Upgrade path from AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with RTX2070 Super

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Hi

I've getting back into PC gaming, my current setup is below:

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU
AsRock B450M Steel Legend M/B
32GB Corsair DDR4 3000 RAM
Asus RTX2070 Super GPU

I used to play stuff like Far Cry 5/New Dawn/6, Doom Eternal, Borderlands 3 all at 1080p.

I'm wanted going forward to play newer titles and get a new 1440p monitor in the near future.


I want to stay on AM4 for now and can't decide whether to upgrade the CPU to a Ryzen 7 5700x3D and leave it at that.

Or to upgrade the GPU to something like a RTX3070 or RTX3070 Ti.

Or upgrade the CPU to something like a Ryzen 5 5600x or Ryzen 7 5700x and the GPU to a RTX3060 Ti or at a push a RTX3070.

Any advice?
 
Definitely want to take the 5700x3D if you intend to stay on the platform. Someone else may be better placed to comment on GPU, but I'd get the best GPU you can push the budget to allow. That said, don't buy high end right now with 5000 series round the corner.
 
Sh0tgunCr4ig said:
I want to stay on AM4 for now and can't decide whether to upgrade the CPU to a Ryzen 7 5700x3D and leave it at that.
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If budget is no issue just get the 5700X3D and be done with it, you won't need to touch it for 3-5 years, depending on your next GPU upgrade.

With the graphics, I would suggest a minimum of a 4070 non-Super or 7800 XT, to give you a decent upgrade and some headroom for the future, but I assume you're thinking about used cards instead.
 
Tetras said:
If budget is no issue just get the 5700X3D and be done with it, you won't need to touch it for 3-5 years, depending on your next GPU upgrade.

With the graphics, I would suggest a minimum of a 4070 non-Super or 7800 XT, to give you a decent upgrade and some headroom for the future, but I assume you're thinking about used cards instead.
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Budget is around £500 (£550 at a push) for both CPU and GPU (or just the CPU/GPU).
Would be used parts.

I never considered the AMD GPUs as my last few cards have been nVidia.
Just been looking at reviews on the 7800XTs and added them to my short list :-)
 
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5700X3D and a 7800XT would be a touch over £500 2nd hand, that's probably the most bang for your buck.
Remember you'd also want to sell your 2070S (~£160) and 3600 (~£40) ...
 
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God yes, overkill if anything.

Check & update your motherboards BIOS before upgrading - https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/B450M Steel Legend/index.asp#BIOS1

Install your 5700X3D then go into BIOS and set curve optimizer to -30 on all cores. This will likely work, it does for most chips. If you get any crashes try -25 then -20 etc until it's stable.

And that's it, it'll run nice and cool
 
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I've got a 5700x3d and a RX 6900XT and play at 1440p with most settings in the high range to get a good 150FPS on the games I play.

If you game at just 1080p then you'll be good with any of the recently released mid-tier cards. I'd recommend AMD just for the value alone unless you like raytracing then go for nVidia.

Worth waiting for the release of the 5000 series and hope there's some downward pressure on the rest of the market, but most likely they'll be overpriced allowing everything to stay bouyant.

Intel Battlemage could be worth a look on a budget. Should hear more news by the end of the year.
 
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Since CO came out for X3d (try for -30 all cores works for most ppl) you don't need good cooling for them
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5700x3D has arrived and is fitted. Temps are fine with the Noctua.
One thing I've struggled with is finding the Curve Optimizer settings in the BIOs for my motherboard - AsRock B450M Steel Legend.
After a quick Google it seems some B450 boards don't have this option.

Ive only been able to have a quick blast on Far Cry 5 since getting everything fitted, overall FPS doesn't seem to have improved much on that particular game but the 1% lows must have improved as before with the R5 3600 if you blew up lots of things at once sometimes the game would sometimes stutter especially if there was lots of smoke etc...

Played the other night a blew up lots of fuel barrels, there was loads of smoke effects etc and no stutter
 
Sh0tgunCr4ig said:
5700x3D has arrived and is fitted. Temps are fine with the Noctua.
One thing I've struggled with is finding the Curve Optimizer settings in the BIOs for my motherboard - AsRock B450M Steel Legend.
After a quick Google it seems some B450 boards don't have this option.

Ive only been able to have a quick blast on Far Cry 5 since getting everything fitted, overall FPS doesn't seem to have improved much on that particular game but the 1% lows must have improved as before with the R5 3600 if you blew up lots of things at once sometimes the game would sometimes stutter especially if there was lots of smoke etc...

Played the other night a blew up lots of fuel barrels, there was loads of smoke effects etc and no stutter
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Ah I had look too seems a few b450 don't have access to it, maybe someone else can confirm but its possible you could do it through Ryzen master and save settings.

As for not noticing huge increase, I felt like that on day one of going from 5600x to 5800x3d, but it really comes into its own in some games like you said with 1% lows and overall smoothness. You will see a big increase in some games too that use a lot of CPU.
 
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Sh0tgunCr4ig said:
Budget is around £500 (£550 at a push) for both CPU and GPU (or just the CPU/GPU).
Would be used parts.

I never considered the AMD GPUs as my last few cards have been nVidia.
Just been looking at reviews on the 7800XTs and added them to my short list :-)
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Could get a 7700xt new and a 5700x3d just within your budget
 
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