PC Upgrade | Need Opinions

[Lovelesh]

Budget (including currency): ₹1.2L (INR)

Country: India

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Coding, Photoshop, Premier Pro, DaVinci Resolve and AAA Games.

Other details:

 

Currently, I have a Ryzen 5 3600 paired with G.Skill 2x8GB 3600 CL19 RAM kit on ASUS TUF X570 Gaming Plus Motherboard paired with a potato Sapphire RX 460 2GB Graphics Card. FYI: My PSU is Strix 850 watt 80 Plus Gold.

 

Now I am getting into professional work heavily like Coding and using Photoshop, Premier Pro (Switching to DaVinci Resolve slowly). I sometimes do gaming and have a 1440p 165Hz monitor; hence would like a GPU that can drive ~165 FPS.

 

I am thinking that I can go on either one of the following 3 routes -

 

A) Should I just invest into a RTX 4080? This is what I planned initially. That would cost me around ₹1,13,000 | I do not know how much can an old RX 460 get me in second hand market, but for me it is causing lots of crashes everyday | Also if this route is what you suggest then would RTX 4080 bottleneck be bottlenecked by my Ryzen 3600 at 1440p?

 

B) Should I rather invest into a R7 5800X3D ₹33,000 + Corsair 2x16GB 3600 CL18 RAM kit ₹10,900 + TUF RTX 3070 Ti ₹51,000 | Apart from these 3 upgrades I will sell my current CPU, RAM kit and GPU (if Rx 460 is sellable lol) to get some money back | Also Any bottlenecks here? and is it good for at-least 120+ or close to 165 fps gaming at 1440p? Main priority is work though.

 

C) Just get that RTX 3070 Ti for now, save money today and later in the future get full platform upgrade. Don't invest more in a dead platform.

 

Please suggest which option should I pick? A or B or C

 

I will repeat Main priority is work though. I don't think I can increase budget for a full platform upgrade right now. but since 5800X3D is still new, it should last me 4-5 years. But you guys tell, I am confused already. What's gonna be a better decision? A or B or C

 

Edited January 17, 2023 by Lovelesh
Added PSU info.

[191x7]

You already have a quite good platform to upgrade on, and going with Zen 3 is still fine.

Decide if you want a 5700X, a 5800X3D or a 5900X. The X3D is great for gaming, but for productivity it's equal to the 5700X and much weeaker than the 5900X.

 

As for the GPU, a Radeon 6700XT/6750XT is the lowest I'd recommend. Maybe the 6800 if the price is not a lot higher than a 6750XT.

If you need CUDA, then nVidia is your only option. A 3070Ti or a 3080. Eventually a 3060Ti. 3070 is pointless.

[HumdrumPenguin]

1 hour ago, Lovelesh said:

Budget (including currency): ₹1.2L (INR)

Country: India

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Coding, Photoshop, Premier Pro, DaVinci Resolve and AAA Games.

Other details:

 

Currently, I have a Ryzen 5 3600 paired with G.Skill 2x8GB 3600 CL19 RAM kit on ASUS TUF X570 Gaming Plus Motherboard paired with a potato Sapphire RX 460 2GB Graphics Card. FYI: My PSU is Strix 850 watt 80 Plus Gold.

 

Now I am getting into professional work heavily like Coding and using Photoshop, Premier Pro (Switching to DaVinci Resolve slowly). I sometimes do gaming and have a 1440p 165Hz monitor; hence would like a GPU that can drive ~165 FPS.

 

I am thinking that I can go on either one of the following 3 routes -

 

A) Should I just invest into a RTX 4080? This is what I planned initially. That would cost me around ₹1,13,000 | I do not know how much can an old RX 460 get me in second hand market, but for me it is causing lots of crashes everyday | Also if this route is what you suggest then would RTX 4080 bottleneck be bottlenecked by my Ryzen 3600 at 1440p?

 

B) Should I rather invest into a R7 5800X3D ₹33,000 + Corsair 2x16GB 3600 CL18 RAM kit ₹10,900 + TUF RTX 3070 Ti ₹51,000 | Apart from these 3 upgrades I will sell my current CPU, RAM kit and GPU (if Rx 460 is sellable lol) to get some money back | Also Any bottlenecks here? and is it good for at-least 120+ or close to 165 fps gaming at 1440p? Main priority is work though.

