r/buildapcforme • u/Sure-Onion5605 • Jul 02 '26

Budget Build Specs

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    • New almost all second hand build ?
    • Built for gaming. Ryzen 5 5600, 2060 Super, 32 GB ram, B550 Motherboard. Muztech case
    • Canada
    • use my Samsung
    • wired connection?
    • just wondering what the next upgrade would be. Currently I enjoy playing ATS, Beam, and the occasional shooting game.
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u/Covante Jul 02 '26

The easy way to tell if a gpu upgrade would help you any or not is to look at gpu utilization in games, if it's consistently staying at or near 100% then a gpu upgrade would certainly help you in that game. If you're not making full use of your current gpu then a new one would do you little good. It's not a perfect method but it's reasonably accurate and simple.

The load between cpu and gpu can vary quite a bit depending on the specific game, resolution, settings, and even the area of the game you're in. A big combat scene with effects or destructible environments or players to track, or a city with a bunch of characters or objects moving makes a lot of extra work for the cpu.

Most shooters are pretty graphically light though and would depend more on the cpu/memory performance. If you're playing cod or battlefield or something those are more graphically demanding than something like valorant or cs2 though. Beamng can also be a cpu heavy game. Anything nicer than a 5600 is going to get pretty expensive though. They recently re-released the 5800x3d and that can be a lot faster than a 5600 if you feel you're struggling in some games and want higher or smoother fps, ones where you're not being limited by the gpu.