After some upgrade advice please

*FLASH* · Saturday at 13:10

Long time member who has been in a hiatus due to working commitments. After also stepping away from the PC gaming arena for a while I have decided to return. So I would like to upgrade my system as cost affective as possible but retain at least a minimum to medium spec for most games.

My current spec is:

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AM4
Asus ROG STRIX B40-F Mobo
64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 PC3200
Radeon RX 570 8GB

What are my options for pre owned or new at a cost effective range and still be able to play most games?

Thanks in advance for all your help.

mickyflinn · Saturday at 13:13

GPU upgrade and maybe the 5700x3d would also be a good option.

Budget for upgrades and what resolution you gaming at ?

Make and model of PSU also ?

*FLASH* · Saturday at 13:16

PSU is a Aerocool Cylon 700w 80+ bronze.

Budget as low as possible. I suppose anything between £100-£150 per piece of hardware.

Tetras · Saturday at 13:30

*FLASH* said:
What are my options for pre owned or new at a cost effective range and still be able to play most games?

*FLASH* said:
Budget as low as possible. I suppose anything between £100-£150 per piece of hardware.

For playability a 5600/5600X and an RX 6600 is the minimum I'd spend.

Just the GPU would show a decent increase in many games (is around twice as fast as the RX 570).

Something like a 5700X3D and 6750 XT are highly recommended for the longer-term, if you can up your budget.

mickyflinn · Saturday at 13:31

*FLASH* said:
PSU is a Aerocool Cylon 700w 80+ bronze.

Budget as low as possible. I suppose anything between £100-£150 per piece of hardware.

That PSU is a budget unit I personally would look at changing it sooner than later.

I think you should put your money into a new GPU it's where your gonna get the most performance as you CPU is not to bad.

£300 will get you a 6750xt which will double and some the performance of the Rx 570 and can suited to 1440p

If not wanting to go that route the Rx 6600 for £180 is double the FPS and more suited for 1080p.

*FLASH* · Saturday at 13:41

Thanks all. I'll start looking at those recommendations.

Tetras · Saturday at 13:44

*FLASH* said:
Thanks all. I'll start looking at those recommendations.

FYI: I'd highly recommend you keep the 6600 as a minimum, the cards within your budget of £100-£150 (at least, new) are barely an upgrade. The 6400 even comes out slower and the 6500 XT just a bit faster, but it is hugely compromised by having 4GB of memory (especially on PCIE3) which makes your RX 570 arguably superior.

mickyflinn · Saturday at 13:49

*FLASH* said:
Thanks all. I'll start looking at those recommendations.

I would Keep your 570 as a back up GPU if you haven't got one, nothing like having something to slot straight in to keep your pc running if problems occur.

*FLASH* · Saturday at 22:29

Appreciated guys!

Gray2233 · Saturday at 22:43

If you're not opposed to second hand you could check the Members Market on OCUK, maybe put in a GPU request in the wanted section.

You should be able to nab a 3070 or 6700XT etc for under £200 with a little luck.

Joxeon · Saturday at 23:54

If you only have a budget of around £300 then you’d be best putting it all on the gpu rather than splitting between a cpu and gpu.

moppy89 · Sunday at 13:10

Joxeon said:
If you only have a budget of around £300 then you’d be best putting it all on the gpu rather than splitting between a cpu and gpu.

But if you're spending £300 on a GPU, I'd probably be looking at a different PSU too..

*FLASH* · Monday at 22:07

Gray2233 said:
If you're not opposed to second hand you could check the Members Market on OCUK, maybe put in a GPU request in the wanted section.

You should be able to nab a 3070 or 6700XT etc for under £200 with a little luck.

Just returned after a long stint away. Waiting to get access back.

*FLASH* · Monday at 22:13

mickyflinn said:
That PSU is a budget unit I personally would look at changing it sooner than later.

I think you should put your money into a new GPU it's where your gonna get the most performance as you CPU is not to bad.

£300 will get you a 6750xt which will double and some the performance of the Rx 570 and can suited to 1440p

If not wanting to go that route the Rx 6600 for £180 is double the FPS and more suited for 1080p.

I've got tg
he 8GB 570. I wonder if the extra ram fairs much better?

mickyflinn · Monday at 22:19

*FLASH* said:
I've got tg
he 8GB 570. I wonder if the extra ram fairs much better?

The 8gb version does improve fps but not buy much , check the video.

moppy89 · Monday at 23:19

*FLASH* said:
Just returned after a long stint away. Waiting to get access back.

I thought the requirement was just 1000 posts?

TrojanWhore · 2024-10-29T02:04:24+0000

moppy89 said:
I thought the requirement was just 1000 posts?

plus I think 15 posts on a rolling 90 day basis, so @*FLASH* you only need to post 9 more times

For that budget, just a GPU upgrade and see how you go -

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should be almost twice as fast as your 570:

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If willing to go second hand you should be able to get an RTX 3060 (or 3060ti) for around the same.

If you still find the CPU lacking, a 5700x3d as mentioned above can be had VERY cheap if you look about and you won't do better on AM4 for value.