B450 upgrade for 1080p gaming

[qbazdz]

Hi All,

Can you sanity check my approach here to refresh a 2020/21 PC to keep up to speed with AAA titles for next 1-2 years..

This is a B450 build with 2700X, 16GB of RAM and 2070 Super (Windforce OC version) and a SATA SSD.

In order to keep the budget reasonably low, I thought to just do 5700X, chuck a 1TB NVME in, plus add the fastest RAM that the mobo will take.
I dont see much value in upgrading the GPU here as the 2070 Super would need an upgrade to 4060Ti which almost doubles the upgrade budget..

Thoughts?

 

[Tetras]

I dont see much value in upgrading the GPU here as the 2070 Super would need an upgrade to 4060Ti which almost doubles the upgrade budget..

Ideally you'd need around a 4070 for it to be a meaningful bump, a 4060 Ti would only be a mild upgrade.

In order to keep the budget reasonably low, I thought to just do 5700X, chuck a 1TB NVME in, plus add the fastest RAM that the mobo will take.

It's fine, but I wouldn't spend a lot on the RAM. What kind of games do you play? It might be worth getting the X3D if the games you play love the cache.

 

[Armageus]

What speed RAM is in there at the minute? Faster RAM probably isn't going to make a huge amount of difference unless it's currently below 3200Mhz, although depending on which games you play, and whether you stream etc at the same time there's possibly an argument to get 32Gb.

NVME definitely makes sense - 2TB if budget allows, as pricing/capacity feels like it's at a decent point nowadays.

5700X is a good idea (although if budget is tight even a 5600X will still give a big boost, just possibly won't be a long lasting upgrade with only 6 cores), 5800X3D would be the best choice though, and I'd be inclined to stretch for it both for the boost the cache brings and resell value down the line (people will still pay more for the "best" processor for older platforms long after they are obsolete)


You're correct on the 2070 Super - not a huge amount of options for anything faster without spending a huge amount - even a 4060Ti isn't going to be game changing leap

 

[qbazdz]

@Tetras
Games wise: all of CoD series, Battlefield, MS Flight Sim, Rise of Tomb Rider, NFS Heat and alike

@Armageus, its on 16GB (2x8GB) 2400MHz, CL16 sticks.
No streaming, either solo or multi with friends.
Was planning to stick 32GB of 3200Mhz CL16

 

[Armageus]

@Tetras
Games wise: all of CoD series, Battlefield, MS Flight Sim, Rise of Tomb Rider, NFS Heat and alike

Flight Sim absolutely loves the 3D Cache, as does battlefield from what I can see.

@Armageus, its on 16GB (2x8GB) 2400MHz, CL16 sticks.
No streaming, either solo or multi with friends.
Was planning to stick 32GB of 3200Mhz CL16

3200Mhz would be absolutely fine - certainly no point going beyond 3600Mhz as the benefits are a lot smaller than on say a 5900X with it's 2x CCD configuration