Newbuild/upgrade build.

[Nathan5660]

Budget (including currency): £1500

Country: England

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Streaming, 4k video editing, 1440p gaming

 

I plan to get a Ryzen 9700x CPU, on a B850 ROG motherboard, with 32gb DDR5 6000speed, and pair all that with a 9070xt GPU. 

Keeping the same case, powersupply (750w Gold) fans, CPU cooler (Corsair 360mm AIO) and storage drives. 

 

I dont want to mess about doing a new install of windows, so im keeping my OS drive as it is. I would have too many programmes to set back up again and it would just be too much work, i cant be dealing with that right now. 

 

With that budget, should I stick to this upgrade path? I think I can get much more performance for the money than if i went total new build. Even though I would have the value of the old PC to sell on or sell for parts. Selling things is such a hassle where I live and id rather give all my old parts to a friend of mine as her PC is from 2015 and struggles to run vanilla Minecraft. 

 

Does that seem like a good idea? Should i look into getting other parts instead of the ones I have chosen or...?

 

[strange13930]

1 minute ago, Nathan5660 said:

Budget (including currency): £1500

Country: England

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Streaming, 4k video editing, 1440p gaming

 

I plan to get a Ryzen 9700x CPU, on a B850 ROG motherboard, with 32gb DDR5 6000speed, and pair all that with a 9070xt GPU. 

Keeping the same case, powersupply (750w Gold) fans, CPU cooler (Corsair 360mm AIO) and storage drives. 

 

I dont want to mess about doing a new install of windows, so im keeping my OS drive as it is. I would have too many programmes to set back up again and it would just be too much work, i cant be dealing with that right now. 

 

With that budget, should I stick to this upgrade path? I think I can get much more performance for the money than if i went total new build. Even though I would have the value of the old PC to sell on or sell for parts. Selling things is such a hassle where I live and id rather give all my old parts to a friend of mine as her PC is from 2015 and struggles to run vanilla Minecraft. 

 

Does that seem like a good idea? Should i look into getting other parts instead of the ones I have chosen or...?

 

What's in your current build?

[Why_Me]

streaming / editing says Nvidia.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/guides/broadcasting-guide/

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£274.52 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: *MSI X670E GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£199.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£82.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte WINDFORCE SFF GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card  (£749.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£98.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1465.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-27 20:38 BST+0100

 

[filpo]

12 minutes ago, Nathan5660 said:

powersupply (750w Gold)

specific specs? (model name, brand, etc.)

12 minutes ago, Nathan5660 said:

I dont want to mess about doing a new install of windows

depending on what platform you're upgrading from, I'd definitely do it. You don't have to do a clean install, you can do one where none of your files or apps get deleted, only a new OS

 

12 minutes ago, Nathan5660 said:

I think I can get much more performance for the money than if i went total new build

since you're saving more money by not getting another cooler, PSU and fans, wouldn't it be cheaper and therefore, more performance for the money going with the option you proposed. And, as stated above, full current system specs? (pcpp link is fine as well if you have that saved somewhere)

12 minutes ago, Nathan5660 said:

gaming

which games exactly?

12 minutes ago, Nathan5660 said:

Selling things is such a hassle where I live and id rather give all my old parts to a friend of mine as her PC is from 2015 and struggles to run vanilla Minecraft. 

if you do do that: 

(SSD is for your friend to get her started with some fast/faster than current storage and 7800X3D can be swapped out for a 9900X if the extra cores are needed for the video editing, both CPUs will be great for gaming just 7800X3D is better in most cases due to that 3D V cache

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£356.66 @ NeoComputers) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£29.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: MSI B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£129.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£90.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN580 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£48.99 @ SanDisk) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card  (£659.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Montech XR ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£98.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1463.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-05-27 18:45 BST+0100

Edited May 27, 2025 by filpo