PC of Theseus needs an upgrade.

[Traytor]

Budget (including currency): $1200

Country: Bulgaria

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Variety of games, WoW, Assassin's Creed, Tomb Raider, It takes two and many more(all games are being played on 1440p 280Hz monitor with the exception of It takes two, which is played on a 4k 60Hz). From time to time I have to export 4k video through Sony Vegas.

Other details I will be sticking with my 3070 Aorus for now, keeping the Corsair 5000D, Corsair H150i elite, the Seasonic SSR 1000FX GOLD and my 2 Samsung SSDs(980 pro 1tb and 970 Evo Plus).

 

Hello guys,

 

After 5 years its time for a platform change, as the 8700K is finally impacting me after getting a HFR display and for a year the z370 has been limiting the performance of my boot SSD.

 

PC of Theseus really describes my system, I haven't bought a full system since 2010, I always upgrade in different chunks.

 

I know that Intel's new platform is just around the corner, but it will come with a price premium as usual and I am more than happy to go with 13th gen, so far I've narrowed it down to 13700k, but in regards to a mobo and memory I am kinda lost(I prefer corsair memory, as I've used vengeance memory for 13 years and it's been good to me and so I will stick to the brand).

 

Any suggestions for a board and memory?

 

AMD suggestions are welcome, I've just been using Intel since the E9300 and I still cant figure out their stack(I was thinking of a 5800x3d but I would have to get it used, so not so keen on it)

 

Edit: budget is a nice to hit, but still can be adjusted a bit.

 

[Verrierr]

Can't you stick with your RAM as well? Both 13th gen and a 5800x3D should support it.

[Traytor]

I want to move to DDR5, otherwise mine would work and as I said, in Bulgaria 5800x3D cant be found brand new and in recent years the used market is a bit shady, sellers either try to scew you or the asking price is almost the same as brand new.

 

Something I should have mentioned, the budget is a nice to hit, but still can be adjusted a bit.

[Angusticlavii]

AMD 7800X3D would be the best choice for a pure gaming system with an upgrade path. Z790 is a dead end

[Verrierr]

I'd say the best use of your budget would be to stick with your DDR4 memory (although this depends on how many gigs you already have) and get a 13th gen chip and mobo to go with it. Being able to reuse RAM is a big financial advantage of the intel platform.

 

If you really want to switch to DDR5 for whatever reason, you should be able to fit 7800x3D in your budget which I would say is the "chip-to-get" for gaming at the moment.

 

As far as mobo goes, you kind of need to provide more info as to what are your requirements.

[Traytor]

Has the 7800x3d issue("exploding") been resolved? It's one of the reasons I went a bit away from it(and the $100 difference compared to the 13700k).

 

As for the mobo, not too much, would like decent I/O, ALC 1200, wifi and I guess that's it.

[Traytor]

I went over every single retailer's website and AMD here a lot pricier, so I am sticking to the 13700k, it is better all purpose use CPU anyways, which aint such a bad thing. But I am really not sure what to do regarding the motherboard. Staying on DDR4 is doable, but it locks me at 16gigs.

 

I found this kit Corsair Vengeance OC PMIC STD PMIC XMP 3.0 Black Heatspreader 32GB (2x16GB), DDR5, 7200MT/s, CL 34, RGB for about $150 should be fine?

And with the CPU at $415 I think I will be even underbudget... but the issue stands with the mobo.

[QuantumSingularity]

No point of 13700k, when you can have 7800X3D.

Ryzen 7800X3D

GIGABYTE B650M GAMING X AX WiFi 6E

G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DIMM 32 GB DDR5-6000 Kit F5-6000J3038F16GX2-TZ5N, EXPO

For the GPU later go on the French Amazon - prices there are unrivalled. You can always ask me in PM in Bulgarian.

Давай смело

[Traytor]

Thanks to everyone for the replies, but it seems that I am way too set in my ways

 

I was already pretty much set on the 13700k, but when my old employer gave me the employee discount for the intel and a Z790 board things got real easy.

 

All in all, I am now an owner of a 13700k, MSI MAG Tomahawk z790 wifi and Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB 7200Mt/s CL34.