Build Advice Drop-in Upgrade or AM5 for a 1500X Build?

[Elusive Ruse]

I built this PC back in 2017 to jump on the Zen bandwagon, it has served me well but it's showing its age terribly more and more. I wanted to upgrade a year ago but decided to wait the shortage craze out. Although the shortage eased, my financial worries hardened. So for a while I've been wrestling with the question of dropping three hundred or so bucks on a couple of drop-in upgrades or wait even more to let the prices of AM5 to settle down and future proof.
TL;DR:
Should I get a cheap AM4 main and Zen 3 CPU (Asus ROG Strix B550-F at €152 + 5600X) or wait till I can go for a higher end AM5 setup?

My build right now that I use for mostly Davinci Resolve and Ableton Live, I don't game much on it cause right now my PS5 setup is a much better rig.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Y3Fqgb

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Of course! for some reason I'm more excited about DRAM OC right now. The new AGESA got me hyped I guess 😵

Yeah, I noted that alright. I always test vcore tolerances and my OC before I update the AGESA bios.. Then test once that's updated. If it changes my OC too much, then I'd revert. But, I'm sure you know this already.

Are you still running the Quadro till you get a new GPU?

 

[Elusive Ruse]

Yeah, I noted that alright. I always test vcore tolerances and my OC before I update the AGESA bios.. Then test once that's updated. If it changes my OC too much, then I'd revert. But, I'm sure you know this already.

Are you still running the Quadro till you get a new GPU?

Yea, I'm running the P2000. If you are curious how it's doing with 0 bottleneck from the CPU and RAM, I get around 60-70 FPS indoors in Baldur's Gate 3 at high preset while around 40 FPS outdoors. I haven't tried the city though.
I was sure my GPU wouldn't run Starfield but I installed it anyway since I got it for free and guess what! 50FPS indoors and 25-30 FPS outdoors on medium preset, FSR 2 is enabled obviously. The experience has been smooth but I only played till after confronting that pirate captain, so it remains to be seen.

 

[Order 66]

yeah that 7950x is pretty strong

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Yea, I'm running the P2000. If you are curious how it's doing with 0 bottleneck from the CPU and RAM, I get around 60-70 FPS indoors in Baldur's Gate 3 at high preset while around 40 FPS outdoors. I haven't tried the city though.
I was sure my GPU wouldn't run Starfield but I installed it anyway since I got it for free and guess what! 50FPS indoors and 25-30 FPS outdoors on medium preset, FSR 2 is enabled obviously. The experience has been smooth but I only played till after confronting that pirate captain, so it remains to be seen.

That's really not bad with that card. It's not what we would call a gaming card, but it can game, for sure! Nice as a place holder until your new GPU arrives!

 

[Elusive Ruse]

That's really not bad with that card. It's not what we would call a gaming card, but it can game, for sure! Nice as a place holder until your new GPU arrives!

Definitely! I also have my PS5 and TV to fall back on if I want visuals.