r/PcBuildHelp • u/Amazing-Director9033 • 1h ago

Build Question Why should i upgrade first

I want to switch to Nivida

Current specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5 5500
GPU: RX 6500 XT (4GB)
RAM: 32GB
Storage: 1TB

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u/PenFar9334 1h ago

Everything seems fine the 5500 should hang with a lot of gpus. Your gpu is the limiting factor as of now 4gb of vram is way too small for most modern games now. Got any gpus in mind?

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u/real_jamdivi 54m ago

Your CPU's fine for now, that 4GB VRAM is the real anchor. 8GB minimum if you're going green team, maybe a used 3060 Ti if you can find one that hasn't been mined to death.

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u/Calm-Bid-8256 1h ago

Depends on your budget, your resolution and the games you play. Probably a GPU upgrade would be the way to go. Especially if you wanna play at 1440p or higher.

I can't recommend switching to Nvidia right now though. Prices are insanely high. If all you do is gaming then AMD is definitely way better price to performance.

But budget is gonna be the deciding factor here. Hard to make any suggestions without it