Change in Career // Update Build or Start Fresh?

[DrEasyChair]

Budget: 

$3000 USD

 

Country: 

United States

 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Deep Rock Galactic, Hades, Astroneer, Satisfactory, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Battlefield 2042, Back 4 Blood

 

Other details:

Current Build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xqbj68

Proposed Build v1: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xswPwz

 

First, a bit of backstory: I built my current machine three years ago as a video editing rig. My main concern at that time was storage, thus the two 5TB HDDs. However, I’ve made a career change and find myself using this machine for gaming 85% of the time (the other 15% being work-from-home browser and Office apps). 

 

My main concern is whether I should upgrade my current build or start from scratch.

 

At an absolute minimum, I will upgrade to an ultrawide monitor with 4K or near-4K resolution and 60FPS. My uneducated understanding is that in doing so, I’ll also need to upgrade my graphics card. There’s also a possibility I plug in another 24” monitor in addition to the ultrawide.

 

While I would never consider myself a try-hard gamer, I do try to enjoy the experience. Again, I’m currently gaming on a 24 inch and suffer from frequent tearing while playing Deep Rock Galactic on high settings, so the bar is low. Although I’m typically able to play games on High to Ultra since I previously turned a blind eye to tearing and FPS. But now I want to change that.

 

Bonus points: I need Bluetooth for connecting wireless Xbox controllers. I don't care for RGB. If it's there, fine, but I will prefer to not have it. If I can, white components are preferred over black, but that's by no means a top priority. I'll keep with Windows 10 and my current mouse/keyboard.

 

Finally, whether I choose to upgrade a few components or whether I build new, what do I do with the old parts? I'd be nice to get some money for them, but I haven't the slightest idea of where to do that reliably.

 

Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me!

[Unhelpful]

13 minutes ago, DrEasyChair said:

Deep Rock Galactic

ROCK AND STONE!

[ChaoticChaosx]

Change to AMD 5900x or close to it. For gaming and/or video editing cause you can do both very well intel is not king of either anymore or right now anyway or wait for new intel if you sticking with them.

 

The second build is an upgrade by a bit. I'd move over the CPU cooler and storage drives and sell the rest of the old build and go with the new build.

 

You can sell on ebay or hardwareswap sub reddit. Fees either way so up to you.

[CWALD]

Had to look up Deep Rock Galactic  

 

I would focus on the GPU and power supply upgrades first and see if you are happy with that, there is a good chance that will get you what you want.

 

By the time you get a gpu for a decent price you might decide it would go better with a newer CPU that supports DDR5 memory  

[GeorgeMKane]

Went for new headphones and a 3070Ti instead, because even with scalper prices, it would be much cheaper.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZbQVxc

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($389.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.69 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: MSI MPG B550 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($164.99 @ Walmart)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($169.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($287.02 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 5 TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB XC3 ULTRA GAMING Video Card  ($1299.95 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($92.94 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ Best Buy)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  (Purchased For $0.00)
Case Fan: Corsair AF120 (2018) 52 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack  ($33.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: LG 27MP33HQ 27.0" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor  (Purchased For $0.00)
Monitor: MSI Optix MAG27CQ 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($319.99 @ Adorama)
Headphones: Corsair VOID RGB ELITE 7.1 Channel  Headset  ($78.59 @ Amazon)
$2987.44

 

You can also bring the price down a little, if you need to.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fjkTGq

[Unhelpful]

On 8/20/2021 at 4:28 PM, CWALD said:

Had to look up Deep Rock Galactic  

 

I would focus on the GPU and power supply upgrades first and see if you are happy with that, there is a good chance that will get you what you want.

 

By the time you get a gpu for a decent price you might decide it would go better with a newer CPU that supports DDR5 memory  

Deep Rock is sooooo good

[Somerandomtechyboi]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LBXy68

Idk

 

Basically kept everything but swapped the cpu for a 5900x, mobo for a b550 gaming edge wifi, added a pilot e 2tb

 

Gpu and monitors are up to you

 

And i didnt upgrade the ram since you can just overclock your current ram to around 3200mhz