Need advice/opinions before I upgrade 3700X -> 5800X3D / 2070S -> RX 7900XT

[KSL]

Hi friends.

I want to upgrade my PC without swapping out everything and I was thinking on replacing my R7 3700X for a 5800X3D and a 2070S for a RX 7900XT.

 

The reason behind those two is that this CPU is apparently one of the best options I could get for the AM4 platform and the GPU is the best one I could find that can fit in my case ( up to 300mm length).

 

I mostly play esports games like League of Legends, Valorant and battle royals but I also like to play AAA games on high settings every now and then.

 

My main display is only 1080p but it's a fast 360hz one, I want to have the most FPS possible in competitive games.

 

The parts that I have right now:

 

- Asus ROG B450-F

- Corsair Vengeance 16GB running at 3200mhz

- Wraith Prism cooler ( ready to replace it for an AIO)

- Corsair RM850x PSU

- 2 SSDs and an old HDD

 

Please tell me if the parts I want are compatible with the stuff I have.

If you want to recommend me other parts I will consider that too.

The goal is to make use of as many parts that I already have while still making a worthwhile upgrade.

 

Thanks in advance.

[TatamiMatt]

Good setup but i wouldnt go with an AIO for the 5800X3D, chip runs plenty cool enough for a half decent air cooler to manage it with ease, Phantom spirit 120, around $40 will be able to handle it running 100% with ease.

 

Also is either of your SSDs an M.2 NVMe? Will also help with game stability under high frames, loading, frame rates etc if your system has ease and fast access to the files stored. Even just a lower end NVMe can be very cheap and can be half a dozen times faster than a traditional sata ssd

 

The only thing i would say is 16GB can be on the lower end when you have everything else running a charm, but i wouldnt upgrade if you dont need to.

 

However, if you do plan to upgrade, there 2 real upgrade paths, get another 16gbs of RAM and run all 4 slots, however the RAM will run slower overall as 5800X3D only supports dual channel. Or replace your 2x8gb sticks with 2x16gb sticks in order to get 32GB and will run faster, but will be more expensive overall

[KSL]

11 minutes ago, TatamiMatt said:

Good setup but i wouldnt go with an AIO for the 5800X3D, chip runs plenty cool enough for a half decent air cooler to manage it with ease, Phantom spirit 120, around $40 will be able to handle it running 100% with ease.

 

Also is either of your SSDs an M.2 NVMe? Will also help with game stability under high frames, loading, frame rates etc if your system has ease and fast access to the files stored. Even just a lower end NVMe can be very cheap and can be half a dozen times faster than a traditional sata ssd

I have a 970 Evo Plus for games and I'm planning to get another one eventually for the second slot, the other SSD is an older SATA one. The HDD is there just because I screwed it so tight that I can't get it out anymore lol.

 

Thanks for the cooler recommendation. I mainly want an AIO for the aesthetics to be fair. I have a bunch of Corsair RGB fans and other crap in there so I will probably try to keep the theme

[jaslion]

7 minutes ago, KSL said:

I have a 970 Evo Plus for games and I'm planning to get another one eventually for the second slot, the other SSD is an older SATA one. The HDD is there just because I screwed it so tight that I can't get it out anymore lol.

 

Thanks for the cooler recommendation. I mainly want an AIO for the aesthetics to be fair. I have a bunch of Corsair RGB fans and other crap in there so I will probably try to keep the theme

Make sure your bios is up to date because your board DOES NOT support the 5800x3d out of the box

 

Else get a arctic liquid freezer ii 240/280mm aio (or bigger just make sure the rad is higher than the pump) and call it good. Mainly that onr to help actively cool the vrms since the asus board you have doesnt have the best ones and can use the help

[KSL]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Make sure your bios is up to date because your board DOES NOT support the 5800x3d out of the box

 

Else get a arctic liquid freezer ii 240/280mm aio (or bigger just make sure the rad is higher than the pump) and call it good. Mainly that onr to help actively cool the vrms since the asus board you have doesnt have the best ones and can use the help

I updated the BIOS last year. I will make sure it is at correct version before I buy the CPU.

 

Any Corsair alternatives you would suggest for the cooling? I want to keep the theme as long as it doesn't impact the performance.

 

It's okay if it costs a little more.

 

[TatamiMatt]

8 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Make sure your bios is up to date because your board DOES NOT support the 5800x3d out of the box

 

Else get a arctic liquid freezer ii 240/280mm aio (or bigger just make sure the rad is higher than the pump) and call it good. Mainly that onr to help actively cool the vrms since the asus board you have doesnt have the best ones and can use the help

How does the arctic freezer help cool VRMs?

 

Did a quick little google, didnt know that little thing up top was a fan, cool! Thanks for the wisdom 

[DoctorNick]

53 minutes ago, KSL said:

Hi friends.

I want to upgrade my PC without swapping out everything and I was thinking on replacing my R7 3700X for a 5800X3D and a 2070S for a RX 7900XT.

 

The reason behind those two is that this CPU is apparently one of the best options I could get for the AM4 platform and the GPU is the best one I could find that can fit in my case ( up to 300mm length).

 

I mostly play esports games like League of Legends, Valorant and battle royals but I also like to play AAA games on high settings every now and then.

 

My main display is only 1080p but it's a fast 360hz one, I want to have the most FPS possible in competitive games.

 

The parts that I have right now:

 

- Asus ROG B450-F

- Corsair Vengeance 16GB running at 3200mhz

- Wraith Prism cooler ( ready to replace it for an AIO)

- Corsair RM850x PSU

- 2 SSDs and an old HDD

 

Please tell me if the parts I want are compatible with the stuff I have.

If you want to recommend me other parts I will consider that too.

The goal is to make use of as many parts that I already have while still making a worthwhile upgrade.

 

Thanks in advance.

That's wrong. You want the biggest air coolers on the market to cool the 5800X3D. Because of 3D cache gets hot, just like the 7800X3D.

[venomtail]

You'll need a better cooler. AIO or a beefy tower.

 

Also with the ginormous budget that ASUS has, they've still yet to inform us that their motherboard need to be updated sequentially with specific versions after each other. Was a stressful few hours of searching why.

 

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 hour ago, KSL said:

The HDD is there just because I screwed it so tight that I can't get it out anymore lol.

Sounds like you need an LTT screwdriver.

[jaslion]

1 hour ago, KSL said:

I updated the BIOS last year. I will make sure it is at correct version before I buy the CPU.

 

Any Corsair alternatives you would suggest for the cooling? I want to keep the theme as long as it doesn't impact the performance.

 

It's okay if it costs a little more.

 

You can just add corsair fans. Cheaper than getting a corsair aio even all their fans are worse than the stock ones on the arctic