Stuck between a rock and a hard place on upgrade path

[jimbos]

Hi all

Posted a month ago about upgrading from the below, and after reading lots of reviews on the zen 2/3 CPUs I'm a bit stuck.

My goal is to play games like warzone and some AAAs at 1440p.

Ideally I'd like to spend no more than 600/700 so my question is,

do I go with a ryzen 3600 based build with a b450 board, 3200 32gb ram and the best gpu I can then afford (which would be what?)

Or do I wait for the 5600 to come out, but obviously have to spend more on the mobo and ram so will have less for a better GPU.

Am I right in thinking I'm going to see huge upgrade either way from my current system

Intel i5-3570k 3.40GHz
8GB ram
Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
Radeon RX 480
8GB ram Corsair xms 3 1600
2x 120gb SSDs
coolermaster 500w psu
Antec 900 case

Really not sure what direction to go in. I'm not one for upgrading that often so would rather have a system I know that will be fine for the next 3/4 years.

Help!

 

[mickyflinn]

Will you be reusing any of your old parts ?

Triple AAA games take a lot of grunt at 1440p.

You should be aiming for a 1660 super at least.

 

[jimbos]

I can reuse yes micky

 

[Joxeon]

based build with a b450 board, 3200 32gb ram and the best gpu I can then afford (which would be what?)

Or do I wait for the 5600 to come out, but obviously have to spend more on the mobo and ram so will have less for a better GPU.

Go for the 3600 with the extra cash on the GPU as you will get higher fps than going with a more expensive CPU and a 5600X.

Should be able to pick up a 3600 + mb + rtx3070 founders card for around £700 assuming you can snag one when they drop.

 

[mickyflinn]

Your looking at something like below

3600 £180
32gb ram £110 or 16gb £70
Motherboard £80 to £100
Gtx 1660 super £220 or gtx 2060 £320
1tb m2 ssd £ 90.

 

[Tetras]

Am I right in thinking I'm going to see huge upgrade either way from my current system

You would, the RX 480 is not suitable for 1440 in the latest games.

What refresh / FPS are you aiming for? If it's 60 then it wouldn't put me off a 3600, but if it is 144 then I'd wait for the 5600X, especially as you want to keep it for 3-4 years.

 

[Joxeon]

You would, the RX 480 is not suitable for 1440 in the latest games.

What refresh / FPS are you aiming for? If it's 60 then it wouldn't put me off a 3600, but if it is 144 then I'd wait for the 5600X, especially as you want to keep it for 3-4 years.

I'm rocking a RTX 3080 with a 3600 @1440p 144hz and it's just fine.

 

[jimbos]

Ideally 144hz but to be honest I don't think I've ever played any games 144hz so don't know what I'm missing.

Joxeon what games do you play and roughly what fps do you get?

 

[Joxeon]

Ideally 144hz but to be honest I don't think I've ever played any games 144hz so don't know what I'm missing.

Joxeon what games do you play and roughly what fps do you get?

I get around 150fps in warzone with settings maxed, 240 in apex legends, 140 in sottr 85 with RT etc.

Definetly worth going for a 144/165hz monitor especially if your into fps shooters.

 

[jimbos]

Thanks

I forgot to mention I'd like to be able to do some VR stuff too. I have just got an oculus rift 2 so would like to run some titles on it from whatever pc I upgrade to. Would a 2060ti be sufficient?