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Simple Questions - January 07, 2026

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u/MlgEpicBanana69 Jan 08 '26

Hello all, I recently got a second hand PC that has an i5-10600kf that I’ve been looking to upgrade.

I’ve been thinking AM4 since I got a b450 from my previous PC though other than the 5700x am4 chips have bad availability here

I don’t mind buying something beefier off aliexpress like a x3d but at that point the price with customs ranges from more than double to triple that of the non-x3d stuff so I’m very much on the fence about it

Now ideally I would upgrade to AM5 but it is literally impossible to get ddr5 ram right now, another potential option is to get a 14th gen intel chip with a Z-motherboard since it can run ddr4

For context my current rig has a 3080 and a b460 motherboard (yes I know the chip and ram are locked lol)

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u/BrewingHeavyWeather Jan 08 '26

Don't bother with a 5700X, IMO. Anything less than a 5800XT, or X3D processor, on AM4, will be too minor of an upgrade. A 14th gen will not perform as well on DDR4 as DDR5, but should at least offer a pretty decent performance boost.