I'm looking to upgrade my PC and need some advice on whether I should go for the Ryzen 5 5600 or the 5600X. Here's my current setup:
- Motherboard: Asrock B450m Pro4-F R2.0
- Power Supply: Cougar Vte600
- Current Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
- RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (8x2 DDR4, 3200MHz)
- GPU: GTX 1060 5GB
- Cooler: Deepcool AG400 BK
My plan is to first upgrade the CPU and then the GPU later. If I choose the Ryzen 5 5600, how much of an FPS boost can I expect?
3 Answers
If you pick a new CPU, your GPU will become the bottleneck, and vice versa. It's best to upgrade both eventually. If I were you, I'd start with the GPU and then save up for a better overall setup. This way, if RAM prices drop, you could switch to an AM5 system instead of being stuck with AM4.
Upgrading the GPU is really where you'll see more FPS in games. A CPU upgrade might give you some extra frames, but it won't be significant. Focus on the GPU if you want a bigger boost.
Just grab whichever one is cheaper between the 5600 and the 5600X. With your GTX 1060, you probably won't see much of a FPS boost at all since it's the bottleneck in your system. Even when you do upgrade your GPU later, the difference between those CPUs is minimal—roughly 2% at most—making it not worth paying extra for the X. Plus, if you enable PBO on the 5600, you’ll get pretty close to the performance of the 5600X anyway.
I know my 1060 will be a bottleneck for the processor if I upgrade, but I want to buy a processor because it's cheaper and I'll upgrade my graphics card next time. I'm from Russia, and hardware prices are steep here.
Upgrading the processor should help improve my frametime, so I'll get the most out of this graphics card for now, but it might be better to just replace the GPU first.
Yeah, I know, but the CPU upgrade is cheaper right now, so I'm thinking of going that route first.