Hello,

I have been upgrading this PC for years now, and the CPU is way behind. However I’m not sure what to put in. I planned on sticking with AMD, I’m running Linux Mint, and I want to spend $200-300. My monitor is capable of 165 FPS but nothing I play tends to reach that (Counter-Strike 2, Doom: The Dark Ages, Control, other big-budget games). So I’d like something that could help get this thing up to speed.

I’m also interested to hear what other components ought to be prioritized for upgrading in the future.

Thanks

  • mongooseofrevenge@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 days ago

    If you want something right now, you can swap that CPU out with a ryzen 7 5600x. It lolls like Amazon has it listed for $220. According to User Benchmarks you could see a 30-40% performance increase over what you have. Unfortunately with the smaller board you can’t really add more ram. Any upgrade to DDR5 is going to be way too expensive.

    You could save and wait for things to cool down but who knows when that will be. Once it does happen you should swap the processor, board, and ram. You can also keep an eye on the secondhand market to see if something pops up at a decent price.

    • SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      1·
      2 days ago

      Cool, thanks for the tips. For secondhand is there anything other than eBay to watch? My locale doesn’t have much for used PC parts.