Question I need some upgrades - help for a novice

[nightfirexD]

Hey, I'm not super knowledgeable about building pcs, though I've done so before (volunteer work, building basic towers for Boys and Girls club) which was why instead of building my own pc I got a prebuild (a sin, I know) two years ago when I bought a desktop. Mostly I wanted it to house all of my voice acting files and adobe products, alongside running some games that I play with friends. Now that I'm looking to get into streaming, and streaming games, I need a massive upgrade.

All of this to say, I do work in IT so I'm not a total dunce when it comes to computers, but I mostly image iPads and 10 year old dells, so I don't exactly have my hand on the heart of the market or what I need to upgrade my machine. All I know is that it's not going to be cheap lol and I'm most likely looking at a full upgrade (motherboard, processor, everything).

My price is mildly flexible, but I'd really like some options in different price ranges just to compare and contrast. My main issue is right now, with the new games coming out, my pc can barely handle two monitors and a game. Even with my drawing tablet attached to it, my laptop still runs circles around my desktop. I wanted to do research beforehand to get ahead of Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals but the time has gotten away from me as I'm very busy this time of year.

Here's my specs--This is a Cyberpower prebuild, if that really matters:

Processor AMD Ryzen 5 5500 3.60 GHz
Display adapter AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT (this piece of crap is responsible for a lot of my stuttering, too)
Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.79 GB usable) -- I have new ramsticks but I think they're seated too loosely, I've just not had time to check on why they're not being recognized as I'm pretty busy
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch Pen support

Any help or advice is greatly appreciated, thank you!

 

[logainofhades]

Much depends on how much you want to spend. See the link in my sig and please report back with all relevant information here, along with all your current system specs, including motherboard, and make/model of PSU.

You could potentially upgrade your current rig, depending on motherboard and PSU, which could be the easiest option.