What are you gonna use it for?
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And what is your budget? We could easily recommend going AM5 with a 7800x3d and ddr5 ram, and a 4080, but that may be out of you price range.
I use it mostly for gaming, and i was thinking about 500€ max for a single component upgrade, but the more i think about it, the more it seems better to juste save up and actually build another PC from scratch
With the components you have it's tough. Maybe you can get a used 5600X? It would still feel like a massive upgrade (99% fps matters a lot more for smoothness than average fps).
For an actually decent longer lasting upgrade on the same motherboard you'd need a 5800X3D, new RAM (2x16 GB 3600 MHz preferred) and a new GPU.
So it might actually be best to save up now and build a new rig with RTX 5000 series and the next gen of CPUs.
If you are upgrading part of this PC, make sure you have SSD.
Ahah yeah i didn't mention storage but i got a great deal earlier in the year and i have a pretty good 4TB SSD (many people have told me it's overkill, i'm still convinced it's not)
It looks like there's a wide range of CPUs compatible with your AMD AM4 motherboard socket, so a CPU upgrade should be fairly painless. I'd recommend putting in your specs on a site like PCPartPicker and seeing what you can find.
I highly recommend stepping up to 32 GB RAM, too.
You're likely going to want to upgrade your GPU afterwards. Right now, it's looking like a used 3060TI or an equivalent Radeon card are good deals at the moment. From where you're at, a used higher-end 2000 series RTX card could be a dramatic leap. You could even give an Intel ARC series card a try and see a significant performance increase. Just remember to completely uninstall your graphics drivers before upgrading, especially if you're changing brands.
At that point i might just give this one to my little brother as his first PC and build another one lol ! I might do just that, gonna need a bit more money though
That's a first gen 4 core that has memory latency issues. The board could be too low end on VRM to handle a 5600x upgrade
Can you afford to build a brand new everything PC?
If i wait some more yeah i sure could, considering the age of my current PC, it is indeed possible that everything needs an upgrade
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