Final Build Plan - Any Feedback?

[Stark_Source21]

Please see details, old rig, new rig, the two stage purchase idea, and questions below. Any and all help greatly appreciated!!!

Budget (including currency): Preliminary £700, then a further £300-500 in a few months. 

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Will need to do some basic video editing. 4k camera recording and streaming via Zoom. Office tasks, browser-based. Maybe occasional gaming in the future.  

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

 

Upgrading from: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/V2Nxgs

 

CPU: AMD FX-8350, Noctua NH-D14, 
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 ATX AM3+,
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR3-1600 CL9 Memory, 
Bootdrive: Kingston SSDNow V300 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive, 
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive, MSI TWIN FROZR GeForce GTX 780 3 GB 
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 ATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 OEM 64-bit 
Monitor: Asus TUF Gaming VG289Q, 28-inch 4K UHD IPS; Dell P2414H 23.8" 1920 x 1080 60 Hz Monitor,

Upgrading to: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/LFbNyW

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£184.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler  (£109.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£179.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Bootdrive Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 250 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£44.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Fast Capacity Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£104.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: ASRock Challenger OC Arc B580 12 GB Video Card  (£269.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Case: Fractal Design Define C ATX Mid Tower Case  (£78.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM750e (2023) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.99 @ AWD-IT) 

Total: £1162.87 
 

2 Phase Purchase (£700+500)

 

Phase One: I plan to leave out the Noctua fan, and the GPU, for now, and push that £350 to the next phase, to be purchased in the next few months, if I even feel like I need them.  
Phase Two: Buy the fan and GPU if I need them, for between £300-£500,, in 3 or so months time. 

 

Questions:

 

1. Would you scavenge anything from my old rig and use it in the new one, to save money, or would you keep those parts separate and maybe use for a server etc. 
2. Are there any glaring issues with the new rig that I am missing?
3. Is the storage OK. I wasn't sure if I should split boot and fast capacity. I have intention to add large capacity drive/drives, further down the line, but currently don't need more. 
4. Would this rig in Phase One state, without dedicated GPU, be good enough for video recording and streaming via Zoom (in 4k)?
5. Would it be any use using the old GPU from rig one in new rig while waiting to buy a new GPU? Or, is it so old it wouldn't make a difference?
6. Is the power supply enough for new GPU in future? 

Thank you in advance for any feedback. Looking forward to going ahead an buying in the next week or so!!
 

[ariamehr14038]

Hey,

RM750x, can you swap?

And is that SSD better than 990 Pro?

[jaslion]

1. You can just use the nhd14 noctua sells a cheap adapter bracket for it. Else dont buyt a super expensive nhd15 a thermalright peerless assasin 120 is a couple degrees behind but 30odd pounds. Noctua is REALLY expensive these days and you can match/beat them for far less now. Potentially case too.

 

ALSO side note sell the amd fx stuff as a bundle baord, cpu, ram as for SOME reason this garbage is worth a decent chunk of change. I do not know why but I sold my forgotten fx 8320 + asrock 970 pro 3 board for 150 euros 6 months ago and this is common now for SOME reason.

 

2. Not really but some price adjustments can for sure be made. However I have a point on this later

 

3. No keep one drive and save money. No point in splitting really.

 

4. Probably fine with the igpu but well you can just use your old gpu too. Nothings stopping you.

 

5. It's still a lot faster than the very basic igpu in the 7600

 

6. The one you listed yes.

 

 

Now to the point I wanted to make. DONT buy the pc now. Buy it in one go instead of a split. New cpu's and gpu's are coming out RIGHT NOW so the chances of prices lowering are VERY REAL. I'd just keep the system you have and upgrade in one go instead of splitting over time as gernally you end up spending more money for worse stuff waiting about a lot. 2 phases isn't as bad but still since you have a working pc now I'd just hang on for a bit anyway.

