Build Advice Looking for PC Upgrade Recommendations

[Saintsberry]

Hey everyone, I’m thinking about upgrading my PC/ finding my chokehold with this build and wanted to get some recommendations! Here are my current specs:

• CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X
• GPU: Gigabyte Gaming RTX 3070 8GB
• Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming II WiFi
• RAM: 32GB G.Skill 4000MHz
• Storage: 500GB M.2 (Boot) + 1TB HDD

I mainly use my PC for gaming, video editing. and want to maximize performance for steam games/ adobe Premiere.

what upgrade would make the biggest impact? Any suggestions are appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

 

[logainofhades]

For video editing, I would say CPU. Gaming, I would say both CPU and GPU could use an upgrade, as 8gb vram is not enough anymore, unless playing e-sports, or older titles. Much depends on your budget, along with make/model/age of your PSU.

 

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor ($263.37 @ Amazon)
Total: $263.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-02-27 13:05 EST-0500

 

[geofelt]

Do you have a budget?
Your system seems relatively well balanced.

I might consider changing out the HDD for a SSD. 1 or 2tb ssd drives are relatively reasonable.
Repurpose the HDD as external backup.

For gaming, run this test:
Run YOUR games, but lower your resolution and eye candy.
This makes the graphics card loaf a bit.
If your FPS increases, it indicates that your cpu is strong enough to drive a better graphics configuration.
If your FPS stays the same, you are likely more cpu limited.

You can upgrade the cpu to a 5 series processor on your current motherboard.

What is the make/model of your psu?
That might limit any graphics upgrade.