I'm looking to upgrade my PC and I'm wondering what the best next steps are. Here are my current specs: I have a B350 Tomahawk Arctic motherboard, 16GB of DDR4 RAM running at 2133MHz, an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D processor, an AMD Radeon RX 6600 graphics card, a 2TB WD Blue SN580 M.2 NVMe SSD, and I'm running Windows 11 Pro. What upgrades would be considered easy to implement, and is there anything specifically holding back my performance?
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Upgrading to 32GB of RAM at 3200 or 3600MHz would really boost your system's responsiveness. For the GPU, switching to something like the RX 6700 or 6700 XT would be a big upgrade over your current RX 6600.
The best place to start would be upgrading your RAM and GPU. Those two have the most significant impact on performance. Depending on your budget, you can look into getting faster RAM or a newer graphics card.
Thanks for the advice so far! I have a budget of up to €500. It's nice to know that I don't need to upgrade everything at once. What do you think about the RAM? It seems like I'm still stuck at 2133MHz, which seems low.
You really should check your BIOS settings and enable XMP to get your RAM to run at its potential speed. Ideally, you'd want 2x16GB at 3600MHz for your CPU, and yes, a used RX 6700 XT would outperform that RX 6600 easily!
I totally agree! The RAM upgrade is definitely the cheaper option, but I'd suggest upgrading the GPU first for better gaming performance.