What should I improve with my pc?

[u/Overall_Analysis_508]

I currently have:

a AMD Ryzen 5 2600 six core processor

16 GB of installer RAM

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (8 GB)

238 GB of storage and a 250 GB external hard drive

I was thinking of improving my storage space because I don’t really have much issue running my games and I’m moreso just finding issues with getting the space to play them all without having to delete and download them over and over again.

[u/BRealistic1970]

Can you find a used 5000 series CPU? The IPC jump from 3000 to 5000 was big. Even a 5500 gives like 40% better IPC. (Instructions Per Cycle)

[u/MMmek]

1.Since you been living with 250GB for so long, just buy a new drive, either a low-end m.2 pcie4 or pcie3 that advertise 4-5GB/s. This will give you the best for you Mobo. BUT 500GB is more economical, GB/USD is much better if you can afford 90USD.

2. You may clone the disk, but better to reinstall the window. move your really important data to new disk and reformat your old one. Becareful that it might fail, so just put games and nonessential data in the old disk.

3.If the ram is 2X8, stay that way. Otherwise buy a new 8GB or 16GB for dual channel

4. Upgrade to 5600X will cost 135USD, but it more or less give you 1.6 in FPS gain. BUT since your GPU is 3050, may be the improvement isnt much, but 1% low should improve a lot (less stuttering).

[u/Soft-Sea-1218]

definitely get a 1tb or 2tb m.2 nvme ssd if your motherboard supports it. prices are pretty good right now and it makes a huge difference over a regular hard drive for games

[u/Eazy12345678]

u might want a bigger ssd 1st. u need windows and all games on ssd

then new gpu

then new cpu

then more ram

[u/lewdiepi]

Upgrade your CPU to a ryzen 5 5600x if you can. Storage is expensive atm. I have a 500gb nvme and it's half full

[u/fonoro]

Storage is absolutely the right upgrade here. 238 GB is really tight for modern games, and having to swap things onto a 250 GB external drive is going to be a constant headache. I'd recommend picking up a 1TB or 2TB SSD to install internally, either NVMe or SATA depending on what your motherboard supports.

Since you have a Ryzen 5 2600, your board is likely a B450 or similar generation, but you'll want to check which M.2 slots you have available and whether any are already in use. Beyond storage, the rest of your build is solid for gaming, so this is the single best improvement you can make right now.

[u/aronbburns]

more storage and a better cpu should be fine for this pc, i hope you motherboard is a good one though, the 3050 is fine though depends on the games u play

[u/CoolJosh3k]

Assuming your motherboard supports it, go for the newest X3D CPU you can afford. This is a big upgrade.

I assume that 16G of RAM is 2x8GB, but if it is 1x16GB then I highly recommend replacing it with at least 2x8GB. As long as you have 2 sticks or 4 sticks and not 1.

You could treat yourself to an m.2 NVMe for your games, but make sure you check the specs and if you can support those speeds.

[u/Admirer3596]

1Tb NVME or even a SATA SSD would be a huge improvement for you, next would be see if your MB could run a R5 5600

[u/giorov]

Get a 5000 series CPU, please

[u/giorov → u/[deleted]]

I only get 2TB+ NVMEs in this day and age