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?)

  • The_Walkening [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    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).

    • Cummunism [they/them, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Asus B450M-A

      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

    • plinky [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      5800x3d is best for games, though I would scroll benchmark sites for the difference