#Is there something wrong with my system or is it just time for an upgrade?

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silver slate
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My current system:
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600x
RAM: Trident Z Neo 2x8 @ 3600
GPU: EVGA RTX 2080ti

What I am planning to get as part of my "upgrade" to help me stream and game on this system more proficiently
CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x
Ram: Teamgroup Tforce 2x32 @ 3600
GPU: Intel Arc A380

The CPU will be a drop in replacement obviously, ram will be added to what I already have to make a total of 80gb, and arc card will also be added to strictly encode.

Though my big question is even when I am streaming and gaming on my current system, is this all even worth it? My CPU sits at 95% utilization, ram at 90%, and gpu just chillin at like 60% (All according to task manager). I do notice major dips in frame in the games i play (call of duty and helldivers) when i am streaming. But when I am not streaming and playing these games I feel like I am leaving performance on the table because nothing ever goes above 70% utilization if i am only play the game and not streaming.

rigid quarry
# silver slate My current system: CPU: Ryzen 5 3600x RAM: Trident Z Neo 2x8 @ 3600 GPU: EVGA RT...

Don't get the A380 as an upgrade for your RTX 2080Ti. The A770 is roughly on the level of an RTX 3060Ti, which is a bit above the 2070 Super. The A380 is much weaker than that, don't get the A380. You also don't need 80GB of RAM, 32GB would be sufficient for streaming. I'd recommend just throwing in a 2x16GB kit for 48GB of RAM. Encoding while playing doesn't take away much performance. The only reason I'd get the A380 for would be for AV1 encoding since only it along with 40 series Nvidia cards support that format

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I didn't see that you mentioned that you were gonna drop in the A380 along with your existing RTX 2080Ti. I still wouldn't recommend getting the A380 just for encoding. Encoding will take away a few % of your FPS in the worst case (since it takes away some small amount of power from the GPU cores). Your primary issue is probably a CPU bottleneck, so I'd definitely recommend upgrading that CPU, maybe you can even fit in a 5800X3D if you only get a 2x16GB kit and add it to your 2x8GB kit

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I did some casual streaming a while ago on my RTX 2060 with 48GB of RAM and I never even exceeded 30GB of RAM

devout summit
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Also for ram, do not mix them as you plan to.. you'll run into a lot of instability issues and you'll likely not get anywhere near your current ram clocks

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Especially if you decide to go to ryzen 5000 series, they are relatively sensitive to ram and if you really want a high amount, just stick with that you picked out (2x32gb)

rigid quarry
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I've used a 2x8GB+2x16GB combo for a long time, though that was with a 9th gen intel CPU with the RAM maxed at 2400MT/s, so I can't comment on DDR4's stability at higher clocks, I just know that it worked for me for a long time

devout summit
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ye higher speeds just kill themselves with mixed ram on newer platforms

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it's very much painful

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even just getting say a 4x8gb kit can cause you to not hold xmp/docp, because the extra load from 4 ram sticks vs 2