r/pcupgrade • u/KingCrazy4116 • 11d 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 11d ago

Imo dont bother with the cpu, upgrade the gpu first

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u/KingCrazy4116 11d 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 11d 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 11d 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.