31-40k I am in Dilemma! Should I upgrade my Present PC to AMD AM4 or AM5 or Intel LGA 1700 chipsets? Budget is limited to 40k

Because my present AM4 chipset is giving several errors causing BSODs, Restarts & Freezes.
Just due to some bsods and errors there's no logic in upgrading the entire rig.
Find out the issue.

Since december 24 on my 5600x rig and win10 I was getting randoms bsods everyday, so bad that when I power-on my system dang a bsod right on the login screen, no event logs nothing mentioning anything. Even if I kept using the system or leave it idle for a few mins, black screen, unstable, freeze and what not.
I analyzed dumps only to find out mentioning about random drivers.
I was 1000% sure it wasn't a hardware but os issue as since after November 24 win 10 updates this issue kicked in.

I tried what not but no go!

Installed Win 11 and it was running stable for 2-3 days, no bsods or any issues. So the culprit definitely as my win10 os.

SO, finally what worked was a complete memory/ram scan which came clean and since then zero bsods and my existing win 10 is working error-free!

I think your existing rig is fine aka similar to my setup and shall hold on for a few more years unless you want all/every eye-candy to fulfill gaming desires.
 
I would suggest to upgrade your GPU first as most of games you like playing are GPU-heavy. you should consider second hand GPUs like 3080 or higher(for 20k - 30k inr). A better gpu will help you utilize the 1440p monitor better.

And for unstability issues, you can use 10k-15k to upgrade to a better am4 mobo(AM4 is decent, 5700x3d will give you similar or better performance to 7600). And later if you want upgrade your CPU, you can go with 5700x3d. I am recommending 5700x3d here just because you are already on AM4. If someone is to do an all new build from scratch, would suggest them AM5.
 
I think if I can increase my budget to 45k then I can get AM5 Combo with budget CPU Cooler also.
Since I have Galax Rev.3 mATX case I choose mATX Mobo.
This config is good I think so right!

This 5600x which I have right now is not at all stable with the motherboard I am using as I don't know what is causing the restarts or BSODs sometimes.
I was under the assumption that you will reuse AK400

I missed your case. You will miss the 3rd M.2 slot on mATX mobos but check Hardware Unboxed's VRM test once.
 
Is it random or in a particular situation?
Usually during desktop startup, during gaming & sometimes even while browsing or watching movies.
I already did a repaste of the processor, reassembled the whole motherboard connectors, removed the nvme/put it back on while replacing my PSU last month.

It just restarts after giving me a BSOD.

I installed the best driver updater and found out that COM driver was out of date and updated it too.

While I play mostly Witcher 3 I thought it was gpu drivers and the recent update of the game to dx12.
But even while playing dx11 it's giving same errors.

When I check the Event Viewer, it says
SCEP Certificate enrollment initialization for Local system via https://amd-keyid-907d65e9b562315997dd5ad086b2b7598957b92c.microsoftaik.azure.net/templates/Aik/scep failed:

GetCACaps

Method: GET(109ms)
Stage: GetCACaps
The server name or address could not be resolved 0x80072ee7 (WinHttp: 12007 ERROR_WINHTTP_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED)

While I scoured the internet for a solution it says a it's because of AMDfTPM which either AMD or Microsoft should have given a driver update.
Since AM4 is a older platform they stopped thinking about this problem.

I saw people asking for solution regarding their 5600, 3800, 5900 processors & for B450,B550,X570 motherboards as well. But never saw anybody asking for AM5 or LGA 1700 platforms same problem arising.

Thats why I was asking for suggestions regarding change of platforms.
Just due to some bsods and errors there's no logic in upgrading the entire rig.
Find out the issue.

Since december 24 on my 5600x rig and win10 I was getting randoms bsods everyday, so bad that when I power-on my system dang a bsod right on the login screen, no event logs nothing mentioning anything. Even if I kept using the system or leave it idle for a few mins, black screen, unstable, freeze and what not.
I analyzed dumps only to find out mentioning about random drivers.
I was 1000% sure it wasn't a hardware but os issue as since after November 24 win 10 updates this issue kicked in.

I tried what not but no go!

Installed Win 11 and it was running stable for 2-3 days, no bsods or any issues. So the culprit definitely as my win10 os.

SO, finally what worked was a complete memory/ram scan which came clean and since then zero bsods and my existing win 10 is working error-free!

I think your existing rig is fine aka similar to my setup and shall hold on for a few more years unless you want all/every eye-candy to fulfill gaming desires.
It does not matter whether I was in Win10 or 11 problems began reoccuring. I usually play at medium to high settings depending on the game.
I was under the assumption that you will reuse AK400

I missed your case. You will miss the 3rd M.2 slot on mATX mobos but check Hardware Unboxed's VRM test once.
If I change to AM5 then I need a new Cooler.
The present ak400 bracket can be used for both AM4 & LGA1700 which I purchased from a fellow TE member 2 years ago.
I checked several reviews about going with B650M mobos and found out that either Gigabyte B650M Gaming A X Wifi or MSI B650M Gaming Plus Wifi are good regarding their VRMs and power design are good for even 7950 processors.
 
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If I change to AM5 then I need a new Cooler.
The present ak400 bracket can be used for both AM4 & LGA1700 which I purchased from a fellow TE member 2 years ago.
AFAIK, AM4 coolers can be used on AM5, as the mounting alignment/bracket size is identical. When I switched from AM4 to AM5, I used my old D15 with the AM4 kit just fine.


 
I would suggest to upgrade your GPU first as most of games you like playing are GPU-heavy. you should consider second hand GPUs like 3080 or higher(for 20k - 30k inr). A better gpu will help you utilize the 1440p monitor better.

And for unstability issues, you can use 10k-15k to upgrade to a better am4 mobo(AM4 is decent, 5700x3d will give you similar or better performance to 7600). And later if you want upgrade your CPU, you can go with 5700x3d. I am recommending 5700x3d here just because you are already on AM4. If someone is to do an all new build from scratch, would suggest them AM5.
I definitely have to change my present Mobo which is A520M one which has no VRM heatsinks at all and power design also less.
So if I go with 5700x3d then any B550M wifi Mobo will suffice and I need to add another 2 Ram sticks but sometimes 4 Ram sticks might give errors, so I need to buy two 16gb rams again and sell these present ones off. For this whole setup it's costing around 38k. AM4 Mobo means no need of new Cooler. I now play cyberpunk in low settings if it does not give me BSODs then I am lucky to play 1 or 2 hours or sometimes even after playing for 15 mins it gives this stupid error. Buying a new gpu means later after dust settles for all the news gpu releases and prices come to steady rate.
 
AM4 makes no sense for new builds unless you are going for a cheap R5 5600 based build. R5 7600 performs similar to 5700X3D in productivity & gaming.