build planning Planning a new build for 1440p gaming and game development.

[LiableDuke]

Budget (including currency): Between €2000,- and €3000,-

Country: The Netherlands

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: VR games on the new big screen beyond, Creating games in unity including baking lightmaps, Some newer titles like Spider-Man 2 and Doom: The Dark Ages

Other details Current build: https://nl.pcpartpicker.com/user/LiableDuke/saved/9KL3Hx With a 1440p 144hz monitor and a 1080p 60hz that I am not currently planning to upgrade.

 

Hey, I bought my current PC around the time the 2080 came out and haven't really felt the need to upgrade at all, but over the last year or so it's starting to struggle a bit with newer titles, not to the point that they are unplayable but I do need to turn the settings down quite a bit to keep up. So I thought it's about time to start looking around again for an upgrade. Sadly after getting this current PC I stopped really paying close attention to which parts are good value, especially when it comes to Team Red. I'm also not sure if upgrading right now with my current budget would get me any meaningful performance increase.

 

So I thought I'd post here to get some ideas of what to start looking for. 

 

Edit 3:
Currently I am thinking of something like this https://nl.pcpartpicker.com/user/LiableDuke/saved/hCVkjX

 

 

[brob]

1 hour ago, LiableDuke said:

Budget (including currency): €3000,-

Country: The Netherlands

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: VR games on the new big screen beyond, Creating games in unity including baking lightmaps, Some newer titles like Spider-Man 2 and Doom: The Dark Ages

Other details Current build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VvjwzN With a 1440p 144hz monitor and a 1080p 60hz that I am not currently planning to upgrade.

 

Hey, I bought my current PC around the time the 2080 came out and haven't really felt the need to upgrade at all, but over the last year or so it's starting to struggle a bit with newer titles, not to the point that they are unplayable but I do need to turn the settings down quite a bit to keep up. So I thought it's about time to start looking around again for an upgrade. Sadly after getting this current PC I stopped really paying close attention to which parts are good value, especially when it comes to Team Red. I'm also not sure if upgrading right now with my current budget would get me any meaningful performance increase.

 

So I thought I'd post here to get some ideas of what to start looking for. 

 

 

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 4.3 GHz 16-Core Processor (€734.00 @ Amazon Netherlands) 

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€45.99 @ Amazon Netherlands) 

Motherboard: MSI PRO B850-P WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (€203.99 @ Paradigit) 

Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (€219.90 @ Alternate) 

Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€299.41 @ Amazon Netherlands) 

Video Card: Asus PRIME OC Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card (€769.00 @ Alternate) 

Case: Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case (€54.90 @ Alternate) 

Total: €2327.19

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-16 22:24 CEST+0200

[LiableDuke]

32 minutes ago, brob said:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 4.3 GHz 16-Core Processor (€734.00 @ Amazon Netherlands) 

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€45.99 @ Amazon Netherlands) 

Motherboard: MSI PRO B850-P WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (€203.99 @ Paradigit) 

Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (€219.90 @ Alternate) 

Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€299.41 @ Amazon Netherlands) 

Video Card: Asus PRIME OC Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card (€769.00 @ Alternate) 

Case: Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case (€54.90 @ Alternate) 

Total: €2327.19

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-16 22:24 CEST+0200

Thank you, the RX 9070 seems like a very good value. I did remove the cooler and storage cause I still have those that I can reuse.

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 4.3 GHz 16-Core Processor  (€734.44 @ Amazon Netherlands) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H150i PRO 47.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B850-P WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€203.99 @ Paradigit) 
Memory: *Patriot Venom 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€189.90 @ Amazon Netherlands) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card  (€749.00 @ Alternate) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  (€77.90 @ Amazon Netherlands) 
Power Supply: *Montech CENTURY II 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€99.90 @ Megekko) 
Total: €2055.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-16 23:35 CEST+0200

[brob]

39 minutes ago, LiableDuke said:

Thank you, the RX 9070 seems like a very good value. I did remove the cooler and storage cause I still have those that I can reuse.

 

There is a significant performance difference between a SATA HDD and a PCIe 4.0 NVMe drive. 

[LiableDuke]

5 minutes ago, brob said:

 

There is a significant performance difference between a SATA HDD and a PCIe 4.0 NVMe drive. 

Oh right I forgot to update that, I have a 1tb NVMe drive.

Edit: a Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB

[LiableDuke]

21 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 4.3 GHz 16-Core Processor  (€734.44 @ Amazon Netherlands) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H150i PRO 47.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B850-P WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€203.99 @ Paradigit) 
Memory: *Patriot Venom 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€189.90 @ Amazon Netherlands) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card  (€749.00 @ Alternate) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  (€77.90 @ Amazon Netherlands) 
Power Supply: *Montech CENTURY II 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€99.90 @ Megekko) 
Total: €2055.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-16 23:35 CEST+0200

 

What made you switch out the video card and ram? 

[Why_Me]

50 minutes ago, LiableDuke said:

 

What made you switch out the video card and ram? 

Cost.

[LiableDuke]

35 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

Cost.

Fair enough