When To Upgrade Your CPU For Gaming? Life Cycle of the CPU! - Tech Deals 

I believe that Red Light Therapy, and having screens at two different distances in your office that you can switch between will both help with your eyesight/eyestrain.

20 20 20 rule?

Every 20 minutes, take 20 seconds to look at something 20 feet away.

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Good man

Honestly I'm very similar, 12400f and 6700xt, this will do me until 6080 or 9800xt release. Plays all the games I play 80+ fps on high/1440p. More than happy with that until 4k OLED high refresh rate panels are cheaper (under 800EUR), then will do a massive upgrade.

@@SuspiciousMoon007That is a large claim the 6700xt is a powerful 1080p GPU by today’s standards. The 7900 GRE and 4070 Super are the new entry 1440p GPU’s.

I upgraded from an X99 system built in 2015 to 3800X in 2020. First time I ever took more than 18 months for a new system build since the mid 90s. I did midcycle to RTX 3070 close to year and a half ago but its been 4 years was thinkin new build time....... then 6 weeks ago when I started looking at pricing said forget it and just got a 5900X. Im with you, I will keep this until AM6 or if Intel does something interesting. I do not think I will feel bad about waiting. It will do everything I want it too until then.

I recommend selling the 3900x and replacing it with the 5800x3d.

@@45enoExactly holding on to hardware tell it’s old and irrelevant is a horrendous idea. I upgrade my 90 class GPU’s every 2 years so I can sell it for %85 of what I paid for. The same goes for motherboards and CPU’s as well. Just sell it every 3 years and do a bundle with CPU and motherboard. Aside from that why are you pairing a low end 6 core 7600 with a high end 670x? I recommend the 7800x3d because it will last for years to come.

Up until a few months ago I was still running an i-5 6600k with a GTX 970. It still was abel to run most games I play just fine at 1080p. I mostly upgraded to a 5600X and RX 6700XT so that I could run Windows 11 and be able to run the DCS flight sim at a good resolution. I had tried to upgrade sooner but with rising prices that then led to the whole chip shortage and overpriced hardware it just did not make financial sense.

I've actually did just built my second pc to a 5800x3d/ 7800xt / 32gb, coming from a 4690k/ GTX 970 / 8gb. Bought everything under $1000. I was long over due for an upgrade, but I'll probably do the same with it and wait on to few generations. I wonder if I can run Crysis now?

@@chrisabanil2130 I’ve heard of crisis being a terribly optimized game , I’ve never tried it though. I will tell you this though , I went from a i74790 non k to my 5800x3d and it’s a night and day difference in cyberpunk .

@@chrisabanil2130Why did you waste your money going AM4 that’s a terrible idea. AM4 is only good if your already own the platform not buying into it as a new platform.

Same here

Good point. Up until a few months ago I was still running an i-5 6600k with a GTX 970. It played most of my older games just fine at 1080p. I mostly upgraded to a 5600X and RX 6700XT so that I could run Windows 11 and the DCS flight sim at a good resolution as the sim was making my old setup show it's age with every update.

Agreed. My 3900x and 3080ti will last at least another 3-5 years before I'll consider upgrading.

@@Quacker_Gaming As will my 5950x and 3090.

@@ZygmunatorNice I had that combo back in 2020 to 2022.

every other cycle for sure. otherwise upgrades won't be nearly as noticeable.

@@andrewhill9707 yep

Nice I have a Ryzen 7 7800x3d paired with a RTX 3080 12gb EVGA FTW3 Ultra.

@ZackSNetwork nice. I just changed my order to the aienware AW3225QF and will return the MSI 341CQP wen it arrives .aslo Its really gonna tax my rig until I rebuild tho. didn’t feel like dealing with ultrawide and Aw3225qf has gen 3 panel....will be rebuilding cpu, gpu, ram and mobo next cycle so figured to jump to 4k oled now as my first peice while waiting for next cycle of gpu/cpu to come out

Ehh urs will last a while because youve spent so much for a comparitively pretty low end monitor lmao.

@@FrozokenIt wasn't low end when I bought it in 2017 (ACER Predator G-SYNC Curved Monitor Z321Qu 32 Inch 165Hz 1440p @ $540) My 4K 46 Inch 60Hz TV is newer by 2 years and only cost $300.

@@ScoutReaper-zn1rz Yeah I guess but u bought a 4090 then again if that's staggered too, fair enough

@@FrozokenYeah the 4090 was bought a year later after the mobo, ram, psu and m.2 drives. The last purchase was 2 weeks ago for the case (ROG Hyperion)

Incredible PC dude that 3090 is an absolute monster. Having 24gbs of vram and with its rasterization on par with a 4070ti it will last for a while.

I'm still running an i9 9900k with a RX 6700xt. Will definitely be doing a completely new build when Zen 5 comes out.

Ryzen 3600 is still a good chip

That is a fine combo! If it does what you need it to, that system will be fine for years and years to come.

If you got a 5700X it would blow your mind. I had a 3600 and a 1660 super, and getting the 5700X and just keeping my GPU worked awesome, you have a 2060 you are surely leaving performance on the table. Later on I did upgrade to a 3070 TI

@@itstheweirdguy Yeah, the Ryzen 5000 is a very nice inexpensive performance bump over the 3000 without needing a new MOBO.

I got a 5900x and I plan on running it for good few more years.@@itstheweirdguy

You are gonna be blown away by modern items. Look at a 12700k if you can float the difference. There isnt really a worthwhile upgrade for your current platform.

