PC CPU Upgrade thoughts? Nicer cpu vs nicer ram and ssd?
Posted by Lakelako86@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 10 comments
Hey all! I have a Ryzen 3 3300x CPU and Aorus 3090, backed by 16 gb of 2666 mhz ram, all booting and running off a sata ssd.
I've been thinking of upgrading to a Ryzen 7 5700x to finally address the horrible bottlenecking my rig has for gaming, and by itself I think it's a decent upgrade.
I also want to upgrade to some 3200 mhz cl16 ram, ideally 32 gb, and a nice m.2 ssd.
Two questions
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Is this cpu upgrade worth it? Any other am4 powerhouses I should consider? Double the cores sounds really nice, but I'm also open to something like an x3d from a lower series.
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Obviously my ram and ssd situation could be much better, but would it be worth buying now at ridiculous prices? Or wait for things to chill out? I'm not sure how much the ram and ssd truly affect performance. but I know my current boot times are quite long, as is loading video games.
AfroDiddyKing@reddit
Rumor says they release 5800 x3d again so go for that
Cloakedbug@reddit
Save up for an x3d CPU. The extra cache makes a stunning, even generational difference. I know they are expensive but this will be by far the biggest difference maker. It will also smooth over the RAM deficiency as more l3 cache means less frequency to even reach for system memory.
Plenty-Industries@reddit
Absolutely. That 3090 isn't doing much of anything with that 3300, even if you're playing at 4K. Benefits will be even bigger at 1080 or 1440.
FortDragCartel@reddit
The 5700x will reduce the bottleneck, but you'll still have some at lower resolutions/while using dlss. If you can go a step up from there. Even if prices weren't where they're at now, a new SSD and RAM won't net you a significantly better experience relative to alleviating that severe bottleneck you have. I'd probably get a cheap (from a reputable brand) M.2 NVMe 256GB SSD for the OS and a couple games and then use the SATA SSD for storing the games that won't benefit as much from the faster storage and the CPU and just skip out on the RAM until you afford something better.
Accomplished_Emu_658@reddit
You won’t notice a ram speed difference. Especially not worth it in these ram price days.
5700x or 5800gt are great options. The relaunch of 5800x3d may be good too, but that depends on price and actual availability. I am sure scalpers will scalp
jhaluska@reddit
I have/had (well it's on a shelf now) 3300x. The 3300x was a stupidly good value CPU.
I would upgrade the ram first. The 5700x is definitely an upgrade, but the ram speed is going to hamper it, but it's also hamper the 3300x. You'd probably pick up 10% in some games with just the memory.
If you can't upgrade the RAM, you can look at the 5500x3D which is likely a better in games (worse in productivity than the 5700x). The extra cache will help minimize the memory speed deficiencies.
The SSD won't affect game performance, just load times. It'll load faster but you're talking about saving a few seconds a day. Nothing significant. I wouldn't bother upgrading it with the current prices.
Gorkat31@reddit
Upgrading RAM just for speed is usually not worth it. Geting a better CPU is probably more important. 16 GB of RAM should be generally still fine in almost all cases when you don't have to many background programs running. Upgrading the RAM while keeping a CPU which is too slow is pretty dumb. The 5600X or 5700X are definitely good options. They are 20 % faster in single core and 4 cores has gotten very humble. There is also a re-release of the 5800X3D rumored, but that thing will probably cost trice the amount. In the best case you can get away with a 5600X/5700X until DDR5 prices hopefully drop to do a proper upgrade.
9okm@reddit
CPU and RAM.
Aedion499@reddit
There's supposed to be an anniversary edition 5800x3d coming out, which would be nice since you don't really need super fast ram with x3d chips the same way you do with non x3d chips. If you can stretch budget to a 5800xt, plus ram upgrade then that would also be pretty good. Problem is market for x3d chips like 5700x3d/5800x3d and ram is crazy.
Whatever's cheaper between 5800x3d + SSD or 5800xt + 32gb 3600mhz ddr4 + SSD is what I'd do
Lakelako86@reddit (OP)
Also, I forgot to mention, this would be for 1440p gaming relatively intensive semi-modern titles, like some Racing games, big name shooters, CP 2077, etc.