I'm thinking about upgrading from my GTX 1650 to a 5060 Ti with 16GB of memory. However, I'm concerned about whether my Ryzen 5 5500 will be able to keep up with it, or if it will be a bottleneck for my system? Also, I'm planning to upgrade my power supply from 500W to 650W since that's the minimum requirement from the store I'm buying from.
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You might want to consider getting a CPU upgrade. The Ryzen 5 5500 performs like the 3600 but is limited to PCIe 3.0. If you can find a Ryzen 7 5700X3D at a good price, that would be a solid choice. If not, you can stick with the 5500 for now and plan for an upgrade to AM5 in the near future. Regardless, the 5060 Ti will definitely outpace your 1650 in pretty much every scenario.
So, for that AM5 upgrade, I'd need a new motherboard too since the 5500 is AM4, right? I heard the 5700X3D is pretty pricey and out of stock.