Very Upgradable Base

[ScottishTapWater]

Budget (including currency): £1000

Country: Scotland

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  SPH Modelling with OpenCL and basically every game worth playing

Other details:

 

So, until about an hour ago, I had an ASUS GA503QS (The 3080 G15). It sparked out on me... Annoyingly, I checked the RMA site and the warranty ended yesterday, so let's see if the guys at ASUS are feeling reasonable.

 

I was planning on saving up about 4k to build a top spec AMD machine, but unfortunately, I'm doing a part-time PhD and I need to be able to get crunching my simulations. So, I'm hoping to be able to put together a very upgradeable base system now, to get me moving, and then upgrade to the latest and greatest a few months down the line.

 

What's the best I can manage on AM5 today with a view to upgrading to a 7900 XTS and 7950x in the not so distant future?

 

I've got all the peripherals I need, and I'd be happy having this thing running sat on a cardboard box on my desk for now, rather than spending on a case. Obviously, I'd like to have to replace as few parts as practical when it becomes upgrade time.

[Fendrick]

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/ZpJfbK

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  (£421.97 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-P WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£199.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston Fury Renegade RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  (£175.00 @ MoreCoCo)
Storage: Kingston NV2 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£51.49 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£75.97 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Corsair TX750M 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.99 @ AWD-IT)
Total: £1024.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-02-22 01:52 GMT+0000

 

 

Use iGPU until you can afford dedicated.

 

The cooler will cool this chip just fine.

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermalright-peerless-assassin-120-se/2

 

Motherboard is quite a bit better than the competiting ASUS one. More connectivity.

[ScottishTapWater]

Legends, thanks. I should probably have specified, I've got storage covered as well, yoinked the Sabrent Rocket I have out my laptop and tested it with a usb adapter to my girlfriend's laptop and it still seems to be alive. So can probably put that money elsewhere for now.

[Fendrick]

Alternative build.

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/pdYggb

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  (£421.97 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-P WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£199.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston FURY Beast 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-6000 CL40 Memory  (£76.97 @ MoreCoCo)
Case: Corsair 5000D AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case  (£169.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Corsair RM1000e 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£139.95 @ AWD-IT)
Total: £1008.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-02-22 02:04 GMT+0000

 

Better PSU 1000w over 750w.

Upgrade to Corsair 5000 D Airflow case.

Downgrade to 2x8 DDR5 6000 if RAM is not an obstacle.

 

[Fendrick]

Alternative 2.0

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/F9LPrD

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor  (£554.99 @ Box Limited)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-P WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£199.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston FURY Beast 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-6000 CL40 Memory  (£76.97 @ MoreCoCo)
Case: Antec NX410 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£65.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair RM1000e 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£139.95 @ AWD-IT)
Total: £1037.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-02-22 02:08 GMT+0000

 

 

Upgrade to 7950x CPU.

Downgrade to Antec NX410 case.

Keep 1000w PSU.

 

[ScottishTapWater]

So great news, I've managed to secure a bit of funding from my university, so between that and my own funds I can probably stretch the budget to the £2000-2250 range, which I think puts the GPU in scope.

 

What else would you guys change about the suggested builds? It's been so long since I last built (1080s were new), I'm a little out of touch about where the price-performance sweet spot is at the high end.

[AmarJC2008]

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/AmarJC2008w/saved/#view=yp8JwP
will this work?