 

It also feels like there is very little actual use for the gpu? So maybe you'd be better of just geting a better cpu and a older cheaper but still better used gpu. There's some great deals for some cards going around.

 

 

 

[podkall]

You can get a touch cheaper case if you don't mind that it's bigger.

 

And get few cheaper/different components.

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/k7vKcx

 

While I understand going for the 250GB SSD, they're priced very inefficiently, to put it on the picture, you can pay 2x the money, and get 1TB, that's 4x more GB for 2x the price. - actually it's even more, it's 2TB even, that's about 4x more GB for 2.5x the price.

Edited January 23, 2025 by podkall
math

[podkall]

1 hour ago, Stark_Source21 said:

Is the storage OK. I wasn't sure if I should split boot and fast capacity. I have intention to add large capacity drive/drives, further down the line, but currently don't need more. 

I'd get bigger boot drive, could split 2TB/2TB, or 1TB/2TB,

 

it might sound excessive but bigger drives are actually faster since the less full SSD is the less it slows down in general, there's no need to fear every time an app installs on your boot drive without giving you option to switch location. AppData, Screenshots, etc. etc. have default folders on the OS drive too.

 

1 hour ago, Stark_Source21 said:

Would it be any use using the old GPU from rig one in new rig while waiting to buy a new GPU? Or, is it so old it wouldn't make a difference?

You can use and wait if you're fine with mostly having similar graphics performance = not really any higher settings set in games for example,

 

1 hour ago, Stark_Source21 said:

Is the power supply enough for new GPU in future? 

Depends which GPU are we talking about, today there's still plenty mid-high end GPUs that are fine on 750W PSU.

[Stark_Source21]

On 1/23/2025 at 12:01 PM, ariamehr14038 said:

Hey,

RM750x, can you swap?

And is that SSD better than 990 Pro?

RM750x can swap, pros and cons?

990 Pro, pros and cons, as it's £40 more expensive 


 

[Stark_Source21]

On 1/23/2025 at 12:41 PM, jaslion said:

1. You can just use the nhd14 noctua sells a cheap adapter bracket for it. Else dont buyt a super expensive nhd15 a thermalright peerless assasin 120 is a couple degrees behind but 30odd pounds. Noctua is REALLY expensive these days and you can match/beat them for far less now. Potentially case too.

 

Ah, didn't think I could do this. 

And do you mean reuse the case? I was going for new Fractal case as it's a smaller size than current, I believe, and also, my current has a few signs of old age, including dodgy front panel connectors. It's good enough to use on a secondary server rig I'm thinking of doing.

 

 

On 1/23/2025 at 12:41 PM, jaslion said:

 

ALSO side note sell the amd fx stuff as a bundle baord, cpu, ram as for SOME reason this garbage is worth a decent chunk of change. I do not know why but I sold my forgotten fx 8320 + asrock 970 pro 3 board for 150 euros 6 months ago and this is common now for SOME reason.

 

You're not the first to mention this, and I'll keep it in mind. I was thinking of using what's left over for a home server and a rig to experiment with VMs without having to worry about messing up my work rig. 

 

 

On 1/23/2025 at 12:41 PM, jaslion said:

 

3. No keep one drive and save money. No point in splitting really.

 

So the benefit of a boot and scratch drive is gone now? With old drives it was an advantage to separate your boot drive from drive you'd use for video editing etc. Has than changed? 

 

 

On 1/23/2025 at 12:41 PM, jaslion said:

 

4. Probably fine with the igpu but well you can just use your old gpu too. Nothings stopping you.

 

With iGPU, this is one of my most important concerns. Would it be able to handle feeding my two monitors. The Asus I'd want to use for 4K streaming from YouTube and movies, and I regularly have two monitors going simultaneously. 

 

Also, would the CPU (or my old GPU) be able to hand 4K recording from camera, as I'd be utilising that for work.  

