Planning on building a new pc to retire my 7 year old machine

capitaovolupia · June 17

Budget (including currency): 2800 euros for now

Country: Germany

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

Dead Space, Baldur's Gate 3, Blender, Game Dev, and drawing.

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):

I have two 1440p monitors (one is ultrawide and 100hz).
I plan to upgrade to 4 K, but not yet.
Ignore the GPU; that one is temporary, as I want to wait for a new generation of GPUs to get a higher-end card (probably next year). Currently, I have a 1080 Ti (which is starting to struggle), but I want to get a high-end card next year that will last a long time, just to be safe.
I'm set on the memory specs (RAM and storage sizes), but I'm unsure if those are the best options. I believe there was a warning on the PC parts picker regarding the RAM speed not being fully compatible with this processor.

I was hoping for any advice on how to improve or avoid bugs and hardware issues. (Please refrain from comments like "you don't need that much storage/ram"; I do need those.)

GuiltySpark_ · June 17

37 minutes ago, capitaovolupia said:

I'm set on the memory specs (RAM and storage sizes), but I'm unsure if those are the best options. I believe there was a warning on the PC parts picker regarding the RAM speed not being fully compatible with this processor.

What led you to picking 6800 stuff? How experienced are you with RAM tuning, do you plan to manually bring that down to 6000-6200 so you can get things working?

Rule of thumb for Ryzen 7000/9000 is unless you're an experienced RAM tuner, buy 6000CL30.

capitaovolupia · June 17

24 minutes ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

What led you to picking 6800 stuff? How experienced are you with RAM tuning, do you plan to manually bring that down to 6000-6200 so you can get things working?

Rule of thumb for Ryzen 7000/9000 is unless you're an experienced RAM tuner, buy 6000CL30.

I see! Thanks! I knew there were some issues regarding that, but yeah not much experience. I will look for those sticks you mentioned.

OddOod · June 17

Welcome to the forums!
Are you going with the AIO for aesthetics? If not, I'd recommend a tower cooler. Either an assassin for cost savings or D15 for longevity

capitaovolupia · June 17

7 minutes ago, OddOod said:

Welcome to the forums!
Are you going with the AIO for aesthetics? If not, I'd recommend a tower cooler. Either an assassin for cost savings or D15 for longevity

Oh good point, I haven't set my mind on the AIO. I might just add a white LED strip inside. I will look into those you mentioned!

PDifolco · June 17

1 hour ago, capitaovolupia said:

Budget (including currency): 2800 euros for now

Country: Germany

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

Dead Space, Baldur's Gate 3, Blender, Game Dev, and drawing.

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):

I have two 1440p monitors (one is ultrawide and 100hz).

I plan to upgrade to 4 K, but not yet.

Ignore the GPU; that one is temporary, as I want to wait for a new generation of GPUs to get a higher-end card (probably next year). Currently, I have a 1080 Ti (which is starting to struggle), but I want to get a high-end card next year that will last a long time, just to be safe.

I'm set on the memory specs (RAM and storage sizes), but I'm unsure if those are the best options. I believe there was a warning on the PC parts picker regarding the RAM speed not being fully compatible with this processor.

I was hoping for any advice on how to improve or avoid bugs and hardware issues. (Please refrain from comments like "you don't need that much storage/ram"; I do need those.)

Could get an high end GPU with the budget, not a 5090 because it costs more alone tho

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (€487.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€50.89 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: ASRock B850 Riptide WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard (€212.89 @ Alternate)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (€223.96 @ Proshop)
Storage: Crucial T705 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€138.28 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€231.10 @ reichelt elektronik)
Video Card: Zotac GAMING SOLID CORE GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card (€1119.99 @ Computeruniverse)
Case: Fractal Design North XL ATX Full Tower Case (€163.80 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€159.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €2788.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-17 15:39 CEST+0200

Somerandomtechyboi · June 17

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/H2PsrM

7800x3d + 5070ti + 64gb 6000c30

Cost optimizations and upgraded gpu + almost doubled storage

If you want to get the most out of this budget id reccomend looking for a used 4090 as the 5080 is outright slower and has asinine pricing and the 4090 will handle 4k decently well

7800x3d and 9800x3d not much performance diff so thats an easy cost cut

Due to 990 pro pricing being abit too close to the twice as fast mars 980 blades i just elected to go for 2 of em, if gen5 isnt neccessary for your workloads which is what im suspecting anyways id reccomend the vi7000g at 235€ instead, easy 200€ cost cut if you swapped these gen5s for them and the cheapest high end gen4 as the cheaper ones like the gm7 are dramless and dont even get me started with the lowend dramless qlc jokes like the p3 plus

capitaovolupia · June 17

5 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Could get an high end GPU with the budget, not a 5090 because it costs more alone tho

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (€487.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€50.89 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: ASRock B850 Riptide WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard (€212.89 @ Alternate)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (€223.96 @ Proshop)
Storage: Crucial T705 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€138.28 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€231.10 @ reichelt elektronik)
Video Card: Zotac GAMING SOLID CORE GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card (€1119.99 @ Computeruniverse)
Case: Fractal Design North XL ATX Full Tower Case (€163.80 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€159.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €2788.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-17 15:39 CEST+0200

