Avoiding High RAM Prices | Ryzen 7 5700X Upgrade on AM4 (featuring be quiet!)

Because of the high RAM and storage prices, an incremental upgrade utilizing existing hardware may make sense if you're current hardware is several generations old. In this video, I show an example upgrade path that helped boost my CPU performance by at least 40% in addition to gaining some PCIe 4.0 performance which I lacked on my current hardware. My current system has 64 GB of DDR4 RAM and 2 NVMe modules, all of which would be quite expensive to replace with newer DDR5 and PCIe 4.0 components. The CPU is a Ryzen 7 1700 which has served me well over the years. Since I'm planning to use the 64 GB of DDR4 RAM to save a lot of money, it made sense to get the most recent generation of the AM4 platform which still utilizes DDR4 RAM. I narrowed down my CPU selection to the Ryzen 7 5700G and the Ryzen 7 5700X. I thought about the 5700G in case I want to reuse this hardware in the future without needing a separate GPU. However, I discovered that if you use the 5700G CPU, you lose PCIe 4.0 functionality. PCIe 4.0 functionality is available when using the 5700X. The 5700X is a bit faster than the 5700G so along with PCIe 4.0, it helped solidify my decision. I like that the TDP is the same 65W as my older Ryzen 7 1700 so energy consumption should roughly be the same even with the 40%+ boost in performance (I know TDP isn't the best indicator of actual power consumption). Disclosure: be quiet! sent me the PC case, PSU, and AIO cooler. They didn't get to see the video before I published it. Amazon affiliate links (thanks for the support!): be quiet! Light Base 500 LX PC case: https://amzn.to/40Za1Cz be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 1000W PSU: https://amzn.to/3PKkWxr be quiet! Pure Loop 3 LX 360mm AIO cooler: https://amzn.to/4lPmO3X ASUS TUF Gaming B550-PLUS WiFi II motherboard: https://amzn.to/4bLOgen AMD Ryzen 7 5700X CPU: https://amzn.to/4ssYojk Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 02:40 Building the PC 07:00 Disclosure EP93 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvdHQkQv8KpwMnKkitmUVTQ/join