5 Year Upgrade

Shasell · 7 Oct 2024 at 11:12

Hi

So I built myself a PC just over 5 years ago now and surprisingly its still working! Looking at upgrading some of the components and thinking around the £400/£500 mark for the upgrades. I use the PC for gaming so thinking of upgrading the CPU and GPU to start with and then maybe next year go for a new monitor (separate budget) to maybe try some 4k gaming so ideally want to future proof it. I currently have a 1080p 140hz monitor and my current spec is as follows.

- AMD Ryzen 5 - 2600
- Radeon RX Vega GPU
- MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon Motherboard
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit
-Antec HCG Gold 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply

Looking at where best to spend the money and at the time of building the PC over 5 years ago I am hoping the motherboard, power supply and RAM is still good enough if I upgrade the CPU and GPU. Was looking along the lines of a Ryzen 7 5700x and Radeon RX 7600 XT?

Thanks

hornetstinger · 7 Oct 2024 at 11:50

To get 4K gaming you'd have to win the lottery. I'd stick with 1440p max.

Shasell · 7 Oct 2024 at 11:51

1440p it is then! haha

tamzzy · 7 Oct 2024 at 11:55

Ryzen 5700x3d and a used rx6800(xt)

mickyflinn · 7 Oct 2024 at 12:02

You can get a new Powercolor Radeon RX 7700 XT Fighter OC for £330 and as @tamzzy mentioned the 5700x3d is the CPU to go for.

32gb of memory should also be your target.

hornetstinger · 7 Oct 2024 at 12:12

mickyflinn said:
You can get a new Powercolor Radeon RX 7700 XT Fighter OC for £330 and as @tamzzy mentioned the 5700x3d is the CPU to go for.

32gb of memory should also be your target.

Sounds like a triggers broom haha. Pretty much a new base unit, and still with AM4...

mickyflinn · 7 Oct 2024 at 12:23

hornetstinger said:
Sounds like a triggers broom haha. Pretty much a new base unit, and still with AM4...

It does lol.

The op only got £500 if they go AM5 it will be at the sacrifice of a gpu

tamzzy · 7 Oct 2024 at 12:35

AM5 not worth it if it's a 5 yearly upgrade cycle. In 2029/2030 AM5 will also be obsolete.
Might as well make most use of AM4 now and then the next upgrade cycle will be a full overhaul to AM6/intel equivalent.

Tetras · 7 Oct 2024 at 14:02

Shasell said:
and Radeon RX 7600 XT?

Shasell said:
thinking around the £400/£500 mark for the upgrades

Shasell said:
maybe next year go for a new monitor (separate budget) to maybe try some 4k gaming so ideally want to future proof it

7600 XT is really a 1080p card. Yes, it can do 1440p with FSR, but despite the 16GB of VRAM it is not very performant.

RX 7700 XT suggested above would be decent for 1440p and 4K is possible with upscaling, especially in older games.

Ideally though, 4K would be best with something like a 7900 XT and that would eat your entire budget with nothing left for the CPU.

tamzzy · 7 Oct 2024 at 14:20

1440p high refresh rate is where the pc gaming sweet spot is, and these monitors can also be had on the cheap (£150-200)
I wouldn't be bothered with 4k gaming. High refresh rate is a better QOL than 4k.

Gray2233 · 7 Oct 2024 at 17:41

There were new 6800 (non XT's) knocking around for £300 recently, worth keeping an eye out.