Upgrade the cpu or upgrade to AM5

[noj]

Morning folks

My system was built back in 2018 it’s a Ryzen 7 2700x in a auros gaming 5 board and an aio cooler.
I’ve upgraded a couple of bits since 2018 and its now running 32mb of ram a 6800xt Gpu, a newer psu and an m2 ssd

I’m looking to upgrade the processor and have a couple of options but not sure which way to jump.
Do I just shove a new cpu in or upgrade the board and chip to AM5 (along with memory)?

Friends have suggested that I should look to replace the aio after this much time either way, so the list of bits to replace gets longer which makes me consider selling the pc as is and putting money into a new one entirely.

The other consideration is I’ve never replaced a cpu before, nor installed a motherboard and not sure how easy it really is, I know lots of you will say it’s simple to do but having never done it I don’t want to screw it up.

If I’m looking to upgrade what would be your opinions/options on what to do. Budget is £1500 for upgrade excl gpu (assuming the gpu is still good enough for now)

 

[noj]

Your GPU is not exactly recent (~5 years old) and your CPU is even older. Upgrading depends entirely on what you're using your computer for. Assuming gaming, it depends on what games, and importantly what resolution. Gaming at higher resolutions generally is more GPU limited than CPU limited, so upgrading your GPU is the highest priority.

Having said that, lots of people (including myself) have upgraded to the 5700X3D because it's relatively affordable (~£200 atm), extremely good bang per buck in gaming, and is supported by the AM4 platform. You can expect a decent performance increase for a relatively affordable price, and you won't have to completely rebuild your PC.

Since AM4 is now deprecated in favour of AM5, it's safe to say that 5700X3D is the best bang per buck available on AM4 (and forever will be).

Time flies, it doesn’t feel 4 years since I shoved that gpu in

Gaming and photo editing still the use case for the machine.

Games - things like scum, elite dangerous, dune awakening when it comes out. Resolution is 1440

 

[noj]

As said already, a 6800 XT is still a great card, it costs around ~£450 new to get that level of performance. I consider the 2700X the weakest link, so a 5700X3D is ideal and will help a lot in more CPU demanding games. There won't be much more to come from the 6800 XT when paired with a 5700X3D, so you'll be set for another 3-4 years until it is overhaul time.


To be clear, for what reason did you choose the CPU? Are you only a gamer? Are you struggling with certain games?


It is easy to do, you just drop the CPU into the socket, but you do need steady hands and a clear/uneven workspace. AM4 has the pins on the CPU, AM5 has the pins on the socket, personally I would say that pins on the CPU is a little easier than in the socket, but there's a small risk of damage either way. If you take your time and prepare ahead, I don't see why you would mess it up.


Why do they think that? AIOs can last a long time, some have 5+ year warranties. Alternatively, you could get a cooler that supports multiple sockets like a peerless assassin, which is cheap, effective and can be used on AM4, AM5, 1700 & 1851.


For me it is good enough, but what are you doing with it? What kind of games and settings? You have a big enough budget to do everything, but I don't know if you want/need it.

Thank you for the detailed reply, helps a lot.

One driver is financial, I have the funds to upgrade now and haven’t spent cash on myself in a while so taking the opportunity whilst it’s there. That said if a couple of hundred quid on a cpu does me for 3 or 4 more years it would seem the right answer unless there is some compelling reason to build a whole new machine (other than mmm sparkly new machine).

I’m not sure why they said that about the aio to be honest, which is why I’m here asking the question as well. It’s seems odd that the aio would stop working or fail by simply replacing the cpu but I’m not a pc building expert!

I’m worried about screwing up the install but again that’s because I’ve not done it, Ive watched videos and read about it. I’m sure just taking time and being careful will sort it.

Maybe the 5700x3d is the way to go.

Do you think the board will be ok or do I need to replace that?

 

[noj]

I’ve gone for an upgrade to the cpu, got a 5700x3d on the way along with some thermal paste.
I figured, as suggested by @tamzzy, I can try this upgrade path and then always go again if I want to. But upgrading and getting 3 more years for £199 seems good value.

Now I just need to install it!

 

[noj]

Thanks, spotted that being mentioned so it’s on my list of things to do this weekend.

 

[noj]

Well I did it…installed the new cpu after a bios flash.
I got a FTPM error but since I’d not encrypted a drive I went with the Y option to reset.

I’m looking at my windows desktop and it all seems ok, not going to lie, I thought it would be a disaster but so far think I’m ok.

Any suggestions to check anything or just shut up the case and crack on

 

[noj]

Shut the case and crack on.

Reset ftpm yes is correct.

Nothing else to do

Ok then!

Thank you for your support, I know this is child’s play, and to be honest it was a lot easier than I thought, but was worried about it having never touched the CPU.

Now I know it is as easy as that I’ll be able to do it again next time.

Thermal paste videos are a rabbit hole btw…

 

[noj]

if you haven't set a -25 offset in curve optimizer

What’s that then?

….off googling…..