 

C) Just get that RTX 3070 Ti for now, save money today and later in the future get full platform upgrade. Don't invest more in a dead platform.

 

Please suggest which option should I pick? A or B or C

 

I will repeat Main priority is work though. I don't think I can increase budget for a full platform upgrade right now. but since 5800X3D is still new, it should last me 4-5 years. But you guys tell, I am confused already. What's gonna be a better decision? A or B or C

 

DaVinci Resolve is GPU intensive, Photoshop is CPU intensive, and Premier Pro needs both CPU and GPU to be reasonably good. Coding doesn't require a lot of computing power, so I'll ignore that. You also need to understand that a bottleneck will always exist in your computer. Depending on the game, even a 13900K can't keep up with an RTX 4090 at 4k. Considering your needs are all over the place, I'd stay in the same AM4 platform to save money, add another 16gb of RAM, get a 5900x (5950x if it's not much more expensive), and use the rest of the money to get the best GPU you can afford. I ignored the 5800X3D as an option because your focus is not on gaming, but work.

[Lovelesh]

1 hour ago, 191x7 said:

You already have a quite good platform to upgrade on, and going with Zen 3 is still fine.

Decide if you want a 5700X, a 5800X3D or a 5900X. The X3D is great for gaming, but for productivity it's equal to the 5700X and much weeaker than the 5900X.

 

As for the GPU, a Radeon 6700XT/6750XT is the lowest I'd recommend. Maybe the 6800 if the price is not a lot higher than a 6750XT.

If you need CUDA, then nVidia is your only option. A 3070Ti or a 3080. Eventually a 3060Ti. 3070 is pointless.

Thanks for responding.

 

I am clear about the GPU now, RTX 3070 Ti it is then. I don't want to go for another Radeon.

 

Do you think I can continue with R5 3600? What if I just get another 2x 8 GB RAM then will I still need a 5900X? I am not able to quantify video editing performance with CPU upgrade. Need help in that now.

[Lovelesh]

8 minutes ago, HumdrumPenguin said:

DaVinci Resolve is GPU intensive, Photoshop is CPU intensive, and Premier Pro needs both CPU and GPU to be reasonably good. Coding doesn't require a lot of computing power, so I'll ignore that. You also need to understand that a bottleneck will always exist in your computer. Depending on the game, even a 13900K can't keep up with an RTX 4090 at 4k. Considering your needs are all over the place, I'd stay in the same AM4 platform to save money, add another 16gb of RAM, get a 5900x (5950x if it's not much more expensive), and use the rest of the money to get the best GPU you can afford. I ignored the 5800X3D as an option because your focus is not on gaming, but work.

So I'm all set then just another pair of RAM and a GPU? because I am switching to Resolve slowly. Premier Pro is crashing too much for me.

 

Do you think I can continue with R5 3600? What if I just get another 2x 8 GB RAM then will I still need a 5900X? I am not able to quantify video editing performance with CPU upgrade. Need help in that now.

Edited January 17, 2023 by Lovelesh
Seek help in quantifying CPU Performance

[HumdrumPenguin]

1 minute ago, Lovelesh said:

So I'm all set then just another pair of RAM and a GPU? because I am switching to Resolve slowly. Premier Pro is crashing too much for me.

As mentioned, I'd add RAM, upgrade the CPU to 5900x or 5950x if not much more expensive, and use the rest of the money for the best GPU you can get, whatever it may be.

[191x7]

44 minutes ago, Lovelesh said:

Thanks for responding.

 

I am clear about the GPU now, RTX 3070 Ti it is then. I don't want to go for another Radeon.

 

Do you think I can continue with R5 3600? What if I just get another 2x 8 GB RAM then will I still need a 5900X? I am not able to quantify video editing performance with CPU upgrade. Need help in that now.

The CPU should be upgraded because of the gaming bottleneck, a 3600 is a bottleneck for anything stronger on 1440p. I know, I have it.

But also, having more cores, stronger cores, helps a lot with productivity. So at least a 5700X not to beottleneck the 3070Ti.

[Lovelesh]

22 hours ago, 191x7 said:

The CPU should be upgraded because of the gaming bottleneck, a 3600 is a bottleneck for anything stronger on 1440p. I know, I have it.

But also, having more cores, stronger cores, helps a lot with productivity. So at least a 5700X not to beottleneck the 3070Ti.

Thank you so much brother. Appreciate it.