PC Upgrade

[Igloo11]

Hi all. I'm looking for some advice on whether or not my budget will allow a significant upgrade on my current PC.
Is it worth upgrading my current PC or buying a new one? I mainly use it for a lot of gaming.

My current specs are:

Windows 10 Home
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor, 3593 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s)
PRIME X570-P Motherboard
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
Realtek 8812AE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB
Samsung SSD 870 EVO 1TB
Corsair VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 3600MHz

My budget is between £1800-£2300.

Please let me know if you need more info. Thanks!

 

[Tetras]

Is it worth upgrading my current PC or buying a new one? I mainly use it for a lot of gaming.

There's lots of room to upgrade what you have, your graphics card is pretty slow by modern standards and the 5800X3D is still a very competitive CPU.

Your budget is also big enough to switch to AM5 and get a decent upgrade on everything.

 

[D-Ranged]

A new GPU would do wonders. I don't see PSU listed, but that may need an upgrade too for anything modern GPU wise.

Then move onto the CPU and/or mobo.

If I like the case I have, I tend to just upgrade in parts, for example - GPU then when CPU and ram become the bottle neck, I'll do motherboard/CPU/RAM. Eventually the GPU will again be the bottleneck and I'll upgrade again, rather than dumping loads of cash on completely new components.

 

[sx_turbo]

As others have said, update CPU to the 5800x3d (might require a bios update first) and stick a new GPU in there and your good to go for another few years, the 5800x3d still keeps up with am5 non x3d chips in gaming and it's not hugely slower in workloads either so you be good for a few years before having to upgrade the lot

 

[Igloo11]

Thank you guys. Which GPU would you suggest? The 5800X3D will set me back roughly £280 from what I can see. I still have plenty to play with for the GPU.

 

[Gray2233]

I would wait until early next year, the upcoming 4070 ti super is looking like a great buy in the current market. That said, it depends entirely on your use case. What resolution and refresh are you aiming for and in what games?

 

[sx_turbo]

I would wait until early next year, the upcoming 4070 ti super is looking like a great buy in the current market. That said, it depends entirely on your use case. What resolution and refresh are you aiming for and in what games?

Only need to wait till 24th Jan,

See what the reviews say and the price, at the current expected price of the 4070ti super it might put it into comparison with the and 7900xtx.

 

[Igloo11]

I would wait until early next year, the upcoming 4070 ti super is looking like a great buy in the current market. That said, it depends entirely on your use case. What resolution and refresh are you aiming for and in what games?

Starfield, MW. Cyberpunk. BG3. Destiny 2. I know a few of those games are less demanding than others. I have a 144hz 1ms Monitor I'd like to get the most out of too. I wouldn't mind waiting until then for a GPU. Silly question but will it noticeable if I upgraded to the 5800X3D without doing the GPU at the same time?

 

[Gray2233]

Starfield, MW. Cyberpunk. BG3. Destiny 2. I know a few of those games are less demanding than others. I have a 144hz 1ms Monitor I'd like to get the most out of too. I wouldn't mind waiting until then for a GPU. Silly question but will it noticeable if I upgraded to the 5800X3D without doing the GPU at the same time?

With a 2060s? I doubt it, you might find you have a smoother experience in some niche scenarios. It's not a bad purchase by any means, I have one sat on my desk waiting to be installed myself.

Once you upgrade you'll absolutely see a big difference if only in minimum frames should you buy anything 4070 class or higher.