Question Worth upgrading a AM4 socket vs start from scratch.

[NobleZero13]

Hello all

I have a gaming rig I built 5 years ago.

Specs are-
AMD 2700X
EVGA 2070
ROG Cross hair Hero VII motherboard
16 g Trident DDR4 3200
Corsair RM650 power supply

I was wondering if it was worth it keeping the AM4 motherboard and upgrading the CPU and GPU, possible ram or PSU vs starting from scratch.

I don't mind spending a little extra to start from scratch if the price to performance is worth it for gaming. It's not really worth it spending another 1k for only like a 8 % performance increase - that type of thing.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[jeremyj_83]

Hello all

I have a gaming rig I built 5 years ago.

Specs are-
AMD 2700X
EVGA 2070
ROG Cross hair Hero VII motherboard
16 g Trident DDR4 3200
Corsair RM650 power supply

I was wondering if it was worth it keeping the AM4 motherboard and upgrading the CPU and GPU, possible ram or PSU vs starting from scratch.

I don't mind spending a little extra to start from scratch if the price to performance is worth it for gaming. It's not really worth it spending another 1k for only like a 8 % performance increase - that type of thing.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks!

What resolution do you game at?

 

[NobleZero13]

What resolution do you game at?

Shoot, I forgot to put that down.

1440

 

[USAFRet]

I was wondering if it was worth it keeping the AM4 motherboard and upgrading the CPU and GPU, possible ram or PSU vs starting from scratch.

CPU + RAM + PSU + GPU....you may as well start over completely.

 

[kanewolf]

Hello all

I have a gaming rig I built 5 years ago.

Specs are-
AMD 2700X
EVGA 2070
ROG Cross hair Hero VII motherboard
16 g Trident DDR4 3200
Corsair RM650 power supply

I was wondering if it was worth it keeping the AM4 motherboard and upgrading the CPU and GPU, possible ram or PSU vs starting from scratch.

I don't mind spending a little extra to start from scratch if the price to performance is worth it for gaming. It's not really worth it spending another 1k for only like a 8 % performance increase - that type of thing.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks!

A 5800X3D would be a good gaming upgrade for a small investment. Additionally it would provide a Windows 11 compatible configuration (since Win 10 goes EOL next year).

 

[jeremyj_83]

Shoot, I forgot to put that down.

1440

With a 650W PSU you could upgrade to an RX7800XT or equivalent and a Ryzen 5700X for under $1k. This will be a pretty big increase in gaming performance.

 

[Zerk2012]

Myself I would go for the 5800x3d and wait on the 5xxx video cards.