Question Do I *NEED* to upgrade?

[Technaudio]

I'm considering if I need to do any upgrades to my current system... I'm not having any problems with it, just thought it might be worth some upgrades, as its coming up to 5 years old now.

Current setup:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600
GPU: MSI Ventus 2x Black RTX 4060 8GB
SSD: WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO SL 2x8GB DDR4 3200MHz
MB: Asus PRIME A320M-K
PSU: Corsair CX750F

I'm pretty sure the MB isn't making the most of this setup (as its PCIe 3.0) & the HDD is probably a bit slow? and I'd like to upgrade the 2nd drive to M.2 ssd at some point (current MB only has one slot)

And, what I'm considering:
MB: ASUS Prime B550M-A WiFi II
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Probably a 2nd M.2 SSD (same WD as current) of 2TB (to replace the HDD) at a later date.
Do I need a MB with Wifi? as i currently have a TP Link Archer TX20E. (though if the MB wifi is as good, I'd swap this wifi card into my daughters machine) or should i get the B550M without WiFi?

I only have capacity for mATX - I don't want to change my case (Thermaltake Core v21)

I don't want to spend loads, this MB & CPU would be about £200, then the 2nd SSD about £100.

 

[USAFRet]

You only NEED to upgrade when the current system no longer meets your desired performance level.

 

[Wolfshadw]

You only NEED to upgrade when the current system no longer meets your desired performance level.

^+1

Been thinking of updating my system as well, but that would be just for the sake of updating. There is nothing I do that my current system (listed below) can't handle. While I can afford it, I can't really justify a $700 upgrade that gives me nothing other than "Ooh! Shiny!".

-Wolf sends

 

[USAFRet]

^+1

Been thinking of updating my system as well, but that would be just for the sake of updating. There is nothing I do that my current system (listed below) can't handle. While I can afford it, I can't really justify a $700 upgrade that gives me nothing other than "Ooh! Shiny!".

-Wolf sends

Yep.

I currently do not need a system upgrade. Viper, in my sig line.
However, my spouse does. Currently, i3-8100, 8GB RAM, blah de blah.

So she gets the Viper system, and I upgrade to the Raptor system.

The i3-8100 gets sold, repurposed, or given to one of the grandkids.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Op, on a budget, I’d say see if the current motherboard will support the zen 3 CPUs and you could toss in something like a 5600x which would be a nice upgrade.

Ram is cheap so maybe swap to a 32gb kit and then migrate to all ssd storage. You can probably get away without the ram if you want, but a cpu upgrade and ssd would give it a pick me up I think.

 

[Why_Me]

Add another set of that RAM and consider this cpu.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor ($114.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $114.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-08 17:54 EST-0500

 

[geofelt]

You can probably buy a 5500X on ebay for £100
No need for a new motherboard.
(update to a current bios before replacing the cpu)
See how you do.
Unless you are heavily multitasking, 16gb is probably fine.

 

[LOGAN54321]

... I'd like to upgrade the 2nd drive to M.2 ssd at some point (current MB only has one slot)

RYZEN 5 5600 £100
ASUS PRIME B550M-A £60
CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR4 32GB £55.49

I would try both ram kits together, and if problematic, then remove the smaller one.

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