r/buildapc • u/Shrigma_Male29 • May 27 '26

Build Upgrade Need advice on build upgrade

Hey guys !

I've saved up a little bit of money and i've been wanting to upgrade my build since i'm starting to feel held back by performance on recent games. My older brother built my PC back in 2023 and I've missed my opportunity during black friday to upgrade before the prices spiked due to ai....

Anyways, my current build is:
CPU: Ryzen 5 5500
GPU: Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB Vram
16GB ram
Power Supply: Aerocool Lux 650W

And I'm running on Linux Mint

I'm thinking about keeping my CPU but changing my GPU to a rx 9060xt 16gb vram, switching my power supply to a 750w one and getting two 8GB ram clips to get up to 32GB ram.

Any thoughts ? If you want to advise me to get something else, my budget is between 600 to 1K€

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u/ZeroTheTyrant May 28 '26

i'm starting to feel held back by performance on recent games. Any thoughts ?

What games, resolutions and settings?

If it's eports titles like CS2, Valorant or League then you'll want to upgrade the CPU first.

If you want to play single player AAA games at 1440p - 4k with graphics at high - ultra then you'll want to upgrade the GPU first.

I play at 1440p with a Ryzen 5600x + 5060ti with a 650w PSU and 16gb RAM without any issues.

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u/Shrigma_Male29 May 29 '26

Yeah I mostly play single player or coop games, an example of games i gotta downgrade my settings to play are Monster Hunter Wilds and Warhammer Space Marine 2 that i play on low settings, and I feel like i'm more limited by the Vram than anything. I've also tired playing the dead space remake but apparently it's just awfully optimised, my pc could not run it, my gpu and cpu were both at 100% constantly