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I bought this PC 5 years ago, today it struggles a bit on some games that require a lot of CPU. The graphics card is doing pretty well.

I'd like to update it, starting with the CPU, and switch to AMD, for better compatibility with Linux and notably to be able to encode videos more easily, I often edit long +4K videos.

Do you have any advice? The aim would be not to change my motherboard. And for the new components to last 5 years too? You can also advise me on graphics cards.

Here's the PC configuration:

Processor type: Intel Core i5 9600KF (6 cores - 3.70 Ghz - Turbo 4.60 Ghz - Cache 9 Mo - TDP 95W)

CPU cooling model: Be Quiet Dark Rock 4

Motherboard model: MSI MAG Z390 Tomahawk

Memory size: 16 GB

Memory type: DDR4

Memory frequency(s): DDR4 2666 MHz

RAM brand: Gskill

Graphics chipset: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

Video memory size: 8 GB

Graphics card reference: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING OC 3X

Case format: Medium Tower

Case model: Zalman Z7 Neo

Power: 550 W

Power supply model: Seasonic Focus GX Gold

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[-] NiTRo_SvK@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You can't switch to AMD without getting a new motherboard (either AM4 or AM5 socket). If you choose to salvage as much HW as possible, then you can go for AM4 motherboard (B550 chipset for instance) along with some R7 5700X, then you can reuse pretty much everything else (probably cpu cooler too) else. Although I'd prefer to have at least 3200MHz ram sticks for Ryzen. I really don't know if your video encoding is more stressful on your cpu or gpu, but generally AMD gpus work better for linux than nVidia ones do.

[+] retiolus@lemmy.cat 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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[-] NiTRo_SvK@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think it's doable, here's quick example of what I could buy in Slovakia:

CPU: Ryzen 5 7600X - 250€

MoBo: ASUS TUF GAMING B650M-E WIFI - 175€

RAM: Kingston Fury 32GB (2x16) DDR5 6000MHz CL36 - 112€

Total: 537€

You could replace the CPU with R7 7700 but that's maybe 100€ on top of that.

Regarding GPU, yes it still would be compatible and you could still replace that down the road with something more powerful, maybe when next generation of GPUs will arrive, I don't know what resolution you're running but 2070S is still relevant graphics card.

Considering CPU uplift, it seems to be more or less double the performance - link to benchmarks.

this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023

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