Advice on new graphics card

[jaybee82]

Hi all,

So I built my last system during COVID, but retained my 1070 graphics card which is now eight years old. Having seen the price of the PS5 Pro, think I'm just going to revert back to PC for gaming.

I've a decent budget, but wondering what people would recommend? I'm looking at futue proofing it as eventually the plan is to go 1440p, but don't think I'm not that bothered about 4K gaming. Anybody think I'd be better off just building a new machine all together, or are most the specs below still OK and not likely to bottle neck a decent new cpu?

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz
MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX Motherboard
Corsair 16GB (2x 8GB) 3600Mhz DDR4

Corsair TX-M Series 650 Watt 80 Plus Gold Certified PSU​

SABRENT M.2 NVMe SSD 1TB​

 

[Quartz]

A Ryzen 5700X3D would be a quick and easy upgrade - just remember to update the BIOS first.

Your big problem will be the PSU being insufficient if you go for a higher-end GPU.

 

[jms198]

Techspot do a range of reviews comparing GPUs Vs CPUs.

4 Years of Ryzen 5, CPU & GPU Scaling Benchmark

We want to see how the Ryzen 5 1600X, 2600X, 3600X and 5600X compare in half a dozen games using the GeForce RTX 3090, RTX 3070, Radeon...

www.techspot.com

Should give you an idea if you will be bottlenecked.

You will be on pcie 3. The new budget cards (4060+ 7600)are designed to be run pcie 4 so you may limit them a little.

Depending on which GPU you get, a 5600 may be fine for a while.

Ryzen 5 7600 vs. Ryzen 5 5600

At which point does the jump up from the affordable Ryzen 5600 to the relatively expensive Ryzen 7600 makes sense? That's what we'll be testing in this...

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Edited, didn't read the title.

 

[Tetras]

Anybody think I'd be better off just building a new machine all together, or are most the specs below still OK and not likely to bottle neck a decent new cpu?

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz
MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX Motherboard
Corsair 16GB (2x 8GB) 3600Mhz DDR4

Corsair TX-M Series 650 Watt 80 Plus Gold Certified PSU​

SABRENT M.2 NVMe SSD 1TB​

It is fine, I'd look at a 5700x3D if you can afford it. If not, get a 5600 non-X. Graphics: a 4070 non-Super or 7800 XT (as close to or under £450) would cope with 1440p fine and be a decent upgrade on a 1070.

 

[BigBANGtheory]

i'd up your AM4 to the max (5800X3D) and get the best GPU that is within budget maybe a used 3080 but wait for nextgen to drop as people will want to sell on

what you really want, the holy grail is a used 4090 from someone you trust a fair price point