 

 

On 1/23/2025 at 12:41 PM, jaslion said:

 

5. It's still a lot faster than the very basic igpu in the 7600

 

My current rig struggles to stream some 4K YouTube videos without buffering. Will the new rig still struggle then?

 

 

On 1/23/2025 at 12:41 PM, jaslion said:

Now to the point I wanted to make. DONT buy the pc now. Buy it in one go instead of a split. New cpu's and gpu's are coming out RIGHT NOW so the chances of prices lowering are VERY REAL. I'd just keep the system you have and upgrade in one go instead of splitting over time as gernally you end up spending more money for worse stuff waiting about a lot. 2 phases isn't as bad but still since you have a working pc now I'd just hang on for a bit anyway.

 

Problem is current rig is on it's last legs as front panel connectors have grown unreliable. And I'm looking to upgrade my recording/streaming to 4K for work. The current USB C 4K camera I got for xmas does even have a connector on the PC for it, and I don't think it'll work very well even if I can a USB adaptor for it. But, I may be wrong?

 

On 1/23/2025 at 12:41 PM, jaslion said:

 

It also feels like there is very little actual use for the gpu? So maybe you'd be better of just geting a better cpu and a older cheaper but still better used gpu. There's some great deals for some cards going around.

 

What new CPU/used GPU combos would you recommend for the price range I was considering?

 

Thank you for all your feedback. It's been super helpful so far!

[Stark_Source21]

On 1/23/2025 at 12:55 PM, podkall said:

You can get a touch cheaper case if you don't mind that it's bigger.

 

And get few cheaper/different components.

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/k7vKcx

 

While I understand going for the 250GB SSD, they're priced very inefficiently, to put it on the picture, you can pay 2x the money, and get 1TB, that's 4x more GB for 2x the price. - actually it's even more, it's 2TB even, that's about 4x more GB for 2.5x the price.

 

Good point on the capacity issue with SSDs. Will buy 2 2TBs. Would you recommend splitting boot/progams and other storage? 

 

[Stark_Source21]

On 1/23/2025 at 1:01 PM, podkall said:

I'd get bigger boot drive, could split 2TB/2TB, or 1TB/2TB,

 

it might sound excessive but bigger drives are actually faster since the less full SSD is the less it slows down in general, there's no need to fear every time an app installs on your boot drive without giving you option to switch location. AppData, Screenshots, etc. etc. have default folders on the OS drive too.

 

Good point, and agrees with other feedback. Will probably get 2 x 2TBs. 

 

On 1/23/2025 at 1:01 PM, podkall said:

 

You can use and wait if you're fine with mostly having similar graphics performance = not really any higher settings set in games for example.

 

My old/current rig is sometimes buffering 4K YouTube content. Would using my old GPU in the new rig resolve this or not or is that hard to know?

 

What way would I set up the monitors? One to old GPU, one to CPU? And which way would you set them up? 4K to iGPU?   

On 1/23/2025 at 1:01 PM, podkall said:

 

Depends which GPU are we talking about, today there's still plenty mid-high end GPUs that are fine on 750W PSU.

Good to know. Thank you!

 

Appreciate all the support so far. Very helpful!

 

[jaslion]

15 minutes ago, Stark_Source21 said:

was thinking of using what's left over for a home server and a rig to experiment with VMs without having to worry about messing up my work rig. 

Nah dont if you do this get a cheap older i5/i7 office pc. These fx chips are NOT power efficient nor performant. Can buy like a 50£ office machine that runs around the fx for like half energy AND make a profit on the fx still

 

16 minutes ago, Stark_Source21 said:

So the benefit of a boot and scratch drive is gone now? With old drives it was an advantage to separate your boot drive from drive you'd use for video editing etc. Has than changed? 

Yes that was the advice when the mass storage drive would be a hdd. For sata ssds it was sometimes handy to have but with nvme's they got so stupid fast its just not needed in the slightest.

