My current pc specs are:

  • Asus Prime H310M-K r2.0 (pcie 3.0 x16 max)
  • I5-9400f
  • Deep cool i35 cooler
  • AMD Radeon Rx 580
  • Kingston ddr4 1x16gb
  • Corsair TX650
  • Gigabyte G27Q monitor
  • And two ssd’s and a HDD

I have two options I have a budget of about 400 euros and I am thinking of upgrading as the PC is getting a little unresponsive in general use and gaming. Leaning towards option 1 as the cpu is almost always above 50% usage at idle as I use my PC as a server for jellyfin and some other services ,but with them off in-game the cpu is almost at 100% in tf2 and pretty much any other game and the gpu is at 70% unless in cs2 ,then if the quality is set any higher than low it is a literal slideshow.

Option 1:

  • MSI Pro b650-s wifi
  • AMD Ryzen 7600
  • Crucial/Kingston ddr5 2x8gb

Option 2:

  • Nvidia rtx 3060/3070 with broken HDMI output (both used)

Requirements:

  • Motherboard Atx
  • Cpu am5
  • Must be available in Lithuania/EU for used parts only skelbiu.lt or eneba.lt

Edit: went with option 1 but one stick of faster ram to upgrade later. The system finally works good.

  • Romkslrqusz@lemm.ee
    2·
    10 months ago

    What framerate are you targeting?

    I find it highly unusual that your CPU is reaching 100% in TF2 of all games.

    Your system also shouldn’t be “unresponsive in general use” with these specifications.

    Based on paper specifications alone, I’d be leaning towards the 3060/3070 as the most meaningful upgrade in gaming performance. However, I suspect there may be an issue with your software environment or an undiagnosed hardware issue.

    • Manzas@lemdro.idOPEnglish
      01·
      10 months ago

      I mean with a pcie 3.0 x16 motherboard a rtx 30 series gpu would be extremely bottlenecked .And that’s because I have docker running

      • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        21·
        10 months ago

        It’s not. I have a 4090 in my pcie 3.0 system and it’s like a 5% performance hit. On the 4080 or 30 series (especially a 3060) the hit is negligible.

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    If the CPU is at 100% and the GPU is at 70% then you are being limited by the CPU.

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
    1·
    10 months ago

    For around 400 euros I’d consider building a dedicated server based around a NUC or similar for running the media server, your current computer should not be struggling with the games you’ve listed

  • cbAnon0@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    10 months ago

    Seems reasonably decent gear. You didn’t mention, but first try the free stuff? It might be a case that you need to update BIOS and other firmware and software (radeon boost)?

    After update to latest bios, you could also try a 2nd DDR4 to run dual channel and see if that helps. Hopefully your existing stick is max clock speed for the processor.

    Otherwise, yep probably option 1!

    • Manzas@lemdro.idOPEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Bios updated multiple times no improvement and I forgot to mention the motherboard is kinda busted sometimes usb 2.0 devices don’t work ,sometimes when I try to rearrange boot order it crashes