Best upgrades for me?

[buddyswift]

Hi there,

I've recently received a bonus from work and am looking to invest in a few new parts (probably up to £300). I'm happy with my monitor and peripherals.

I play some low-ish requirement games, do some programming and watch movies and stream to friends.

My instinct would be to buy more RAM having upgraded my GPU last year - what do you all think?

Specs:

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Thanks in advance

 

[Tetras]

My instinct would be to buy more RAM having upgraded my GPU last year - what do you all think?

Yup.

Something like this maybe:
My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Eight Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D1-AM) = £158.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit (CMK32GX4M2Z3600C18) (SKU: MY-4CL-CS) = £59.99
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 36 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02420) = £24.94

Total: £247.92 (includes delivery: £3.99)​

Swap to the 5700X3D if you want to spend the whole budget, but the 5700X would give you an upgrade to single core performance and 2 more cores for multithreaded.

 

[buddyswift]

Yup.

Something like this maybe:
My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Eight Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D1-AM) = £158.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit (CMK32GX4M2Z3600C18) (SKU: MY-4CL-CS) = £59.99
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 36 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02420) = £24.94

Total: £247.92 (includes delivery: £3.99)​

Swap to the 5700X3D if you want to spend the whole budget, but the 5700X would give you an upgrade to single core performance and 2 more cores for multithreaded.

Thanks dude. I've done a little research on Ryzen cores since your post and the Ryzen 5 7600X looks to outshine the Ryzen 7 5700X on benchmarks for a modest price increase - certainly not an expert so would this be a mistake?

 

[buddyswift]

Just realised that the 7600 will require a AM5 socket so is probably out of the question - no need to reply, thanks