 

17 minutes ago, Stark_Source21 said:

With iGPU, this is one of my most important concerns. Would it be able to handle feeding my two monitors. The Asus I'd want to use for 4K streaming from YouTube and movies, and I regularly have two monitors going simultaneously. 

Should be fine can always opt for a 8600g for MUCH more gpu oomph

 

18 minutes ago, Stark_Source21 said:

Also, would the CPU (or my old GPU) be able to hand 4K recording from camera, as I'd be utilising that for work.  

Likr a 4k webcam or...? But more info needed but that should be easy to do for current and new pc. Or is it just the 4k webcam you were talking about? If so totally fine.

 

19 minutes ago, Stark_Source21 said:

well even if I can a USB adaptor for it. But, I may be wrong?

It probably will. What camera is it?

 

20 minutes ago, Stark_Source21 said:

What new CPU/used GPU combos would you recommend for the price range I was considering?

From what I gather here you dont seem to use the gpu at all? Do you still play games on it even? If not id opt for a ryzen 8600g pc and call it good. If you ever do decide to game and the pretty deceng 760m gpu isnt enough its an easy upgrade.

[Stark_Source21]

8 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Nah dont if you do this get a cheap older i5/i7 office pc. These fx chips are NOT power efficient nor performant. Can buy like a 50£ office machine that runs around the fx for like half energy AND make a profit on the fx still

 

Nice idea! Will probably do that then. Will be sad to let the FX go. Was my first CPU. 

 

8 minutes ago, jaslion said:

 

Yes that was the advice when the mass storage drive would be a hdd. For sata ssds it was sometimes handy to have but with nvme's they got so stupid fast its just not needed in the slightest.

Gotcha. Thanks!

 

8 minutes ago, jaslion said:

 

Should be fine can always opt for a 8600g for MUCH more gpu oomph

Wait, why is the 8600g cheaper than the 7600? Am I missing something? Surely the 8600g would be a better purchase then?

 

8 minutes ago, jaslion said:

 

Likr a 4k webcam or...? But more info needed but that should be easy to do for current and new pc. Or is it just the 4k webcam you were talking about? If so totally fine.

 

Yeah, I was worried that since my YouTube viewing buffer 4K sometimes (and it's not a internet bandwidth issue) I was worried about stream using a 4K camera. (Insta360 Link). Also, I don't have a USB C connector on the mobo and was worried the current USB connector/adapter would be not enough?

 

Forgive me if ignorance is showing on that one.  

 

8 minutes ago, jaslion said:

 

 

From what I gather here you dont seem to use the gpu at all? Do you still play games on it even? If not id opt for a ryzen 8600g pc and call it good. If you ever do decide to game and the pretty deceng 760m gpu isnt enough its an easy upgrade.

What I am planning to do in the near future is some basic video editing with 4K (Insta360 Link Cam) content for my business. But no, currently no gaming. Maybe in future.  

[podkall]

49 minutes ago, Stark_Source21 said:

Good point on the capacity issue with SSDs. Will buy 2 2TBs. Would you recommend splitting boot/progams and other storage? 

that's up to you, splitting mostly benefits in organizing the files, or if you're simply used to it

 

if you occasionally install a program on the OS drive it's nothing wrong

 

47 minutes ago, Stark_Source21 said:

My old/current rig is sometimes buffering 4K YouTube content. Would using my old GPU in the new rig resolve this or not or is that hard to know?

 

What way would I set up the monitors? One to old GPU, one to CPU? And which way would you set them up? 4K to iGPU?   

