possible upgrade

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hi just need a little bit of advice , I was wondering if anyone could suggest any suitable upgrades for my system , works fine at the moment but was thinking is there anything obvious and more along the lines of future proofing.
All my family have given me money for xmas so now would be a good time if I needed to spend some money , not using it for the newest games so no need for all singing all dancing set up
the specs are as listed below .thanks in advance

M/BOARD ASUS TUF B450-PLUS GAMING
cpu AMD RYZEN3 3300X 3.79GHZ
gpu RADEON RX580 8GB
mem. RAM 16GB(2 X 8GB) DDR4 1330
DRIVE 500GB NVME M.2 SSD
 
If it works fine then i wouldn't change anything until it does start to struggle. You can always change components for better one lets say 4 core to 6 core cpu but is it worth it if not needed.
 
If main use is gaming that GPU is starting to be really aged.
But right now would be horrible time to buy new graphics card with new models only in high end (without availability) and no real advance in mainstream price level.

And for CPU upgrade would recommend waiting until Zen3 CPUs are available for good price.
 
If your only running 2666mhz ram 3200mhz can give a boost to fps.

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3508-ryzen-3000-memory-benchmark-best-ram-fclk-uclock-mclock

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £154.68 (includes shipping: £8.70)​

Save some money to buy a ryzen 5 5600x when a compatible bios is released for your motherboard some time early next year (hopefully). That will be a huge boost especially if your playing cpu limited games at 1080p

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £328.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)​
 
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