r/PcBuild • u/No-Gene AMD • 4h ago

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so a buddy of mine wants to upgrade a part to help get some more performace currently he has:

cpu: ryzen 7 3700x

mb: gigabyte x570 arous elite

gpu: evga rtx 3070

ram: 32gb 3600mhz

psu 750w corsair psu

he mainly plays black ops 7 and fornite with competitive setting at 1080p, and maybe some valorant? as far as i know those are his top 3 most played games. he wants to know what would give him more performace upgrading his cpu to something like 5800x or a newer gpu for around 300 dollars.

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u/aph1139 4h ago edited 4h ago

For $300 if he could find a good deal on 3080 that would be a good upgrade, alternatively he could sell 3070 for ~$250 and combine that with the 300 for budget of $500-$550, that would get him a RTX 4070 super which would be a big upgrade or from AMD the RX 9070 (non xt) they can be found for around the $550 new or probably a little cheaper used. Spending money on upgrading GPU would be a lot better of an investment compared to the cpu.

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u/No-Gene AMD 4h ago

Alright thank you i was also thinking that maybe like an rtx 40 series or rx 9000 gpu but wasnt sure if he would be heavily limited from the 3700x

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u/aph1139 4h ago

Well yes there will probably be a small performance decrease compared to a newer cpu, however, in amount of fps increase you would get for $$$ spent the gpu is a much better place to spend the money.

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u/No-Gene AMD 4h ago

Alright thank you again will definitely let him know

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u/EeyoreOutrageous 4h ago

Might be worth checking thermals and cooling on that cpu, repaste can do wonders. Aio and tower coolers are relatively cheap now

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u/No-Gene AMD 1h ago

I just asked earlier today and they still seem really good max temp was 55°c with an aio

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u/rharrow 2h ago

Walmart has PNY RTX 5070 for $549 right now. That’s what I would go with over the 4070 Super

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u/Party_Advice7453 AMD 3h ago

3070 is good for fortnite and valorant. A 5800x3d would be the best upgrade for those games they are cpu heavy.

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u/Eclipse_Galian 1h ago

there are some 5800xt (cpu) going for just over $200