xeon X5670 or something similar, a good cooler if you don't already have one, and max out the RAM (24GB is the max the chipset supports IIRC). That's the best price to performance upgrade you can get right now, considering you already have an X58 motherboard.

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CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X Motherboard: MSI B450-A Pro Max RAM: 32GB I forget GPU: MSI Vega 56 Storage: 256GB NVMe boot, 512GB Samsung 850 Pro, 1TB WD Blue SSD, 1TB WD Blue HDD PSU: Inwin P85 850w Case: Fractal Design Define C Cooling: Stock for CPU, be quiet! case fans, Morpheus Vega w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 2 for GPU Monitor: 3x Thinkvision P24Q on a Steelcase Eyesite triple monitor stand Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3 Keyboard: Focus FK-9000 (heavily modded) Mousepad: Aliexpress cat special Headphones:  Sennheiser HD598SE and Sony Linkbuds

 

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12GB would also be fine. Considering you'll want to take advantage of triple channel memory with X58.

PC Specs - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D - MSI B550M Mortar - 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4-3600 @ CL16 - ASRock RX7800XT - 660p 1TBGB & Crucial P5 1TB - Fractal Define Mini C - CM V750v2 - Windows 11 Pro

 

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4 minutes ago, Thisapear said:

why would I need 24gb of ram?

Because I'm assuming you have, like, $300 or so to upgrade, might as well max out the RAM. You could also go with 12GB like Neliz suggested, but you'd want to run it in triple channel (don't do what I did).

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CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X Motherboard: MSI B450-A Pro Max RAM: 32GB I forget GPU: MSI Vega 56 Storage: 256GB NVMe boot, 512GB Samsung 850 Pro, 1TB WD Blue SSD, 1TB WD Blue HDD PSU: Inwin P85 850w Case: Fractal Design Define C Cooling: Stock for CPU, be quiet! case fans, Morpheus Vega w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 2 for GPU Monitor: 3x Thinkvision P24Q on a Steelcase Eyesite triple monitor stand Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3 Keyboard: Focus FK-9000 (heavily modded) Mousepad: Aliexpress cat special Headphones:  Sennheiser HD598SE and Sony Linkbuds

 

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a xeon 5670 would be better than a brand new I7 or amd ryzen CPU?

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