Upgrade path from AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with RTX2070 Super

[Sh0tgunCr4ig]

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?

 

[Sh0tgunCr4ig]

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.

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

 

[Sh0tgunCr4ig]

Thanks for the replies.
I think I'm gonna go 5700x3D first.
Then a RTX4070 or 7800XT 2nd, probably get Christmas out of the way first.

Will a Noctua NH-U12A be sufficient to cool a 5700x3D?

 

[Sh0tgunCr4ig]

I've updated the BIOs version on my motherboard to the latest version and I have a AMD Ryzen 7 5700x3D being delivered hopefully over the weekend

Thanks for you help.

 

[Sh0tgunCr4ig]

What CPU cooler do you have ?

It's a Noctua NH-U12S but has an extra Noctua fan to make it dual fan.

 

[Sh0tgunCr4ig]

Since CO came out for X3d (try for -30 all cores works for most ppl) you don't need good cooling for them

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]

Use PBO2 Tuner to get CO if not in your BIOS.

Thanks, I'll give that a go