If you can afford a new build do that. But if you are budget constrained or playing a game mostly cpu bound, 12600K still will blow your socks off regardless. Have a 12700K (219 and tax= 231) was my first upgrade from 9600K ($200). Cured my game stutters. 12900K also is pretty good ($319). Mom has a 12400F build I still have to assemble from a B760M board I shuffled from 12700K build, before 12600K got much cheaper. Sales prices would be a factor. I found Z board a bit better in not power limiting but for ram you will need to pair and pick whether to go DDR4 or DDR5. I went last year DDR5, but DDR4 kits are reasonable also. Thermalright PA120 are fine budget coolers. Have a TR FS/FC cooler I've yet to swap out or use in a new build. You can also flash the boards for 14th gen compatibility. You could carry over the 1070ti for now or do a new build if you have funds in the budget for a new gpu. Also if you are still using 1080P you can get away with less GPU perhaps though I mostly play older style games. I had my second gen doing HTPC 1080P x264 on the iGPU. I have a GPU family range from 1060-1070-7900XTX, you could always try the upgrade and just do the gpu later if it isn't enough. Changing to 1440P gaming & 4K media was the biggest need to upgrade personally, from 1080P (about late 2019-2020). There is a visual difference between graphics cards over the years in clarity of image gaming also.

That all depends on the type of games or simulators you typically play. For the average AAA it's fine. But if you are into flight sims and VR that 7900XT will really come in handy.

If you’re only using your PC to game then you would definitely gain a performance boost.

save some cash consider the 5700x3d

@@user-dz3ph7dl4m I think il hang on for the next gen x3d tbh

I've been running DCS really well with a 5600X and RX 6700XT. You are already close to the limit of the performance of what the AM4 socket can deliver with the 5900X. Unless DCS starts to studer in heavy multiplayer online play you are still good to go. And since DCS introduced multi trending support a few months ago the sim runs even better than before.

@@evoman44 multithreading made a big difference

What rumours? The 5800X3D is already well known to be the best gaming CPU on the entire AM4 platform.

@@Krenisphia Sometime TechDeals seems less than supportive of the 5800X3d. I was tip toeing around that.

A 4090? Upgrade your monitor are you crazy!? spend at least $1,500 on your new monitor. oled, 4k 65” all bells all whistles.

if i could id take your 5950x lmao I would say it depends what you use your pc for as the 5950x bottlenecks the 4090 in alot of games and as tech says if you have 4090 money then you have the money for a new cpu or you dont have 4090 money

@@Raptorlake i was thinking about getting 1440p 240hz oled asus monitor

@@InnoSZN yea i guess idk i mostly just play older games or ones not that demanding ill probably wait for the next ryzen chips

stick on your set up. maybe you can upgrade your room, peripherals

At this point wait for the 9800x3d.

Meh I upgrade my 90 class GPU every generation. It gives me the next big performance leap and I can sell my card for %85 of what I paid for.

90 Class GPU's are way too expensive for me. I top out at 70 Class@@ZackSNetwork

I love my 12900KF, my 12700KF also gets a lot of use. Flashed for 14th in case I upgrade again.

Same here. Up until a few months ago I was still running an i-5 6600k with a GTX 970. It still ran most of my older games just fine at 1080p. I mostly upgraded to a 5600X and RX 6700XT so that I could run Windows 11 and the DCS flight sim at a good resolution.

I heavily recommend 1440p at this point 1080p is meh especially in 2025.

should have gone 5950x

ahaha no, i dont have need for 16 cores with my lesser usecase, and my motherboard is one of the msi x570 mpg ones that turned out to have a really disappointing vrm and wont handle an r9 cpu

The 4070 is your bottleneck that’s why. An I7 14700k would pair best with a 4070ti Super or 4080 Super.

Yeah more like wait a few months before 6000 series is released, unless you wait when the prices drop to get ready for the new gen. The 3090 Ti for example came out the same year as the 4090 (January and September respectively) but Nvidia sold the Ti at full price for a while probably until the 4090 was announced.

Spring for the 5700G, it's worth it. A 5700X and a RX 6600 would be a far better choice if that's an option.

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To be fair, that's not much of an upgrade. You spent a lot of money to go from a 3600 to a 12400, which is faster, but not by so much as to be dramatic.

@@TechDeals the cpu was definitely not but it put me on a alive platform, and the gpu was a huge upgrade plays all my games at 4k with modded hd textures so I'm still glad I did it, the 1080 ti was struggling to do everything I wanted.

4090 costs so much yes, "because they can" but there's more to it. Inflation, BOM cost increases and the tendency for new products with improved features and new features increasing the base price... But the biggest factor in all of this is the fact the company is publicly traded and they are beholden to those of us who own them; their #1 objective is to give a return on investment to the shareholders, and to do so with as much as a return as possible, so their duty is to stretch those prices as high as they can without impacting demand so much that revenue falls below where it would be with a lower price. If they aren't providing a return then I'm selling them, so they must attempt to extract as much value (i.e. currency) from their customers as feasibly possible without impacting demand/revenue negatively. That balance came at $1600 and for board partners even higher. The other biggest factor besides shareholders is the consumer and their willingness to spend that much. If the consumers had refused to buy you would see different pricing.

Except AMD isn't supposed to release anything above midrange for RDNA 4 so they'll likely be competing with the 5070 and below which, from I hear from Moore's Law is Dead, won't be coming out until 2025. Rumor has it that Nvidia will only be releasing a 5090 before the end of the year and AMD will only be releasing something around 7900XT performance for between $400 and $600. RDNA 5 is when AMD is aiming for the top end Nvidia competitor, according to leaks anyway.

@JesusisLordSEEKThe 4090 is %70 to %80 faster than the 3090. So how is it a refresh that would mean not a legitimate upgrade. A refresh would be something like a 4070ti to a 3090.