PC Master Race @lemmy.world GameRetro @lemm.ee 1y ago

Thinking about upgrading

Hey guys, my PC is getting kind of "old" and i'm thinking about upgrading it, considering the performance is starting to feel subpar.

I feel like the CPU is causing most of the problems but i'm not quite sure, and would like some advice as to what needs upgrading most. Here are the specs :

CPU : Ryzen 3 1300X
Motherboard : MSI B350 Gaming Plus
RAM : 16GB of DDR4 2133MHz RAM (2*8)
GPU : Geforce GTX 1060 6GB

Thanks for your insights !

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What are you gonna use it for?
- And what is your budget? We could easily recommend going AM5 with a 7800x3d and ddr5 ram, and a 4080, but that may be out of you price range.
  
  I use it mostly for gaming, and i was thinking about 500€ max for a single component upgrade, but the more i think about it, the more it seems better to juste save up and actually build another PC from scratch
If you are upgrading part of this PC, make sure you have SSD.
- Ahah yeah i didn't mention storage but i got a great deal earlier in the year and i have a pretty good 4TB SSD (many people have told me it's overkill, i'm still convinced it's not)
It looks like there's a wide range of CPUs compatible with your AMD AM4 motherboard socket, so a CPU upgrade should be fairly painless. I'd recommend putting in your specs on a site like PCPartPicker and seeing what you can find.

I highly recommend stepping up to 32 GB RAM, too.

You're likely going to want to upgrade your GPU afterwards. Right now, it's looking like a used 3060TI or an equivalent Radeon card are good deals at the moment. From where you're at, a used higher-end 2000 series RTX card could be a dramatic leap. You could even give an Intel ARC series card a try and see a significant performance increase. Last I checked, the A770 was performing close to the RTX 3060 towards the start of this year, and there have been frequent driver updates and improvements since then. Just remember to completely uninstall your graphics drivers before upgrading, especially if you're changing brands.
- At that point i might just give this one to my little brother as his first PC and build another one lol ! I might do just that, gonna need a bit more money though
That's a first gen 4 core that has memory latency issues. The board could be too low end on VRM to handle a 5600x upgrade

Can you afford to build a brand new everything PC?
- If i wait some more yeah i sure could, considering the age of my current PC, it is indeed possible that everything needs an upgrade
  
  Everything does. The 1060 is ok as long as you do not play any games from the last 3 years.
  
  Given your specs, I assume the power supply is in the 650 to 750 range, that won't handle the new hardware releases.
  
  For you next system, I would suggest paying extra money for an extra nice case and a larger power supply than what you could use. That way with an expensive case and expensive power supply, in 5 years you'll only need to replace motherboard and processor, you will not have to take apart the whole system or build a whole new one. You simply disconnect all cables to.motherboard, unscrew it, take it, put in new board, CPU, RAM, connect all cables to board, you did a new platform upgrade.
  
  I bought a 1000W power supply, I might max out at drawing 600W. It wasn't a waste of money. My system is 100% stable, PS is not working much with that load, it will still work very well when I do a platform upgrade in 3 years or so so no cable management since I will use the same case and power.

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