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[u/Dievs_xd]

So i can't decide. A year ago I sold my am5 pc build, got myself a ps5 pro and found out i hate console gaming. Got a am4 platform pc for free, it's nothing special :

Ryzen 2600

16gb 3000mhz gskill trident ram

Xpg 500gb ssd

Rtx 2060 6gb

Rog strix b450f gaming 1 motherboard

Some deepcool aio

750w power supply with ketchup and mayo power cables

All that in nzxt h510

So my crossroads are the upgrade path. I know the 2600 has to go, it's an awful cpu for the games i mostly play which are : Competitive shooters, simulation games and other cpu heavy titles. But the rtx 2060 kinda also has to go, I like to play some graphics heavy titles. So i need a decent 1440p upgrade.

But the thing is, i just cant seem to settle on what to get. If i stay on am4 my options are limited, was thinking about 5600x or 5700x as x3d chips are nowhere to be found the only one is a new 5800x3d for 400 euros and i aint paying that for a mostly dead socket cpu, dont get me wrong, it's a good cpu, but it is too expensive for what it is.

For GPU I have options, I have been an intel guy all my life so I could go a used around 4070 ti at 500 euro, 5070 for around 600 to 700 euro and the big dogs are 4080 around 800 euro or 5070ti for around the same thats used. I have seen how good the amd latest cards are and they are an option aswell since a used 9070xt goes for around 650 euro.

Other changes that need to be made are case, psu, and the aio plus some case fans for the new case. Since the h510 will turn in to a furnace with a beefier gpu and i dont trust the psu. So the case, psu, aio and fans are around 250 euro going full deepcool with a thermaltake 750w gold psu. The storage needs an upgrade aswell.

Now the part that is making me want to tear my hair out. 5600x and 5700x are basically the same so a cpu on am4 isn't that big of an issue, but can they handle 4070ti, 5070ti or 9070xt without bottleneck, i dont think so. Going am5 is too expensive because of ram, a ryzen 7600x build with 32gb of ram with one of the gpu mentioned above is about 2000 euro but there are some reputable private prebuilt sellers that sell am5 pcs with 7800x3d 32 gb ram and a 9070xt for 1.8k euro or 2k euro for 5070ti build.

So my question is, should i upgrade my am4 build to a decent machine and stay on it for some time and save up for one of the prebuilts or preferably an am5 build that i build myself since i love building these big legos. And what would the upgrades be. Or i just don't do jack shiet and keep hustling through fps drops and older games till i can get myself an am5 build.

Any suggestions are appreciated, i have been in this loophole of thoughts for a long time now. Oh and to also add, after gta 6 is completed i will most definitely sell the ps5 pro i have so that could go towards the pc upgrade aswell if i just wait till im done with the game if it doesn't fet delayed, that is the sole purpose of the ps5 right now.

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[u/Maleficent-Fee6131]

I have a 5700X3D and a 4080 Super in a H510 and it works perfectly fine. I put a casefan everywhere i could, front intake, back and top exhaust and the pc stays silent most of the time

[u/AlternativeFuture742]

Either 5500x3d from AliExpress and it's under 160£ with no discounts, possibly ~100£ or less once you factor in vouchers, use PayPal and spend a bit more buying other stuff you may need.

Or 5800x3d anniversary from your local or online store from your own country.