10 year PC upgrade

[Hakakeen]

Budget (including currency): €2,500

Country: Europe

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: OW2, and other new releases.

 

 

Core concept:
I bought my current PC about 12 years ago, and I bought it to last 10 years, and it's done service! However parts are running down, some are out of spec, I can't go to Win11, some games are starting to struggle and not even able to really play a game like Apex as it's just too much.

 

Current system:

Intel i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz   - Dropping 

Corsair Hyrdro H60 (or 12 year old equivalent) - Will likely replace
RAM 16.0 GB DDR3  - Worth keeping for new system?

Motherboard Sabertooth Z77  - Definitely replaced

Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti  - Probably upgrade this one?

Case: Cooler Master Haf-X Tower

 

I am looking to buy another PC for 10 years, I had a tower unit this last time, I don't mind the size and noise, but there is no need at all now, so a smaller PC system would be fine.

I have been out of the loop a long time, and have no idea what to get, I don't have a preference for AMD or Intel, just want a PC that will gobble up everything now, and last another 10 years, (might upgrade sooner depending on need).

Equally can put it together myself, but happy with a prebuilt system if it cuts the mustard (not cutting cheese).

[Needfuldoer]

5 minutes ago, Hakakeen said:

RAM 16.0 GB DDR3  - Worth keeping for new system?

Unfortunately, no. Nothing uses DDR3 anymore.

[RONOTHAN##]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/376gbK

 

This is about as much as i'd recommend spending on a consumer level system. The 12700K is a pretty good value of a CPU, incredibly fast and only a couple percent behind the 12900K while being easier to cool.

[Jeppes]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700 2.1 GHz 12-Core Processor  (€345.99 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 240 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€79.85 @ Computeruniverse)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B660I AORUS Pro DDR4 Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€208.89 @ Alternate)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (€120.90 @ Alza)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (€279.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card  (€802.99 @ Mindfactory)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR200P Mini ITX Desktop Case  (€66.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Corsair SF 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  (€140.86 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 Slim PWM PST 41.1 CFM 120 mm Fan  (€7.19 @ Alza)
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 Slim PWM PST 41.1 CFM 120 mm Fan  (€7.19 @ Alza)
Total: €2058.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-04-23 19:58 CEST+0200

[SuperSaldanha]

I would keep the GPU for now, upgrade de PSU, CPU, MoBo, Memory and Storage. 

 

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https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/s82GLs
CPU: Intel Core i7-12700 2.1 GHz 12-Core Processor  (€345.99 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 240 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€79.85 @ Computeruniverse)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B660I AORUS Pro DDR4 Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€208.89 @ Alternate)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (€120.90 @ Alza)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (€279.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card  (€802.99 @ Mindfactory)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR200P Mini ITX Desktop Case  (€66.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Corsair SF 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  (€140.86 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 Slim PWM PST 41.1 CFM 120 mm Fan  (€7.19 @ Alza)
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 Slim PWM PST 41.1 CFM 120 mm Fan  (€7.19 @ Alza)
Total: €2058.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-04-23 19:58 CEST+0200

This list it's actually pretty good, I would only go for a SN750 instead of the SN850 for the extra few bucks that you can save.

 

Would keep the Case and GPU!

 

Here it is my list:  

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/f9VPXy

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700K 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MASTERLIQUID ML240L RGB V2 65.59 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B660 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory 
Storage: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN750 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB GAMING X Video Card 
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GA 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply 
Total: $1.042.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-04-23 15:10 EDT-0400

 

 

 

[Hakakeen]

Beautiful thanks a lot!

[Somerandomtechyboi]

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/Ksmhk9

Went for 5900x due to better and cheaper amd boards and also matx if you are sure you dont need the extra space

 

Btw the ballistix ram does 4000 cl16 with lazy oc (set freq + 1.5v, lower if unstable) but you can expect around 4600-5000 cl18 if you tune for max speed