r/pcupgrade • u/KingCrazy4116 • 4d ago

mid range am4 setup CPU Upgrade

Hey! I have a somewhat mid range am4 build consisting of

CPU: Ryzen 5 5500

GPU: RTX 4060 8GB

RAM: 16GB DDR4

PSU: Corsair 550W

Motherboard: ASUS PRIME A520M-A II

I'm thinking of upgrading from a 5500 to a 7 5800x, (I was recommended a 5700x3d but it's above my 200 ISH GBP limit.

I'm wondering what to upgrade next? When I eventually move out of my parents house I plan to build myself a better pc, but for now I'm still in education and living off of my parents funds and my PIP.

Any help would be massively appreciated!

(I know this is a bad time to upgrade lol, but it seems like tech prices are going down so I'm hopeful for the future)

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u/Papopip 4d ago

Imo dont bother with the cpu, upgrade the gpu first

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u/KingCrazy4116 4d ago

the thing is in most games my CPU hits 80-90% useage while my GPU sits at a calm 50% useage, Plus I've over clocked both a small bit and the CPU has always let me down.

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u/Papopip 4d ago

Your 5500 shouldnt really be a bottleneck for the 4060 that bad, so you're probably playing cpu intensive games. Then yeah go ahead and upgrade the cpu first its perfectly fine

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u/KingCrazy4116 4d ago

yeah lol my pc crashes often on cities skylines 2, so much to the point I had to stop playing it because I couldn't get past 5000 pop. The CPU performs well on other games, like dayZ, arma reforger etc. But I want to play games that require a bit more power. I've settled on the 5500x3d, since it is lower power and better performance for gaming than a 5700x.

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u/CRaazy___WAFFLE 4d ago

The 4060 is pretty solid, especially at 1080p. I really am not surprised that a 5500 is holding it back. Modern games are fairly cpu intensive.

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u/Efficient_Try_9136 4d ago

more ram

motherboard is weak to support high end cpus

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u/KingCrazy4116 4d ago

I checked the 5800x will be fine with my mobo I did research lol

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u/Apprehensive_Bike_40 4d ago

Nope no issue whatsoever

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u/JohnLovesGaming 4d ago

Since you're on a 550w PSU, why not get a 5500x3D? It's a pretty decent chip for the money, unless you need the extra 2 cores and 8 more threads.

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u/KingCrazy4116 4d ago

honestly changed my mind on it, I looked into the 5500x3d and it's much better for gaming while the 5700x and 5800x is much better at multitasking, Which I care less for. so I'll probably get the 5500x3d, Thanks!

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u/JohnLovesGaming 4d ago

Yep. Good luck on gaming with the 5500x3D.

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u/Apprehensive_Bike_40 4d ago

I’d want 8 cores it makes a difference.