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Looking for CPU upgrade advice (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 month ago by SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/buildapc@lemmy.world

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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

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[–] Steve@communick.news 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Upgrading your CPU to anything from the last 3 generations is going to require a motherboard and memory also. It'll be very hard to do that under $300.

My advice at this point is to keep saving up until RAM prices drop. Then you'll have more money and things will be cheaper. You'll be able to get something on AM5 then.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

He could upgrade to the ryzen 5000 series with that setup and do just fine. AM4 has long legs. With the RAM crisis, AM5 is out of reach and, I think, will be for years.

[–] SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

On a whim recently I upgraded the ram to this 32GB actually, from 16GB. Paid $115 and as of today it's still climbing, at $300.

Thanks for the advice, the CPU upgrade is more of a want than a need anyhow.