PC upgrade

[Buttery Moon]

Budget (including currency): $1300 CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: mostly gaming. Star Citizen, and AAA games

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

Currently I have a i5 9600k and a 2080 super, in a Phanteks Eclipse P300 case and a 550w power supply which I built in early 2019 (friend upgraded gpu so I got his 2080 for pennies)

I have two monitors, one 4k, and one ultra wide 1080p, both are 60hz, looking to upgrade to 144hz on the ultra wide in the near future.

 

I was thinking of upgrading the cpu, to either a i5 13600, or AMD 7800x3d, new mobo, and get 32gb of ram, and a new cpu cooler. Then in 2 years upgrade the gpu and psu.

I will continue to use my existing storage.

Would I be able to use my psu with the new cpu?

Not sure if I should rather wait and upgrade everything at the same time, I just . Star Citizen is a pretty cpu heavy game, so I've been maxing out the ram and cpu, but will I just be bottlenecked by the gpu in other games until I upgrade that?

[tkitch]

yes the existing PSU will work on the new parts fine, although a 2080 on a 550 is probably pushing it a bit.

 

What model PSU, you'd want it to be at least 'decent'.

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i5-13600KF 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  ($379.00 @ Canada Computers) 
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler  ($79.75 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: *MSI B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($229.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($149.97 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: *Corsair RM750e (2023) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($124.99 @ Memory Express) 
Total: $963.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-29 23:05 EDT-0400

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B760-GAMING-PLUS-WIFI  

 

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/230494/intel-core-i513600kf-processor-24m-cache-up-to-5-10-ghz/specifications.html  

 

https://www.deepcool.com/products/Cooling/cpuaircoolers/AK620-High-Performance-CPU-Cooler-1700-AM5/2021/13067.shtml 

[SorryBella]

1 hour ago, Why_Me said:

Total: $963.70

2080 Super still hold value on used market too, so we can definitely squeeze in a GPU on this one to add. 400+300-350 = 700-750. RX 6800 XT and RTX 4070 exists at that price range.

 

But if OP is mostly on Star Citizen id go spend to the red on getting the best CPU. Star Citizen is super unoptimized in CPU usage department.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($599.00 @ Canada Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($44.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-P WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($269.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL30 Memory  ($163.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: Deepcool PM850D 850 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $1187.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-30 01:05 EDT-0400

[PcBeExpensive]

4 hours ago, tkitch said:

yes the existing PSU will work on the new parts fine, although a 2080 on a 550 is probably pushing it a bit.

 

What model PSU, you'd want it to be at least 'decent'.

2080 on a 550 is by no means pushing it, you can run a 4090 on a 650 no issues and a undervolted 4090 on a 550. The 4090 usually takes 450w of power but sometimes spikes higher, a 2080 draws 250-300w max

[filpo]

17 minutes ago, PcBeExpensive said:

ou can run a 4090 on a 650 no issues and a undervolted 4090 on a 550.

depends what cpu tho

 

17 minutes ago, PcBeExpensive said:

2080 on a 550 is by no means pushing it

but ye an average 2080 and 5600 will be fine on a 550w

 

4 hours ago, Buttery Moon said:

Budget (including currency): $1300 CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: mostly gaming. Star Citizen, and AAA games

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

Currently I have a i5 9600k and a 2080 super, in a Phanteks Eclipse P300 case and a 550w power supply which I built in early 2019 (friend upgraded gpu so I got his 2080 for pennies)

I have two monitors, one 4k, and one ultra wide 1080p, both are 60hz, looking to upgrade to 144hz on the ultra wide in the near future.

 

I was thinking of upgrading the cpu, to either a i5 13600, or AMD 7800x3d, new mobo, and get 32gb of ram, and a new cpu cooler. Then in 2 years upgrade the gpu and psu.

I will continue to use my existing storage.

Would I be able to use my psu with the new cpu?

Not sure if I should rather wait and upgrade everything at the same time, I just . Star Citizen is a pretty cpu heavy game, so I've been maxing out the ram and cpu, but will I just be bottlenecked by the gpu in other games until I upgrade that?

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/qJ3MBj

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($599.00 @ Canada Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($72.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock B650M PG RIPTIDE WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($184.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory  ($154.99 @ Memory Express) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 TT Premium 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($164.50 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $1176.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-30 03:14 EDT-0400

I would get the 7800X3D as the 13600k is not as power efficient as the 7800X3D

 

[PcBeExpensive]

3 hours ago, filpo said:

depends what cpu tho

but ye an average 2080 and 5600 will be fine on a 550w

I mean, if you can run a 4090 and a 5600 on a 650 a 2080 and 5700x should also be fine, tbh most cpus dont really take much power.