I built a pc 6 years ago and it’s been running well. However, I want to see what you would suggest upgrading first. Not on a budget willing to spend some money for a noticeable performance change.
also, I have a microcenter near by if that changes anything.
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I’d upgrade the CPU first to something in the 5000 series and GPU next to a 7700XT or 4070
I’d go for the GPU.
I have a 3600 myself paired with an RX6600, and if I were to upgrade the GPU would come first. The 3600 still holds its own in every relevant game for me, but extra GPU power never hurts.
The gpu
For anything but AMD sure
Everything but the case
prolly the Monitor
Nothing. This would be an upgrade from my current computer.
5800x3d. Then ram, then gpu.
RAM 8GB just doesn’t cut it anymore.
But the big money (and game-changer) will likely be moving to a gaming CPU.
Anything in the x3d flavor would be great for gaming.
What resolution do you play at?
that mb is kinda overboard for the CPU and way newer … id get a new GPU maybe a 6700 xt or 7600 xt than 5800 3d
Based on the games you play, perhaps the 5700x3D or 5800x3D first. Then after that look into bumping up your GPU.
I’d say a nice upgrade would be the 5700x3D with a 6750XT/RX6800.
I had similar CPU (3700X), GPU (5600X) and memory and upgraded to 5800X3D, 6950XT and 2x32GB (to some day max out my AM4 system at 4x32GB).
Upgraded the video card before I upgraded my CPU and while the CPUs on paper look pretty similar, the 3D cache seems to make a huge difference for me in DCS (in VR), which is a heavy flight sim.
Ram.
CPU and GPU together, upgrading just one will leave you limited by the other one
Cpu to the 5800X3D
If it’s gaming performance always gpu first. If you are getting to around 80% ram usage (12-13gb) then upgrade ram
Everything
I hsd 3600 with 5700 XT, upgraded the cpu first to 5800X3D and then went for GPU
Upgrade the CPU to a Ryzen 7 5800x3D (or 5700x3D depending on budget) and a better tower cooler if you’re still using the stock CPU-cooler. Next after that would be the GPU. Like a RX 7800XT or RX 7900GRE.
CPU. 5700 with 5700xt bios can perform as well as 3060. 5 3600 is a little bit outdated by now, sell for 35-45 bucks and buy at least 5 5600 which goes for 70-80 used sometimes. You can always go bigger get 5700x3d off aliexpress for as low as 150-170$.
I would get a better GPU. And more RAM too. DDR4 is so cheap nowadays.
I would just buy more games
Change out the GPU. The 3600 can handle a lot as long as ur not doing esport stuff. I’d look in eBay for used gpus
gpu 3600 is still a good cpu i have 3700x myself.
I’d say the 5800x3d, I have similar specs to you, a r5 3600 and a 6750xt. In most games I play, even at 1440p, my cpu is my bottleneck. I play Minecraft and vr mostly, I expected it for Minecraft but not for vr.
If you play competitive games: upgrade CPU, Ryzen 5 5600/Ryzen 7 5700X3D
If you play AAA singleplayer titles with as high settings/resolution as possible with at least 60 FPS: upgrade GPU, RX 6700 XT, RX 6800, RX 6800 XT
But to be honest, I would consider upgrading the RAM to 32 GB as well if you are playing the AAA games. But GPU first
You don’t need an upgrade
Perfect world, a 5600x3D or 5700x3D and if you wanted a new GPU then the default would br 4090 as the best, or 7900XTX for 2nd best, but much cheaper for pure gaming or even Photoshop.
The 5700 and 3600 are still solid
Would probably upgrade the cpu first to a 5700x3d or 5800x3d, and I’d order a cpu cooler on amazon like the peerless assassin.
Depends. CPU is more important than GPU, modern games are optimized fairly well, they can adapt to GPU limitations, good example is POE. I used to run it on i3 desktop PC and a geforce 970. It was very bad. Now I run it on lenovo yoga slim pro7 and its at least twice better, even though this GPU is integrated and clearly not that powerful. But the processor is a lot faster and thats what makes up for it.
You can likely upgrade your CPU without a new motherboard to the 5800X3D and then any GPU upgrade should be an easy drop and replace. Probably you’ll notice the GPU upgrade first but it depends on the game and resolution you’re playing on
If you built it 6yrs ago it wouldn’t have an X570 motherboard, or a 3rd gen Ryzen….
If it works, it works. Seeing that you play Minecraft, I would get 32GB of RAM, and allocate around 28GB. Otherwise, I would only upgrade the GPU. For everything else, you would probably be better off upgrading to AM5 instead of getting a better AM4 CPU. You have a microcenter by you, so you can get a 7800X3D bundle for a huge discount.
Nothing. Throw more ram at it, and call it a day.
CPU. I have 3600 and 6600 and some games go on 100% cpu usage while gpu barely goes to 60/70%.
5700X3D + 32GB of RAM and a 7900 GRE are top tier upgrades.
GPU first, then CPU then RAM, then storage 2-4tb decent nvme exist now.
Storage. I wouldn’t be able to live with 1TB.
CPU GPU and RAM
RAM-CPU-GPU