I need help upgrading my cpu

[MrAlbertrocks]

I'm not as tech savvy as most people in here so i thought i could get a more realistic answer here. I have a i7 8700k + rtx 3070, my cpu is almost 7 years old, i'm well aware that it's still a very capable gaming cpu but i was thinking about upgrading my rig and get into DDR5. I use my pc mainly for gaming at 1440p. What are my best options? budget for cpu is around 350$. I mainly want to avoid CPU-GPU bottlenecks in the future and have a cpu that is going to last me another 7 years. 

 

 

[Dedayog]

1 minute ago, MrAlbertrocks said:

I'm not as tech savvy as most people in here so i thought i could get a more realistic answer here. I have a i7 8700k + rtx 3070, my cpu is almost 7 years old, i'm well aware that it's still a very capable gaming cpu but i was thinking about upgrading my rig and get into DDR5. I use my pc mainly for gaming at 1440p. What are my best options? budget for cpu is around 350$. I mainly want to avoid CPU-GPU bottlenecks in the future and have a cpu that is going to last me another 7 years. 

 

 

While a CPU budget is nice, you need a motherboard and RAM too.   PSU should be fine for wattage, depending.

 

What is your total budget for this?    A ballpark idea... if you have $600-$650.

 

Ryzen 7800X3D

Gigabyte B650 AORUS Elite AX

G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36

[MrAlbertrocks]

7 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

While a CPU budget is nice, you need a motherboard and RAM too.   PSU should be fine for wattage, depending.

 

What is your total budget for this?    A ballpark idea... if you have $600-$650.

 

Ryzen 7800X3D

Gigabyte B650 AORUS Elite AX

G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36

Im not worried about mobo and ram budget right now, my idea is to buy the cpu now since there are a lot of discounts going on rn and get the mobo by end of november. 

 

As for the CPU, i've seen the 7800X3D (its on sale on amazon rn i think) in pretty much every website whenever i search for the best gaming cpu, but i also read is a little bit slower in non-gaming related things, is that really noticeable?.

 

Also, how does it compare with the i7-13700k/kf or the i5 13600k?

 

[Dedayog]

23 minutes ago, MrAlbertrocks said:

Im not worried about mobo and ram budget right now, my idea is to buy the cpu now since there are a lot of discounts going on rn and get the mobo by end of november. 

 

As for the CPU, i've seen the 7800X3D (its on sale on amazon rn i think) in pretty much every website whenever i search for the best gaming cpu, but i also read is a little bit slower in non-gaming related things, is that really noticeable?.

 

Also, how does it compare with the i7-13700k/kf or the i5 13600k?

 

It's an 8core/16thread CPU for everything else, a little slower than a 7700X in clock speeds.  So unless you're needing a CPU for work production, it's more than capable for editing, streaming, etc.

[MrAlbertrocks]

20 hours ago, Dedayog said:

It's an 8core/16thread CPU for everything else, a little slower than a 7700X in clock speeds.  So unless you're needing a CPU for work production, it's more than capable for editing, streaming, etc.

I think i'll go with the 7800x3d. Which MBs would you recommend max 250$, the gigabyte b650 looks nice but i like to see all my options before deciding, also i heard asus mbs are a big nono right now is that true? I wanted to get a white MB but it looks like ASUS is the only one making them, at least for my budget.

[Dedayog]

50 minutes ago, MrAlbertrocks said:

I think i'll go with the 7800x3d. Which MBs would you recommend max 250$, the gigabyte b650 looks nice but i like to see all my options before deciding, also i heard asus mbs are a big nono right now is that true? I wanted to get a white MB but it looks like ASUS is the only one making them, at least for my budget.

ASUS fixed their issues with the 7800X3D, so you can include them.

 

I personally stick with Gigabyte, so I would look at the B650 AORUS Elite AX and Pro AX.  I have the Pro AX and love it for the VRM, build quality, etc.  I don't need Gen 5 anything at this point, nor will I in the future as SATA SSD's are as fast as Gen 4, so the future isn't some massive improvement with Gen 5.

 

MSI makes good boards as well from what I hear.   But no experience.