First PC Upgrade Since 2017

[64dtz]

Making my return to these forums after 9 years (lol) in hopes of getting some help pulling together my next build...

 

So for context, below are my current specs:

CPU - Ryzen 7 1700x

Cooler - Arctic Liquid Freezer 240

GPU - GTX 1070 8GB

MOBO - ASUS STRIX B350-F

RAM - 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR4 3200MHz

STORAGE - 1TB m.2, 2tb HHD, few other random SSDs for games

 

Budget (including currency): £~800 GBP - flexible & I don't mind buying used!

 

Country: United Kingdom

 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming - at the moment mostly The Finals and CS2

 

Other details:

 

- No periphrials needed, just CPU (and motherboard if needed, i've heard mixed opinions about sticking with AM4) and GPU

- Aiming to play @ 1080p 144hz

 

Help me out!

[NikolakiH]

I had a good experience on my gigabyte ab350m motherboard upgrading to a Ryzen 5 5600. I'd recommend sticking with your motherboard, updating the bios to support Ryzen 5000, and going with a 5600, 5700x, or 5800x3d.

[64dtz]

Just now, NikolakiH said:

I had a good experience on my gigabyte ab350m motherboard upgrading to a Ryzen 5 5600. I'd recommend sticking with your motherboard, updating the bios to support Ryzen 5000, and going with a 5600, 5700x, or 5800x3d.

 

Funnily enough I was just about to update the post with the fact that i'm leaning towards the 5800X3D, I just updated my BIOS yesterday is that all it calls for?

 

In terms of GPU I was leaning towards a 3070, what are you running?

 

 

[Why_Me]

21 minutes ago, 64dtz said:

Making my return to these forums after 9 years (lol) in hopes of getting some help pulling together my next build...

 

So for context, below are my current specs:

CPU - Ryzen 7 1700x

Cooler - Arctic Liquid Freezer 240

GPU - GTX 1070 8GB

MOBO - ASUS STRIX B350-F

RAM - 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR4 3200MHz

STORAGE - 1TB m.2, 2tb HHD, few other random SSDs for games

 

Budget (including currency): £~800 GBP - flexible & I don't mind buying used!

 

Country: United Kingdom

 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming - at the moment mostly The Finals and CS2

 

Other details:

 

- No periphrials needed, just CPU (and motherboard if needed, i've heard mixed opinions about sticking with AM4) and GPU

- Aiming to play @ 1080p 144hz

 

Help me out!

Add another set of RAM for a total of 32GB.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£159.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: *Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (£479.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£97.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £737.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-14 19:08 GMT+0000

[Aaron_T]

Looking at the asus website, it doesn't look like your MB will support 5000 series CPUs. So might want to grab a kit like this:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£268.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS WIFI II Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£115.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 12 GB Video Card  (£278.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £663.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-14 19:09 GMT+0000

All your other parts look fine to go with the above core upgrade. And if you are only targeting 1080p, I'm not sure it makes sense to spend more on a beefier GPU.

[64dtz]

1 minute ago, Why_Me said:

Add another set of RAM for a total of 32GB.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£159.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: *Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (£479.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£97.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £737.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-14 19:08 GMT+0000

Cheers for the reply!

 

I was leaning towards a 3070, would my current 650w CoolerMaster PSU be okay?

[MadAnt250]

27 minutes ago, 64dtz said:

Help me out!

R7 5700X is pretty good bang for buck and a PBO overclock can help get a bit more performance. Then you have the rest of the budget to spend on some more RAM and a pretty good new GPU.

[Failure 101]

39 minutes ago, 64dtz said:

Making my return to these forums after 9 years (lol) in hopes of getting some help pulling together my next build...

 

So for context, below are my current specs:

CPU - Ryzen 7 1700x

Cooler - Arctic Liquid Freezer 240

GPU - GTX 1070 8GB

MOBO - ASUS STRIX B350-F

RAM - 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR4 3200MHz

STORAGE - 1TB m.2, 2tb HHD, few other random SSDs for games

 

Budget (including currency): £~800 GBP - flexible & I don't mind buying used!

 

Country: United Kingdom

 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming - at the moment mostly The Finals and CS2

 

Other details:

 

- No periphrials needed, just CPU (and motherboard if needed, i've heard mixed opinions about sticking with AM4) and GPU

- Aiming to play @ 1080p 144hz

 

Help me out!

ill do this:
 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£268.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£63.94 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (£479.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £812.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-14 19:26 GMT+0000

[Failure 101]

17 minutes ago, Aaron_T said:

Looking at the asus website, it doesn't look like your MB will support 5000 series CPUs. So might want to grab a kit like this:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£268.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS WIFI II Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£115.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 12 GB Video Card  (£278.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £663.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-14 19:09 GMT+0000

All your other parts look fine to go with the above core upgrade. And if you are only targeting 1080p, I'm not sure it makes sense to spend more on a beefier GPU.

[Aaron_T]

1 minute ago, Failure 101 said:

I stand corrected. Makes things even cheaper.