Upgrade recommendations

mellow yellow

mellow yellow

mellow yellow

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So i'm looking to upgrade my gaming pc but its been a while since i researched anything.
i'm looking to play gray zone amongst others, EAFC 24, fortnite, cod etc. i have also dabbled with sim racing, iracing, assetto.
My current set up is getting a bit dated:
Fractal design meshify c tower
b450m mortar max board
Ryzen 5 3600
2 x 8 GB DDR4 3200 (1600Mhz) corsair vengeance
Nvidia gtx 1660 super

ideally i would like to future proof for the next 2-3 years with a budget of £700 - £1000

I could recoup some costs by selling the replaced parts.

I'm very out of touch as ive not really kept up with things since i did this build 3 years ago.

All help and suggestions would be greatly received.
 
mellow yellow said:
Nvidia gtx 1660 super

ideally i would like to future proof for the next 2-3 years with a budget of £700 - £1000

I could recoup some costs by selling the replaced parts.
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update bios, swap cpu for a 5800x3d or 5700x3d (my personal preference would be the 5800x3d as the 5700x3d clock speed is gimped, so it does struggle in workloads where the x3d cache is not being utilised)
swap gpu for a 4070 super or 7900gre
swap ram for 2x 16gb (32gb) 3200mhz ram (don't add ram to your existing set...swap means swap :P )

#done
 
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also, forgot to ask, what is your exact psu make and model? (very important, especially as you are now moving up to more power hungry components)
 
Sorry to drag this one up again but a divorce got in the way I still have the existing set up. But spending a lot more time at my PC again.
Do the above recommendations still stand or is there better out there for the money?
1440p would be preferred now.
 
mellow yellow said:
Sorry to drag this one up again but a divorce got in the way I still have the existing set up. But spending a lot more time at my PC again.
Do the above recommendations still stand or is there better out there for the money?
1440p would be preferred now.
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@tamzzy recommendations is what i would still do - and did do when the 5800X3D first came out. To carry you over to 2027 - next AMD incarnation.

But, your problem is now finding a 5800X3D at a sensible price - it's a very sought after CPU.
 
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