Upgrade advice

heros · 27 Jul 2024 at 12:59

Hey all,

I'm currently using a 5600x with a 5700xt, was thinking of either grabbing:

Ryzen 7600 (then upgrade to a 9800x3d at some point next year)
7800xt
Asrock B650 livemixer
32gb of ddr5 6400mhz

Or just grab a 7800x3d now and forget about it. I mainly play competitive FPS games like cs2 and apex legends but do play some triple A sp titles on occasion. Max resolution I game at is 1080p. What would people advise?

Aurhinius · 27 Jul 2024 at 13:22

Okay so a GPU upgrade is always going to net you the biggest frame rate/eye candy increase. The 7600 will net you additional performance in games as well but there are plenty of charts out there. A 7800x3d is the current top of the stack for gaming and if rumours are to be believed still there against the 9000 series none 3d cache models so isn't a bad investment but you probably want to wait to see if the price comes down once the 9000 series is actually on the market. I'd definitely advise checking out your favourite review sites, Gamers Nexus, Hardware Unboxed to name a couple which will show you some charts in popular games at 1080p.

mickyflinn · 27 Jul 2024 at 13:23

I would get a 7900gre for now and wait till 9000 x3d along with newer chipset motherboards.

heros · 27 Jul 2024 at 14:46

I had been looking at the 7900gre tbf, worth the extra £60-70 then?

I presume the new chipsets have a fair bit of difference then?

mickyflinn · 27 Jul 2024 at 14:51

heros said:
I had been looking at the 7900gre tbf, worth the extra £60-70 then?

I would say yes

heros said:
I presume the new chipsets have a fair bit of difference then?

heros · 27 Jul 2024 at 15:20

mickyflinn said:
I would say yes

Thanks for this

looks like I'll go with a 7900 gre then! Would upgrading to a 5700x3d be worth chucking in as a stop gap, then look at grabbing a new board/9800x3d next year? My understanding is the x3d gives quite a boost in CPU limited/competitive titles?

Tetras · 27 Jul 2024 at 15:31

heros said:
as a stop gap

Do you have something useful you'd do with it afterwards?

heros · 27 Jul 2024 at 15:36

Tetras said:
Do you have something useful you'd do with it afterwar

Probably give it to my brother to upgrade his 3600

Tetras · 27 Jul 2024 at 15:38

heros said:
Probably give it to my brother to upgrade his 3600

Then I'd say yes, you might even find that you're happy enough to keep it and not bother with the upgrade.

mickyflinn · 27 Jul 2024 at 15:57

heros said:
Thanks for this looks like I'll go with a 7900 gre then! Would upgrading to a 5700x3d be worth chucking in as a stop gap, then look at grabbing a new board/9800x3d next year? My understanding is the x3d gives quite a boost in CPU limited/competitive titles?

Yes, its gonna certainly help with the 1% and .1% lows, should be so much smoother.

cjgardens · 28 Jul 2024 at 06:33

As others have said. GPU is the better option. See if your getting the frame rate your after.