Help me upgrade plz

[taliarose17]

hiyaaa, I'm currently planning an upgrade for my pc and wanted to get some opinions on parts to get.

I have a 3070 which I plan on keeping for now so graphics card not needed.

I also will keep my storage as its still pretty good.

so just CPU, MOBO and RAM (maybe a new PSU If Needed)

Budget (including currency): 

preferably under £800 GBP (+100 if PSU Needed)

Country: 

England

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Fortnite, Modded Minecraft, RDR2, Sims 4 (modded) Photoshop, premier pro, 3ds max, blender

Other details

Current specs are:

i7 10700KF 3.8Ghz

16Gb 3200 DDR4

Corsair CV650W PSU

RTX 3070

 

No Mouse and keyboard needed

 looking to buy in 3-4 months time

I want to play high- max settings on most games at 120fps

 

I'm planning on using the fractal design north XL but that could change, going for a white and grey theme.

 the main thing I need for the MOBO is at least 8 USB ports(the more 3.2 the better) I dont care much about WI-FI as ill be using ethernet and i dont need 2 ethernet ports for a NAS or anything

 

 

[BentleyOwen123]

So you only need a new mobo cpu ram and psu

[BentleyOwen123]

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/8MpJWt

CPU: Intel Core i5-14600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  (£295.88 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£35.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£199.77 @ Newegg UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£116.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£118.10 @ NeoComputers) 
Total: £765.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-10 18:42 BST+0100

 

 

 

sell all of your previous parts and try this

[Agall]

11 minutes ago, taliarose17 said:

hiyaaa, I'm currently planning an upgrade for my pc and wanted to get some opinions on parts to get.

I have a 3070 which I plan on keeping for now so graphics card not needed.

I also will keep my storage as its still pretty good.

so just CPU, MOBO and RAM (maybe a new PSU If Needed)

Budget (including currency): 

preferably under £800 GBP (+100 if PSU Needed)

Country: 

England

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Fortnite, Modded Minecraft, RDR2, Sims 4 (modded) Photoshop, premier pro, 3ds max, blender

Other details

Current specs are:

i7 10700KF 3.8Ghz

16Gb 3200 DDR4

Corsair CV650W PSU

RTX 3070

 

No Mouse and keyboard needed

 looking to buy in 3-4 months time

I want to play high- max settings on most games at 120fps

 

I'm planning on using the fractal design north XL but that could change, going for a white and grey theme.

 the main thing I need for the MOBO is at least 8 USB ports(the more 3.2 the better) I dont care much about WI-FI as ill be using ethernet and i dont need 2 ethernet ports for a NAS or anything

 

 

As long as you get a newer gen Intel 14th or Ryzen 7000 series compatible ATX motherboard, you'll get in excess of 8 USB ports natively. That's excluding the headers and potential expansion cards too.

 

I'd look at the 14700k and a Z790 DDR5 motherboard. DDR5 prices are basically on par with DDR4 now, so getting a 2x16GB quality kit is really easy now.

 

Otherwise, 13700k are dropping in price. Comparably, the 14700k is just one E-core cluster away from fully unlocked where the 13700k is two off. In that case, you'd probably want to upgrade to an 850W PSU since Intel CPUs are a hungry hungry hippo.

 

The latter option is the 7800x3D and a B650 motherboard. You won't see as much multicore performance in your professional applications and games like Minecraft don't seem to care for 3D v-cache in my experience. Overall it might be worth it if you don't need the extra multicore performance that Intel provides at double the power draw.

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i7-13700F 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor  (£350.99 @ Ebuyer) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£35.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: *MSI B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£149.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£219.99 @ Corsair UK) 
Total: £755.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-10 20:11 BST+0100

[podkall]

1 hour ago, Agall said:

As long as you get a newer gen Intel 14th or Ryzen 7000 series compatible ATX motherboard, you'll get in excess of 8 USB ports natively. That's excluding the headers and potential expansion cards too.

some MB brands include simple photos of the backside of the MB (also different cases have different amount of USB ports from the front aswell)

 

1 hour ago, Agall said:

The latter option is the 7800x3D and a B650 motherboard. You won't see as much multicore performance in your professional applications and games like Minecraft don't seem to care for 3D v-cache in my experience. Overall it might be worth it if you don't need the extra multicore performance that Intel provides at double the power draw.

7800x3D is good for gaming in the most part,

 

I'd say it depends how serious the creative programs go, how serious/intense is Blender, Photoshop, etc.

 

Intel can decrease downtime of Blender render since it has many cores, but if the scenes aren't that "expensive" you could wait slightly longer and enjoy stronger gaming performance + Nvidia GPU for Blender is already there, then Photoshop you'd ask the same question but this time without the extrea boost from Nvidia,

 

7 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i7-13700F 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor  (£350.99 @ Ebuyer) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£35.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: *MSI B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£149.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£219.99 @ Corsair UK) 
Total: £755.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-10 20:11 BST+0100

here's AM5 build:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£346.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£35.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£149.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£106.02 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £636.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-10 20:18 BST+0100

[191x7]

1080p, 1440p, or?

[taliarose17]

4 hours ago, 191x7 said:

1080p, 1440p, or?

4 hours ago, 191x7 said:

1080p, 1440p, or?

1440p