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jeffory123

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#3506597 27-Jun-2026 17:44

I'm probably going to sell my 5600 and 6700XT if there is any interest. It's a great combo and I've played a lot of games on it with no trouble i.e. Jedi Survivor, Cyberpunk 2077, Mortal Kombat 1, Shadows of War etc. I'm only upgrading because I've got a lot of spare cash at the moment but not interested in paying silly money.

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#3506655 27-Jun-2026 19:42

jeffory123:

I just bought one. Upgrading from a 5600x with 32gb CL16 ram that I bought well before the madness. Currently have a 6700XT but thinking about picking up a 9070 and then I will be set for the next 5 years or so at 1440p.

I think I got the ram for $160 during a special on newegg.

Always nice when you wake up and discover that your dream was real!!

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#3506657 27-Jun-2026 19:54

mdf:

Keen for some "what would you do" advice here.

"My" PC has been co-opted by a teenager who is getting increasingly into PC gaming (though not FPS/fast twitch games, at least as yet). I built it back in 2020 for CAD, coding and general use. It was built to a price point to suit what I thought I needed at the time, and kind of with one eye on upgradeability. So definitely some gaming constraints: processor = Ryzen 5 3600 and graphics card = Sapphire Radeon Pulse RX 5500 XT 8GB. But B550 MB, 32GB RAM, a 650W gold PSU and decent cooler and fans that should hopefully last an upgrade round.

I'd always had the idea if the PC gaming hobby stuck, I would help the teen build/buy her own gaming PC. But I'm now wondering if the better option would be double upgrade of CPU and GPU of this one to turn it into a decent gaming PC and just resign myself to never using it again?

The 5800X3D is undoubtedly way more than we need right now. But is this ten year anniversary going to be a "last of its kind" opportunity to significantly upgrade an AM4 system? Others in the thread have mentioned hoping getting another ~5 years. Should I take the plunge? Hold fire to Black Friday and hope for the best? Hang around like a vulture on this thread trying to scavenge a second-hand CPU going cheap from someone in this thread? 😁

I'd agree with Huntakillaz, 32gb ram is plenty for the foreseeable future, upgrading to a 9060 xt 16gb and the 5800x3d would do well enough for several years, the real question you'd have to ask yourself is more about budget and what you want out of it.

Personally I've got a 9060 xt 16gb, and after I upgrade to the 5800x3d...well I know I'm going to want to upgrade the GPU. Not that there's anything wrong with the 9060, it performs admirably, but...well it's not getting my fps/framerate and 1% lows where I want them lol.

If you wanted to stagger it a bit, get the CPU, and wait on GPUs, more will be coming out hopefully within the next year and that'll do several marvelous things. It'll drive down the prices of the 9070 xt/5070 ti, and we'll likely see better price to performance uplift from those, so you may have better options.

Also, if you're aiming at a higher grade GPU, you'll have to check carefully, that PSU may not fit the bill, so you could be looking at needing 3 things not just the two.

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#3506659 27-Jun-2026 19:55

@mdf it depends if you are really keen for gaming. The 5800x3d holds well in games that take advantage of 3d cache but is slower due to lower clocks compared to other chips. It may be a lot cheaper to grab a 5800x that someone is offloading. GPU is worthwhile to upgrade regardless because amd have dropped support for 5000 series, newer titles require RDNA2 as minimum (6000 series).

For comparison the Intel Ultra 270 plus is $630ish and is a faster cpu with more logical cores for multi threaded tasks. If ddr5 wasn’t a factor the Ultra would be a no brainer vs 5800x3d which is 5 years old.

The zen 2 amd 3000 series suffered from the multi ccx design, you really needed fast memory to make up for it. AMD 5000 series doesn’t have as much penalty but still benefits from faster Infinity Fabric. Even the 5800x3d if something manages to avoid L3 cache it is best to be running 3600MHz memory if you can even at looser CAS latency like CL18.

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#3506688 28-Jun-2026 08:16

Thanks for the heads up of the re-release 5800X3D, I have an AM4 system with a 5600X and have been wanting to get an upgrade for ages. I wish I had jumped on 5700X3D deals when they were like 350 haha.

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#3506825 28-Jun-2026 11:27

@Huntakillaz:

Upgrading to 5800X3D and 9060XT 16GB would give it a good ~5yrs maybe another gpu upgrade after to boost it to 10yrs.

