Question Is the following PC upgrade worth it?

[sennehaest]

Hi

I'm debating if I should upgrade my pc from what I currently have (ryzen 7 3700x , 2060 super) to a ryzen 7 5700x and a XFX Radeon RX 7900 GRE. It's been a while since I've bought new components and I'm what I want to ask is if this would be future proof. Because in a few months I'll be off to university and I'm not sure if I'll be able to play then but I definetly want to pick it back up afterwards.
So should is this upgrade worth it for the future to come or should I wait the 5 years?

-Senne

 

[Ralston18]

Upgrade for what?

By that I mean what specific problems are happening?

Why do you even need a computer? What are the requirements?

Playing games should be at the bottom of the list. For school you want a system that will run the apps needed for coursework, be reliable, and rugged.

Nothing is "future proof" in my view.

Hold. Continue to watch, read, evaluate component products. Save your money.

Very likely that by the time you go off to school much will change.

Take a look at the classes you will be taking. If software is required for those classes then look at the hardware requirements to support those apps. (Note: Many colleges offer discounts for course related software.)

Have money set aside for emergency purposes if a computer repair is needed. Much easier to purchase and replace a basic, functional GPU than needing to come up with a large sum for a gaming GPU that will probably not make much difference anyway.

Especially if living on campus where network access and speeds may be limiting.

Wait and see. Be patient. There is no rush.

Just my thoughts on the matter.

 

[sennehaest]

I'm not really having problems it's just that the games I like to play are difficult to play on 1440p right now. So I'm debating on upgrading now so I can enjoy playing these games for a few more months but I'm also interested if the upgrade might be "future proof".

 

[Zerk2012]

I'm not really having problems it's just that the games I like to play are difficult to play on 1440p right now. So I'm debating on upgrading now so I can enjoy playing these games for a few more months but I'm also interested if the upgrade might be "future proof".

Turn your in game settings down to low and play a few games again. If your getting acceptable FPS then I would just upgrade the video card first.

Make sure your power supply can handle the video card upgrade.

 

[sennehaest]

Yeah originally I was just gonna upgrade my GPU but I looked at one of those bottleneck calcs and it said with my CPU and the new GPU it would have a 25% bottleneck. Or will I still see improvement with only the GPU upgrade?

 

[Zerk2012]

Yeah originally I was just gonna upgrade my GPU but I looked at one of those bottleneck calcs and it said with my CPU and the new GPU it would have a 25% bottleneck. Or will I still see improvement with only the GPU upgrade?

Bottleneck calculators are complete garbage.

EDIT the simple test I listed above will show what you can get.

 

[sennehaest]

Will do thanks

 

[Why_Me]

I'm not really having problems it's just that the games I like to play are difficult to play on 1440p right now. So I'm debating on upgrading now so I can enjoy playing these games for a few more months but I'm also interested if the upgrade might be "future proof".

Solid cpu and gpu ^^
https://www.techpowerup.com/320715/...oc-limits-additional-performance-boost-tested

 

[artk2219]

Hi

I'm debating if I should upgrade my pc from what I currently have (ryzen 7 3700x , 2060 super) to a ryzen 7 5700x and a XFX Radeon RX 7900 GRE. It's been a while since I've bought new components and I'm what I want to ask is if this would be future proof. Because in a few months I'll be off to university and I'm not sure if I'll be able to play then but I definetly want to pick it back up afterwards.
So should is this upgrade worth it for the future to come or should I wait the 5 years?

