- Apr 2, 2025
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Hi!
I would very much appreciate your input as I am looking to upgrade my current Pc that I built in 2020 (with Upgrade from 16 to 32 RAM in 2022 and additional HDD and SSD in 2023).
Approximate Purchase Date: No Rush, so if it is sensible to wait I am very willing to do so for up to half a year, but of course I'd prefer to play sooner than later.
Budget Range: soft limit ~1k€, unless there is a good reason
System Usage from Most to Least Important (est. distrubution in %):
- 20% Running FoundryVVT (Hosting locally, manage and filter through 1TB of files for TTRPG Sessions (hence the storage upgrade))
- 70% Gaming (see below)
- 10% Some Excel/Word Stuff (very basic, tracking spending, etc.), Browsing, Movie/YT while gaming
About Gaming:
I don't play FPS or Racing games, mostly I tend to play Strategy (Old World, Baldurs Gate 3) or Cozy Games (Stardew Valley MC (without shaders, playing with modpack on LAN with gf with my PC being the server)) aswell as a selection of non demanding random indie-esque/smaller Games (Slay the Spire, Another Crabs Treasure).
Sometimes I do want to play more demanding games (Dragons Dogma 2, Elden Ring, Cyberpunk) and I would like to run them at medium to high settings, with a "guranteed" framerate of at least 60, ideally of course more.
Are you buying a monitor: No, I am happy with my current setup and playing at FullHD with 144hz.
Parts to Upgrade: I feel that only the GPU, maybe the CPU need an upgrade.
Depending on how AM4 is looking over the next years I thought it might make sense to upgrade it now once for the next 4-5 years and get a new Motherbord in the next cycle.
Do you need to buy OS: No.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: No preference, cautious about used e. g. ebay or small/unknown sites
Location: Germany, Hamburg
Parts Preferences: AMD, mostly because I've had good experience and feel that it might be benefical to have CPU and GPU from the same company, but willing to be educated, especially if it saves money.
Overclocking: I always say maybe but never do it
Multiple GPUs: From what I understand this isn't really done? Tho I will have my still function GPU
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080, 144hz (Main one)
Additional Comments: As I mostly play less demanding games and only on occasion want to play more demanding ones, I don't want to spend too much money, but at the same time I really do not want to upgrade more often then every 4-5years, so I am fine to "futureproof" to a degree. From my research I am currently gravitating to a Radeon RX9070XT and either Ryzen 7 5800X or Ryzen 7 5700X3D, but I am not set on them.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading:
I slowly feel the age of my GPU showing, with games like Dragons Dogma 2, BG3 or even Cyberpunk not running smoothly (sub 60FPS) at mid settings and therefore I slowly feel locked out of trying new-ish games like EldenRing.
Also it feels like my GPU is crashing out randomly every couple of months when doing things as tabbing out of games etc. (Black Screen, Driver re-install needed after forced restart).
Thank you!
I would very much appreciate your input as I am looking to upgrade my current Pc that I built in 2020 (with Upgrade from 16 to 32 RAM in 2022 and additional HDD and SSD in 2023).
Approximate Purchase Date: No Rush, so if it is sensible to wait I am very willing to do so for up to half a year, but of course I'd prefer to play sooner than later.
Budget Range: soft limit ~1k€, unless there is a good reason
System Usage from Most to Least Important (est. distrubution in %):
- 20% Running FoundryVVT (Hosting locally, manage and filter through 1TB of files for TTRPG Sessions (hence the storage upgrade))
- 70% Gaming (see below)
- 10% Some Excel/Word Stuff (very basic, tracking spending, etc.), Browsing, Movie/YT while gaming
About Gaming:
I don't play FPS or Racing games, mostly I tend to play Strategy (Old World, Baldurs Gate 3) or Cozy Games (Stardew Valley MC (without shaders, playing with modpack on LAN with gf with my PC being the server)) aswell as a selection of non demanding random indie-esque/smaller Games (Slay the Spire, Another Crabs Treasure).
Sometimes I do want to play more demanding games (Dragons Dogma 2, Elden Ring, Cyberpunk) and I would like to run them at medium to high settings, with a "guranteed" framerate of at least 60, ideally of course more.
Are you buying a monitor: No, I am happy with my current setup and playing at FullHD with 144hz.
Parts to Upgrade: I feel that only the GPU, maybe the CPU need an upgrade.
Depending on how AM4 is looking over the next years I thought it might make sense to upgrade it now once for the next 4-5 years and get a new Motherbord in the next cycle.
Do you need to buy OS: No.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: No preference, cautious about used e. g. ebay or small/unknown sites
Location: Germany, Hamburg
Parts Preferences: AMD, mostly because I've had good experience and feel that it might be benefical to have CPU and GPU from the same company, but willing to be educated, especially if it saves money.
Overclocking: I always say maybe but never do it
Multiple GPUs: From what I understand this isn't really done? Tho I will have my still function GPU
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080, 144hz (Main one)
Additional Comments: As I mostly play less demanding games and only on occasion want to play more demanding ones, I don't want to spend too much money, but at the same time I really do not want to upgrade more often then every 4-5years, so I am fine to "futureproof" to a degree. From my research I am currently gravitating to a Radeon RX9070XT and either Ryzen 7 5800X or Ryzen 7 5700X3D, but I am not set on them.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading:
I slowly feel the age of my GPU showing, with games like Dragons Dogma 2, BG3 or even Cyberpunk not running smoothly (sub 60FPS) at mid settings and therefore I slowly feel locked out of trying new-ish games like EldenRing.
Also it feels like my GPU is crashing out randomly every couple of months when doing things as tabbing out of games etc. (Black Screen, Driver re-install needed after forced restart).
Thank you!
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