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@ombre.hyper.wang

Looking to upgrade my now somewhat antiquated VR rig; GPU is fine for now I think, but the CPU is in dire need of upgrading (i7-9700k). With the price of DDR5 RAM, I'm thinking of going with an AM4 socket so I can reuse my DDR4 RAM and save some money. That way I just need a new mobo and CPU.

Ombre ☁🔞

@ombre.hyper.wang

I know the 5800x3D is quite good, but for half the cost I can just get the 5600x3D since I have a MicroCenter nearby. It's basically a dialed down 5800x3D with 2 less cores (so 6 instead of 8) but that should be fine for VRchat, right?

7/10/26, 6:08 pm0 reposts1 like

fluffbuttwuff

@fluffbuttwuff.bsky.social

That should be fine! The cache in the CPU is mainly what vrchat is looking for, sure the extra two cores is “nice” but compared to what you have, it’ll definitely be a big upgrade

Ombre ☁🔞

@ombre.hyper.wang

That's what I'm figuring! I've got 32GB of DDR4 already, at that point the only bottleneck now would probably be the VRAM of my GPU, since it's got 10GB.

fluffbuttwuff

@fluffbuttwuff.bsky.social

Oh yeah you’re pretty much set! And down the road you still have one more upgrade you can go for CPU wise if you REALLY need it, otherwise, the combo you’ll be running is gonna be great