Even after that it'll be a great system for younger kids, or just as a family pc or backup pc

With prices of everything so high and it going to take 3-5yrs for it to come back down after it stops rising, avg consumers not gonna be able to afford next gen stuff either when AM6 comes out, coz all these datacenters/Ai companies will want to hog DDR6 as well

Thanks for the advice! Had a discussion with the teen who was very engaged and took the time think everything carefully herself. We've just pulled the pin on the ~~5800XT~~ 5800X3D and 9060XT. Thanks again!

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#3506826 28-Jun-2026 11:29

You didn't go for the 5800X3D instead?

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#3506829 28-Jun-2026 11:54

D'oh! Too many suffixes! Fixed now. Thanks for spotting.

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#3506830 28-Jun-2026 12:01

SpartanVXL:

I would not be surprised if they show up here at the same price they did back in 2022, or possibly more. Roughly $800nzd when I got mine.

They run hot thanks to the 3d cache layer between the cooler and cores so if you get one make sure to have a cpu cooler with good contact to IHS. Otherwise a -20 curve offset and/or PPT/EDC/TDC of 90/60/90 to mimic eco mode and bring power use down on heavy tasks.

For all new owners see the quote above, please remember to check running temps especially if your games compile shaders on first launch.

They will run hot if you let them.

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#3506871 28-Jun-2026 17:13

SpartanVXL:

For all new owners see the quote above, please remember to check running temps especially if your games compile shaders on first launch.

They will run hot if you let them.

I've got mine sitting at about 76 under full load so far.

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#3506873 28-Jun-2026 17:19

mdf:

@Huntakillaz:

Upgrading to 5800X3D and 9060XT 16GB would give it a good ~5yrs maybe another gpu upgrade after to boost it to 10yrs.

Even after that it'll be a great system for younger kids, or just as a family pc or backup pc

With prices of everything so high and it going to take 3-5yrs for it to come back down after it stops rising, avg consumers not gonna be able to afford next gen stuff either when AM6 comes out, coz all these datacenters/Ai companies will want to hog DDR6 as well

Thanks for the advice! Had a discussion with the teen who was very engaged and took the time think everything carefully herself. We've just pulled the pin on the ~~5800XT~~ 5800X3D and 9060XT. Thanks again!

Just be sure to double check on the wattage of the PSU. You said 650w if I recall correctly, that'll likely be enough for some 9060XT's and not enough for others. The last thing you want is to have it fail or damage the newly invested in GPU.

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#3506886 28-Jun-2026 18:59

Blibdeberb:

mdf:

Thanks for the advice! Had a discussion with the teen who was very engaged and took the time think everything carefully herself. We've just pulled the pin on the ~~5800XT~~ 5800X3D and 9060XT. Thanks again!

Just be sure to double check on the wattage of the PSU. You said 650w if I recall correctly, that'll likely be enough for some 9060XT's and not enough for others. The last thing you want is to have it fail or damage the newly invested in GPU.

9060xt is 160W while the 5800x3d PPT is 142W, he is fine and could run a 9070xt if he wanted to.

On the topic of 142W PPT, something like full load AVX2 will push most single tower air coolers to their limits. Grey Zone warfare is one example that uses avx2 to load in parts of the map during the chopper flight on deploy.

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#3506947 28-Jun-2026 21:51

Thanks team! Yes a 650W PSU and 9060XT advertising 500W minimum (this one: Powercolor Reaper AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB). Primarily because it was the top of the PB Tech relevancy sort order / on "sale". I did check the wattage calculations but always pleased to have others who know what they are doing confirm!

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#3506952 29-Jun-2026 02:52

mdf:

@Huntakillaz:

Upgrading to 5800X3D and 9060XT 16GB would give it a good ~5yrs maybe another gpu upgrade after to boost it to 10yrs.

Even after that it'll be a great system for younger kids, or just as a family pc or backup pc

With prices of everything so high and it going to take 3-5yrs for it to come back down after it stops rising, avg consumers not gonna be able to afford next gen stuff either when AM6 comes out, coz all these datacenters/Ai companies will want to hog DDR6 as well

Thanks for the advice! Had a discussion with the teen who was very engaged and took the time think everything carefully herself. We've just pulled the pin on the ~~5800XT~~ 5800X3D and 9060XT. Thanks again!

Nice! No problemo, She'll be happy for years!

I'm guessing you meant to link to this GPU in your latest post:

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/VGAPOW290620/Powercolor-Reaper-AMD-Radeon-RX-9060-XT-16GB-GDDR6

it should be able to handle most things at 1080p High-Max and 1440p Medium-Max especially with FSR4.0+

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