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?)
In your circumstances I would split the difference between CPU and GPU. I agree w/ PrincessCharlotte on the 5600, then something like a 6700 XT. Your 500w supply should be fine, but depending on the make and efficiency you may want to get a new one.
If there's money left you could take a look at a new CPU cooler for better temps/noise (Thermalright peerless assassin is great price/perf) or maybe another 16gb of RAM.