Help me decide on new motherboard + potential upgrades

Posted by bomkarl@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 2 comments

Hello, my motherboard just died. Since the computer is \~10 years old I would love some input on how heavy I should lean into upgrading, especially given the current market for computer parts.

I am deciding between:

  1. Buying only a GIGABYTE B550 Eagle WIFI6 to just replace the old motherboard (and then wait out the AI craze before upgrading)
  2. Buying a new gen motherboard + new CPU to be ready for later RAM/GPU upgrades
  3. if so, which motherboard/CPU would make sense for me to go with?

I mostly use it for lighter games (e.g. Silksong, CS2, Witcher 3), but have also used it with my VR headset on low settings. This has been good enough so far, but maybe there are easy upgrades, which would improve my experience a lot?

My current specs are as follows:

Case: NZXT H510

Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X570-P (dead)

GPU: ASUS GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER DUAL EVO 8GB

RAM: HyperX FURY Black (2 x 8 GB) 3200MHz DDR4 CL16 (HX432C16FB3K2/16)

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Cooling: AMD Wraith Stealth

SSDs:

SAMSUNG 970 EVO plus 500GB M.2 Read/Write (3.5/3.3 GB/s)

SAMSUNG 970 EVO plus 1000 GB M.2 Read/Write (3.5/3.3 GB/s)

PSU: Seasonic FOCUS GX 650W - 80+ Gold modular

Thank you for reading, looking forward to your input if you have any.