GTX 780 shouldn't buffer 4K video I think

 

the new rig should help with buffering, because the CPU will not exhaust itself from doing simple task on bloated software/OS (modern Windows)

 

32 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Should be fine can always opt for a 8600g for MUCH more gpu oomph

though bit weaker than 7600 if paired with a dedicated GPU, since it has 50% less cache,

 

20 minutes ago, Stark_Source21 said:

Wait, why is the 8600g cheaper than the 7600? Am I missing something? Surely the 8600g would be a better purchase then?

it's the cache size, if people get GPU, the performance difference will be noticeable

 

22 minutes ago, Stark_Source21 said:

Yeah, I was worried that since my YouTube viewing buffer 4K sometimes (and it's not a internet bandwidth issue) I was worried about stream using a 4K camera. (Insta360 Link). Also, I don't have a USB C connector on the mobo and was worried the current USB connector/adapter would be not enough?

 

Forgive me if ignorance is showing on that one.  

some cases, and most AM5 motherboards have USB-C connector

 

23 minutes ago, Stark_Source21 said:

What I am planning to do in the near future is some basic video editing with 4K (Insta360 Link Cam) content for my business. But no, currently no gaming. Maybe in future.  

I suppose you could try your GTX 780 and see how it handles in a considerably faster PC, and then if it's not up for the task you could get some cheaper or even used GPU that's better than GTX 780

 

27 minutes ago, Stark_Source21 said:

What I am planning to do in the near future is some basic video editing with 4K (Insta360 Link Cam) content for my business. But no, currently no gaming. Maybe in future.  

I suppose few things could be altered or even come out cheaper based on what you're specifically looking for.

 

• PC use case?
• Is there a plan of upgrading to a considerably more powerful CPU down the line? (like really really high end?)
• Are there physical constraints that for example don't allow big PC case?
• Anything else worth mentioning?

[jaslion]

2 hours ago, Stark_Source21 said:

Wait, why is the 8600g cheaper than the 7600? Am I missing something? Surely the 8600g would be a better purchase then?

The 8600g cpu wise is basically a 7600 HOWEVER the main disadvantage eith the 8600g is that it only has a pcie 4.0 x8 link for a gpu hence the lower cost as its less wanted due to the tradeoff.

 

2 hours ago, Stark_Source21 said:

4K camera. (Insta360 Link).

Should be fine with a usb 3.0 usba adpater as as far as I can find it does charge over typical 5v1a usb 3 charging speed. But well usb c is on the new pc anyway.

 

 

[Stark_Source21]

6 minutes ago, jaslion said:

 

 

Should be fine with a usb 3.0 usba adpater as as far as I can find it does charge over typical 5v1a usb 3 charging speed. But well usb c is on the new pc anyway.

 

On my old rig, I'm honestly struggling to know what adapter I should buy in terms of what my old rig can supply (power and data), and what the adapter can work with (power and data), and what the camera needs (power and data). 

These, for example, don't have enough data bandwidth, right? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adapter-Charger-Connector-Mini-Led-Generation-Black/dp/B07Z662186?th=1

 

[jaslion]

56 minutes ago, Stark_Source21 said:

 

On my old rig, I'm honestly struggling to know what adapter I should buy in terms of what my old rig can supply (power and data), and what the adapter can work with (power and data), and what the camera needs (power and data). 

These, for example, don't have enough data bandwidth, right? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adapter-Charger-Connector-Mini-Led-Generation-Black/dp/B07Z662186?th=1

 

Yeah just usb 2.0

 

 

56 minutes ago, Stark_Source21 said:

 

On my old rig, I'm honestly struggling to know what adapter I should buy in terms of what my old rig can supply (power and data), and what the adapter can work with (power and data), and what the camera needs (power and data). 

