Hi all! I was wondering if I could get some suggestions for an upgrade for my rig. I'm pretty sure my bottleneck is my CPU (my comp bogs down playing Total War:Warhammer3 under proton, but not at all/minimal in other games), I'm currently running:
Ryzen 5 2600x
AMD RX5600xt
16 gigs ram
Asrock Asus B450M-A
500 Watt power supply
Running Linux if that matters
So, what should I upgrade first? My budget is $500, but it's pretty flexible. I'm pretty sure I could get both a better GPU/CPU under that price.
Edit: wondering about the power supply, have had it since 2017 or so, should I upgrade? From all appearances, it's working fine, but I'm unsure about headroom with a more up to date CPU and GPU.
Also should I try to get more cores, or a faster CPU? It looks like some of the more recent AMD CPUs have better TDPs than my current CPU (95W vs 65W), but I'm not concerned about the difference between my current one and the newer, higher wattage CPUs (which look to max out at 105 or so?)
Ryzen 9 3900x is $216 on sale, sale ends in 9 hours though. double check it works with your board but i think it does. Thats a really good deal and would massively upgrade your CPU. Probably have money left over to even upgrade the GPU if you wanted, or just keep the savings. You would want a better fan though if you dont have a Noctua brand one already. I tried looking for something cheaper but this sale price is really good and cheaper stuff would be much weaker.
Edit: Im not sure if i got your mobo right, here is a similar one and it says the 3900x works. https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/B450Mac/#CPU
But youll definitely want to upgrade your cooling option if you choose the above. I have a Noctua like this and it's been great with an AMD 5600x. It's big as fuck though so the case needs to be big.
If you have a SSD storage for games already, i think youre fine everywhere else.
Thanks! I kinda messed up on the Mobo though. It's actually an Asus B450M-A, I checked it out and it looks like it can handle up to the 5xxx series with a BIOS upgrade (kinda daunting).
BIOS updates arent scary anymore. EZ Update lets you do it through a GUI. https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM4/PRIME_A320M-A/E13571_BIOS_Update_EM_V4_WEB.pdf?model=PRIME%20B450M-A
Ah that's lovely! Will be checking that out, thanks!
5800x3d is best for games, though I would scroll benchmark sites for the difference