Consider upgrading your existing PC or purchasing a completely new one?
Consider upgrading your existing PC or purchasing a completely new one?
I would upgrade to a completely new PC. I recommend moving to a gaming system with a 2k or 4k graphics card, using components tailored for a 9070 XT (ignoring ray tracing, DLSS, Framegen, etc.) or an RTX 5070 (paying close attention to those features).
Helldivers 2 is quite a heavy cpu game and with the combination of a 3000 Ryzen and slower memory then this is not helping performance. I have ran this game on a 2070 super with a 5700x3d / 3600 c16 memory and it runs well. Yes the 2070 super is an older card but there is still life in it across a number of modern games although settings will need to be managed obviously.
Regarding what to do next then if you didn't have to upgrade your memory as well as your processor I would suggest staying with AM4 for a while longer as the most cost effective solution. As you will likley need to change the cpu, memory and possible cpu cooler then you are already changing most of the core components other than motherboard, and so I would really be looking at a complete upgrade. Something along the lines of a 9600x / B650 or B850 / 32gb DDR5 6000 C30 Memory as already suggested by others, offers great bang for the buck, significant improvement over your current system and a number of in socket upgrades in the future.
For the GPU then I would be looking at either a 9060xt 16gb or or 9070 / 9070xt depending on remaining budget. Again these seem to offer the best bang for the buck at present. 16gb of vram as a minimum to ensure getting the maximum life out of the card. Nvidia will be releasing super variants of their current cards with increased vram it seems although I expect the pricing to inflated as a consequence.
Obviously all of these cards would potentially be overkill for a basic 1080p monitor but will give you options down the line should you move to 1440p +