My PC has Ryzen 3600, B450, 16GB DDR4, 550W Bronze PSU with 1x 6+1 PCIe pin which doubles at the end and an RX 470 4GB.
Recently RX 470 has been crashing randomly and uninstalling it's own drivers, no artifacts though. Will repaste it in few days and confirm the writing on the wall.
I still play older games and plan to finish at least half of my massive library before trying anything from 2020 or later, that's why I've never felt the need to upgrade. 470 pushes 60+ fps on the heavier titles I have and 120+ on everything else.
I guess upgrade is due but the prices are weird these days. I've thought of some farming routes (assuming RAM upgrades will be done even if not included).
My limitations (apart from non existent money):
Since overheating might be the prime suspect in crashing the RX470 (as reported by error logs) + 3600 touching 95C
I've planned to buy cooler for the CPU ASAP, already bought pads for GPU (which is already on copper shim mod, t-pads will go along with them).
I was planning to get Arctic Freezer 36 and an extra Arctic P14 fan for the case [3.5k + 0.88k] = [4.28k]
but
If I get a new PC, AIO would be more aesthetically sound choice just for a little more. Although still aligned more towards Freezer 36 as it can outperform many "cheap" AIOs.
Recently RX 470 has been crashing randomly and uninstalling it's own drivers, no artifacts though. Will repaste it in few days and confirm the writing on the wall.
I still play older games and plan to finish at least half of my massive library before trying anything from 2020 or later, that's why I've never felt the need to upgrade. 470 pushes 60+ fps on the heavier titles I have and 120+ on everything else.
I guess upgrade is due but the prices are weird these days. I've thought of some farming routes (assuming RAM upgrades will be done even if not included).
- Get an used GPU preferably 6700xt or similar full-lane card [20-25k]
- Get a new 7800 XT (copium 9070) [40k-45k]
- Get a new or used 5600X or 5800X perhaps adding with option 1 [8k-15k | 30k-50k]
- Get a new PC after saving for a year or two (PC of Theseus) [1.2L]
My limitations (apart from non existent money):
- PSU cant cross 250-265W else would have to update this as well
- PCIe 3.0, so can't get 8 lane cards
- Monitor, not as much.... I'm on 75Hz so was thinking 1080p 240Hz at 13k or 1440p 144Hz-adjacent at 16k or 240Hz at 20k | could buy separately from this build budget.
- Linux (not a limitation since none of us friends play Valorant or R6 at all) but AMD has been too smooth of a ride on linux while Nvidia still has few years to match that level of driver compatibility especially when the 5000 series drivers are nightmare on windows as well.
Since overheating might be the prime suspect in crashing the RX470 (as reported by error logs) + 3600 touching 95C
I've planned to buy cooler for the CPU ASAP, already bought pads for GPU (which is already on copper shim mod, t-pads will go along with them).
I was planning to get Arctic Freezer 36 and an extra Arctic P14 fan for the case [3.5k + 0.88k] = [4.28k]
but
If I get a new PC, AIO would be more aesthetically sound choice just for a little more. Although still aligned more towards Freezer 36 as it can outperform many "cheap" AIOs.
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