Upgrading CPU

[Locarno1]

Hi everyone,

I very rarely post here but looking for some advice as I'm potentially looking at upgrading my CPU. I bought a new PC last year, still very very happy with it but ideally I wish I had gone for the top range Ryzen 9 CPU. With my system, my question would be, would it be difficult to change the CPU to a Ryzen 9 7950 X3D in place of a Ryzen 7 5800X3D? I've never had to change a CPU before but as the CPU is about £500 I thought it might be worth it. I may not see much of a performance increase, but just want the top spec. This is my system:

Case
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Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Eight Core CPU (3.4GHz-4.5GHz/100MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II (AM4, DDR4, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6E)
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4070 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
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NONE (BRACKET INCLUDED AS STANDARD ON 4070 Ti / RX 7700 XT AND ABOVE)
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512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (3500 MB/R, 3100 MB/W)
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2TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (3500 MB/R, 3100 MB/W)
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CORSAIR 750W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
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1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
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CORSAIR H100x RGB ELITE HIGH PERFORMANCE CPU COOLER
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Thank you,

 

[sck451]

You can't realistically upgrade from a Ryzen 5000 CPU to a Ryzen 7000 one. You would also need to replace the motherboard and the memory. You already have the very best CPU that motherboard can take for gaming so there's no realistic upgrade path.

It's a pity because last year the Ryzen 7000 chips were available, so you could have ordered them in your system, but to change now would be a total system rebuild, not an upgrade. PCS don't support that and it would invalidate your warranty.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Hi everyone,

I very rarely post here but looking for some advice as I'm potentially looking at upgrading my CPU. I bought a new PC last year, still very very happy with it but ideally I wish I had gone for the top range Ryzen 9 CPU. With my system, my question would be, would it be difficult to change the CPU to a Ryzen 9 7950 X3D in place of a Ryzen 7 5800X3D? I've never had to change a CPU before but as the CPU is about £500 I thought it might be worth it. I may not see much of a performance increase, but just want the top spec. This is my system:



Thank you,

It does also depend where the performance is lacking? What processes are you seeing where you’re expecting more performance?

This is why it’s so important to get advice at the start.

 

[Scott]

Prime example of why to get advice before a purchase.

It sounds as if you just want to increase the cores for no reason though? This would be strange. You could install the 5950X but this would perform worse in gaming, but far better in heavy tasks. What are you wanting the increased core count for?

 

[TonyCarter]

Also, be aware that your CPU upgrade options in your account may not be correct (e.g. mine showed I could upgrade from an AM4 to AM5 CPU, when I knew it wasn't technically possible without a whole rebuild).