These, for example, don't have enough data bandwidth, right? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adapter-Charger-Connector-Mini-Led-Generation-Black/dp/B07Z662186?th=1

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/UGREEN-Adapter-Converter-Charging-Compatible-Black/dp/B0CY1Y3TSQ?crid=1VKS0D8SHHCUZ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.uam5qBLeMkdlYRFvFUcH3HyWuB_A2cbPodItC58Z5vvPsfXns3dbaMj92HgpNnKvBfHHyt3GakFoLjAo2xv7gbizDqEVOmQQ_GqJqOfvvNcJOjbSPPRfFCZnfi8g8pLChIh77Pc1OonPyKDwXNGnwDyr_dLdyMm7FSdsQLAdcpMCV9AGHeuOPyvy1IZGw3FyKRCwUilkI4gnClFkCiO-6g.X_NmlPlw4Zy0Qm0yyDHy8Eo19M1MNIan1M3GBJb-Feg&dib_tag=se&keywords=usb+a+to+usb+c&qid=1737825808&sprefix=usb+a+to+usb+%2Caps%2C149&sr=8-13

 

These should do the trick. As far as I can see the gigabyte has 2 proper 3.0 ports on the back.

 

Also from what I can find that camera is supposed to come with a usb c to usb a adapter and its usb c cable is only rated for usb 2.0 speeds. So realistically it should work on any port and the native usb c is just there for phone compatibility.

 

 

[Stark_Source21]

10 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Yeah just usb 2.0

 

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/UGREEN-Adapter-Converter-Charging-Compatible-Black/dp/B0CY1Y3TSQ?crid=1VKS0D8SHHCUZ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.uam5qBLeMkdlYRFvFUcH3HyWuB_A2cbPodItC58Z5vvPsfXns3dbaMj92HgpNnKvBfHHyt3GakFoLjAo2xv7gbizDqEVOmQQ_GqJqOfvvNcJOjbSPPRfFCZnfi8g8pLChIh77Pc1OonPyKDwXNGnwDyr_dLdyMm7FSdsQLAdcpMCV9AGHeuOPyvy1IZGw3FyKRCwUilkI4gnClFkCiO-6g.X_NmlPlw4Zy0Qm0yyDHy8Eo19M1MNIan1M3GBJb-Feg&dib_tag=se&keywords=usb+a+to+usb+c&qid=1737825808&sprefix=usb+a+to+usb+%2Caps%2C149&sr=8-13

 

These should do the trick. As far as I can see the gigabyte has 2 proper 3.0 ports on the back.

 

Also from what I can find that camera is supposed to come with a usb c to usb a adapter and its usb c cable is only rated for usb 2.0 speeds. So realistically it should work on any port and the native usb c is just there for phone compatibility.

 

 

Well, I think I need to gracefully bow out of this thread now, to hide my embarrassment for finding that adapter in the box. 

[Stark_Source21]

@jaslion & @podkall

 

Just considering the 7600 vs the 8600g. 

 

Using my old GPU, which of these would be best?

 

The 8600g is cheaper, has less cache, but a better iGPU.
 
Or, is there another CPU around the same price (or a notch higher) I could go for that would have the cache of the 7600, and the iGPU of the 8600g?

Edit: also, how would they be with a new GPU like the Intel or a mid-range NVIDIA

[podkall]

1 hour ago, Stark_Source21 said:

Using my old GPU, which of these would be best?

7000 series,

 

1 hour ago, Stark_Source21 said:

The 8600g is cheaper, has less cache, but a better iGPU

but if you use your GPU, you don't need iGPU

 

1 hour ago, Stark_Source21 said:

Or, is there another CPU around the same price (or a notch higher) I could go for that would have the cache of the 7600, and the iGPU of the 8600g?

7600/7600x/7500F

 

1 hour ago, Stark_Source21 said:

Edit: also, how would they be with a new GPU like the Intel or a mid-range NVIDIA

7000 series would be better, but depends what you're doing, that cache is nice to have

[ariamehr14038]

On 1/25/2025 at 4:08 PM, Stark_Source21 said:

RM750x can swap, pros and cons?

990 Pro, pros and cons, as it's £40 more expensive 


 

The most precious part of all the work I do with my PC is the data! All the hardware are there to generate or process the data! And that data is finally written on the SSD/HDD. So I never save money for the PSU and SSD. Just my opinion