What to upgrade?

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I currently have the following spec,

Ryzen 7 2700 CPU
Asrock B450m steel legend mainboard
2 x 8GB Corsair 3200MHz memory
Nvidia 3060ti GPU

I game at 3440x1440 and wondering is it better to upgrade video card or will my current aging CPU hold me back? Most games play okay with a little adjustment to settings, but I'm gradually having to turn down more settings. I'm thinking at the resolution I game at that the CPU doesn't matter quite as much as the GPU, am I correct in my assumptions?

What's everyone's thoughts?
 
Personally I would pop the 5800X3D if the boards VRMs are upto handling the CPU as the 3060Ti is still an OK card and upgrade the GPU later down the line.
 
coupe69 said:
I currently have the following spec,

Ryzen 7 2700 CPU
Asrock B450m steel legend mainboard
2 x 8GB Corsair 3200MHz memory
Nvidia 3060ti GPU

I game at 3440x1440 and wondering is it better to upgrade video card or will my current aging CPU hold me back? Most games play okay with a little adjustment to settings, but I'm gradually having to turn down more settings. I'm thinking at the resolution I game at that the CPU doesn't matter quite as much as the GPU, am I correct in my assumptions?

What's everyone's thoughts?
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If it were my money I'd pick up something like a 5700X as it will just drop into your current board with a BIOS update. The 5800 X3D would be a bigger upgrade but is quite a bit more expensive even on the used market. I'd sell your 16GB of RAM and upgrade to a 32GB kit. Upgrade your GPU to something like a 7800 XT or 4070 and you've got a solid upgrade all round for about the £700 mark (~£120 for the CPU, £60 for the RAM and £500-550 for the GPU) then sell your old parts. At a guess you could get about £45-50 for the 2700, £25-30 for your RAM and ~£250 for the 3060 Ti.

If you've got the budget, a 5800 X3D, a 7800 XT (it's cheaper, faster and has more VRAM than a 4070) and 32GB of RAM would be a very noticeable upgrade.
 
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I've looked into the 5800 X3D, which would indeed drop straight into my board, but would this give me a bigger boost than swapping the GPU out for something like the 7800XT/4070 at my resolution? Either upgrade would cost roughly the same once I'd sold my 3060ti.
 
coupe69 said:
I've looked into the 5800 X3D, which would indeed drop straight into my board, but would this give me a bigger boost than swapping the GPU out for something like the 7800XT/4070 at my resolution? Either upgrade would cost roughly the same once I'd sold my 3060ti.
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Why not get a 7800xt/4070 sell your 3060 plus your 2700 and get the 5800x3d
 
Depends on your budget but I'd always go for upgrading the GPU first, if you go current gen then the CPU would probably hold you back but hen that's a clear upgrade for the future which you know will unlock more. You can pick up a 5600x very cheap which wouldn't bottleneck any current gen and run great.

As you're already running 1440p then it make sense. The 3060ti really isn't a 1440p card imo.
 
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Also what PSU do you have? You need to make sure that's good enough before going for a current gen card. 750watt minimum really, 850 up is better.
 
TripleT said:
Also what PSU do you have? You need to make sure that's good enough before going for a current gen card. 750watt minimum really, 850 up is better.
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It's a Phanteks AMP 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply which is based on the Seasonic Focus Gold line. I'd have thought this would be more than adequate for a single 4070, and probably just about ok for a 7800XT. It's not a cheap sub-standard unit.
 
coupe69 said:
It's a Phanteks AMP 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply which is based on the Seasonic Focus Gold line. I'd have thought this would be more than adequate for a single 4070, and probably just about ok for a 7800XT. It's not a cheap sub-standard unit.
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650w is fine you can always do an undevolt.
 
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