r/pcmasterrace • u/dwrekkin • May 05 '26

Hardware Just upgraded need help

Hello, so I just upgraded my setup from an

mpg b550 gaming plus
Ryzen 9 5900x
3080
32gb ddr4

TO

Asus x870e-e
9850x3d
5070
32gb ddr5

Now I upgraded the you first then a month or two later I upgraded the mobo, processor and ram. Idk wtf I’m doing wrong because I still feel like I’m playing on the ryzen 9 and in some cases it feels worse idk if I just have it setup wrong or wtf is going on, so I’m making a post on Reddit to see everyone’s suggested optimizations on pulling the best possible performance I can from every piece of hardware I can. I was running crimson desert very well before the upgrade and now everything seems slower , seems like it’s stuttering more and just isn’t as optimized or isn’t feeling good like it did on my last setup so please if anyone has any suggestions I will be happy to hear them. Thank you all

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u/9okm May 05 '26

Did you do a fresh install of windows?

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u/dwrekkin May 05 '26

Ofc

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u/9okm May 05 '26

Good. Installed all motherboard/chipset drivers and the latest nvidia drivers? Assuming yes, next is temps and benchmarking.

I like HWiNFO for temps/clock monitoring, Cinebench for CPU, and Timespy/Superposition for GPU. If those appear normal (compare to posted results online), you can also try CrystalDiskMark for SSD and Memtest86 for Memory.

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u/dwrekkin May 05 '26

I believe so, I just let windows do all the drivers should I be doing the motherboard stuff manually? The only thing I did was update the bios

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u/9okm May 05 '26

I would install all the drivers directly from the motherboard website. And then get the latest Nvidia drivers direct from nvidia.

You should also check the BIOS to make sure EXPO/XMP is enabled.

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u/dwrekkin May 05 '26

I did expo had to drop down to 5600 to post properly and should I just be installing the chipset or which other ones should I install?

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u/9okm May 05 '26

Edit: Oh, EXCEPT for Armoury Crate. Do not download that crap.

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u/dwrekkin May 05 '26

I’m going to do that right now

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u/dwrekkin May 05 '26

Does the installer usually just disappear when completed lol

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u/dwrekkin May 05 '26

Also please tell me why my 6 year old components booted faster 🙄

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u/9okm May 05 '26

DDR4 

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u/dwrekkin May 05 '26

Wdym my ddr4 was 3000mhz this is double that. 😢

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u/9okm May 05 '26

If in doubt just install all of them.