-Senne

There is no such thing as future proof, you shouldn't try do an upgrade based on that thought process as something could come out next year that blows everything else out of the water (the Radeon 9700 Pro, 8800 GTX, Radeon HD 5870, and GTX 1080 TI come to mind). That being said, the 7900 GRE would be a huge boost over your RTX 2060, almost 3 times the VRAM and more than double the performance. The 5700X isnt really a worthwhile upgrade to the 3700X, its around a 20% performance difference, you could get most of that by playing with the clocks on the 3700X, or enabling PBO. If you were going the in socket upgrade route, I would recommend a 5700X3D or 5800X3D. Or you can stick with your 3700X for the time being, its still a very valid 1440P gaming chip, and you really shouldnt lose much of the RX 7900 GRE's performance, which would be a massive jump over yout RTX 2060. What do you plan on majoring in when you go off to school? Also, congratulations!

Review: Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB (Page 30)

Today's review focuses on the Radeon RX 7900 Golden Rabbit Edition (GRE), a variant distinct from the 7900 XTX or XT models. Introduced by AMD a while ago for the Asian market, the GRE is named after the Chinese zodiac sign for 2023, the year of the rabbit, it now has availability in other...

www.guru3d.com

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-7-5800x3d-review/5

 

[logainofhades]

Bottleneck calculators are garbage, but a 3700x is gonna hold back a 7900 gre, even at 1440p.

There is no such thing as future proof, you shouldn't try do an upgrade based on that thought process as something could come out next year that blows everything else out of the water (the Radeon 9700 Pro, 8800 GTX, Radeon HD 5870, and GTX 1080 TI come to mind). That being said, the 7900 GRE would be a huge boost over your RTX 2060, almost 3 times the VRAM and more than double the performance. The 5700X isnt really a worthwhile upgrade to the 3700X, its around a 20% performance difference, you could get most of that by playing with the clocks on the 3700X, or enabling PBO. If you were going the in socket upgrade route, I would recommend a 5700X3D or 5800X3D. Or you can stick with your 3700X for the time being, its still a very valid 1440P gaming chip, and you really shouldnt lose much of the RX 7900 GRE's performance, which would be a massive jump over yout RTX 2060.

Review: Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB (Page 30)

Today's review focuses on the Radeon RX 7900 Golden Rabbit Edition (GRE), a variant distinct from the 7900 XTX or XT models. Introduced by AMD a while ago for the Asian market, the GRE is named after the Chinese zodiac sign for 2023, the year of the rabbit, it now has availability in other...

www.guru3d.com

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-7-5800x3d-review/5

As someone that went from a 3700x to a 5800x, I can tell you are not going to get that 20% from clocks and PBO, with a 3700x. The cache configuration of the 3700x causes too much latency. That was the big bonus for the Zen3, with regards to a unified cache, vs split cache that had to go through infinity fabric. Buying a 5700x and selling the 3700x to make up some of the cost is the perfect choice here. A 5800x3d is great, but unless you are playing very CPU dependent games, like say World of Warcraft, it will not game any better than a 5700x, except with a top of the line GPU.

 

[artk2219]

Bottleneck calculators are garbage, but a 3700x is gonna hold back a 7900 gre, even at 1440p.



As someone that went from a 3700x to a 5800x, I can tell you are not going to get that 20% from clocks and PBO, with a 3700x. The cache configuration of the 3700x causes too much latency. That was the big bonus for the Zen3, with regards to a unified cache, vs split cache that had to go through infinity fabric. Buying a 5700x and selling the 3700x to make up some of the cost is the perfect choice here. A 5800x3d is great, but unless you are playing very CPU dependent games, like say World of Warcraft, it will not game any better than a 5700x, except with a top of the line GPU.

Fair enough, I did the same move, 3700X to 5800X, then to an X3D. I did notice a difference, but it really wasn't as huge to me as the GPU upgrade that followed. Going from an RX 5700 XT to an RTX 3080, was the much bigger upgrade.

 

[logainofhades]

I saw a big boost, because I am a WoW player, even with an RTX 2060, at the time. My RX 6800 would definitely be bored, waiting on my old 3700x, now. Sometimes it is bored waiting on my 5800x.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

One thing to consider. Pick up the 5700x. I’m guessing you can sell your old cpu for about 100 bucks. Then you should be good for gpu upgrade.