That is cool, but I will wait for the next gen before getting a high-end card (I might not even get the 5060 and stick with my 1080 Ti until next year, and save money). Still, thanks, I might look into this config!

capitaovolupia · June 17

9 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/H2PsrM

7800x3d + 5070ti + 64gb 6000c30

Cost optimizations and upgraded gpu + almost doubled storage

If you want to get the most out of this budget id reccomend looking for a used 4090 as the 5080 is outright slower and has asinine pricing and the 4090 will handle 4k decently well

7800x3d and 9800x3d not much performance diff so thats an easy cost cut

Due to 990 pro pricing being abit too close to the twice as fast mars 980 blades i just elected to go for 2 of em, if gen5 isnt neccessary for your workloads which is what im suspecting anyways id reccomend the vi7000g at 235€ instead, easy 200€ cost cut if you swapped these gen5s for them and the cheapest high end gen4 as the cheaper ones like the gm7 are dramless and dont even get me started with the lowend dramless qlc jokes like the p3 plus

Damn! I like what I see! I might wait a bit to buy the GPU, but now I am tempted!

PDifolco · June 17

7 minutes ago, capitaovolupia said:

That is cool, but I will wait for the next gen before getting a high-end card (I might not even get the 5060 and stick with my 1080 Ti until next year, and save money). Still, thanks, I might look into this config!

Not sure next gen will be any good, but indeed you'd better keep your 1080Ti for one year more rather than wasting 400EUR on a card barely 20%faster and with less VRAM ...

capitaovolupia · June 17

1 minute ago, PDifolco said:

Not sure next gen will be any good, but indeed you'd better keep your 1080Ti for one year more rather than wasting 400EUR on a card barely 20%faster and with less VRAM ...

Yeah. The plan was to gift it to someone or sell it afterwards. But I was VERY unsure about it.

OddOod · June 17

TBH, congrats on keeping that 1080ti alive for so long. I started seeing those guys drop like flies a couple years ago, though, they were likely all old mining cards. I know I scrambled to swap mine back then. Was perfect timing too, I had bought three of them for 500 a pop, mined on them for three years, then sold them for an average of 600 during the pandemic mining craze, swapping them for 3080Tis bought at MSRP (waiting in line did pay off in the end :P)

capitaovolupia · June 17

3 minutes ago, OddOod said:

TBH, congrats on keeping that 1080ti alive for so long. I started seeing those guys drop like flies a couple years ago, though, they were likely all old mining cards. I know I scrambled to swap mine back then. Was perfect timing too, I had bought three of them for 500 a pop, mined on them for three years, then sold them for an average of 600 during the pandemic mining craze, swapping them for 3080Tis bought at MSRP (waiting in line did pay off in the end :P)

1080 Ti was a significant investment, and it paid off. Too bad most recent games require ray-tracing technology. Persona 3 Reload experienced performance issues when the RT feature was left enabled. But, I am now finally able to save some money and upgrade my rig. I will post it here once I build it!

GuiltySpark_ · June 17

I do hate to see people spend so much on a CPU and have to settle for a GPU thats cheaper, it shouldn't be that way. The GPU really should be prioritized.

If a 9700x can help you get there, its really something you should consider. 9800x3D at the price its being offered should really be for people with no budget and just want the best of the best. It shouldn't be considered if you're having to settle for only a 5060Ti.

OddOod · June 17

I agree with Spark, anything above 1080 twitchy esport shooters, you should prioritize GPU. My partner was running an ancient 8700k on her DQHD (1440p super wide) and upgrading to the WILDLY better 5700x3d we saw ~0 FPS improvements with the 3080Ti.
We upgraded mostly because the old system was having some problems I just couldn't figure out and I figured getting a new core rig would fix them (it did) and then I could shuffle the old one off to a friendo for HTPC duties.
I still have my watercooled secondary PC running an 8700/k/3080ti and that's pushing a 4k120 monitor (hand me down from the primary rig which got the monitor I've been dreaming of since 2009: 27" 4k oled. The alienware one is disturbingly inexpensive) and it performs just fine. Still GPU limited.

capitaovolupia · June 17

18 minutes ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

I do hate to see people spend so much on a CPU and have to settle for a GPU thats cheaper, it shouldn't be that way. The GPU really should be prioritized.

If a 9700x can help you get there, its really something you should consider. 9800x3D at the price its being offered should really be for people with no budget and just want the best of the best. It shouldn't be considered if you're having to settle for only a 5060Ti.

Oh, no worries, I will most likely keep my 1080 Ti for one more year. I was a bit unsure whether I wanted to get an XX80 GPU from the latest Nvidia generation, due to all the issues that have been emerging (such as driver problems and melted connectors). As I explained in the original post, that would only be a temporary solution (and I was unsure about the 5060).

But I do see your point. If that were my final budget, it would not be a smart move.