Upgrading to AM5

[MiggyAngeloP]

Budget (including currency): no higher than 1700€

Country: France

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, Coding, Office/School work.

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):

currently using Garuda Dragonized, with Win11 Dual Boot, Dual monitors 1080p 60hz and 1440p 165hz as main. I don't mind RGB components, though I just turn them all off most of the time.

 

I've bought a "prebuilt" in 2021 but then I've changed some of the components, I currently have these: ( * : parts I've added/changed )

 

*Motherboard : ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II

*CPU : Ryzen 7 5800X

GPU : MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT Mech

Cooler : AIRW-24 - 240mm AIO

*RAM : 4 x Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3600MHz C18

PSU : MRT-750

*Network Adapter : HP NC552SFP 10Gb 2-Port Ethernet Server Adapter

Storage :  WD Blue SN580 SSD 1TB & Crucial P3 Plus

 

 

I plan to sell my current setup, keeping only the gpu and the ssds (and maybe the network card), here's what I have so far

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€494.92 @ Amazon France) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€88.99 @ Amazon France) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG X870E TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€362.81 @ Amazon France) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€122.24 @ Amazon France) 
Video Card: MSI MECH 2X Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card 
Case: NZXT H9 Flow (2023) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€161.44 @ Amazon France) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2024) 850 W Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€144.72 @ Amazon France) 
Total: €1375.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-22 10:54 CEST+0200

 

 

I'm aiming for a build that gives a positive performance to price range. I'm not upgrading the gpu just yet, because I'm hoping AMD might make a new XTX with the new series. and If I ever upgrade the gpu, I don't know if I should buy a 9070XT or the 7900XTX, the age is keeping me from buying the 7900XTX. Preferably AMD components but if you have a NVIDIA component that's worth its price, do tell, so any info/advice would definitely help! Thank you

 

 

Edited : oops, I didnt have the proper link for the pcpartpicker

 

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€407.50 @ Amazon France) 
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler  (€42.99 @ Amazon France) 
Motherboard: *MSI X670E GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€235.47 @ Amazon France) 
Memory: *ADATA XPG Lancer Blade 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€118.77 @ Amazon France) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  (€83.88 @ Alternate) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€108.37 @ Amazon France) 
Total: €996.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-22 01:58 CEST+0200 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Video Card: *Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card  (€782.98 @ Alternate) 
Total: €782.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-22 01:59 CEST+0200

[MiggyAngeloP]

8 hours ago, Why_Me said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€407.50 @ Amazon France) 
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler  (€42.99 @ Amazon France) 
Motherboard: *MSI X670E GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€235.47 @ Amazon France) 
Memory: *ADATA XPG Lancer Blade 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€118.77 @ Amazon France) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  (€83.88 @ Alternate) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€108.37 @ Amazon France) 
Total: €996.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-22 01:58 CEST+0200 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Video Card: *Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card  (€782.98 @ Alternate) 
Total: €782.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-22 01:59 CEST+0200

 

I'll take the PSU, but not the other components, I might've not been precised enough, 1700€ for everything except the GPU, because I'll be keeping it for a loonng time, so I'll just buy the gpu when AMD make another XTX or NVIDIA lowered their price (kappa).  With the list I gave, I'm almost sure of everything except for the motherboard, im solely basing what I know from the amazon reviews, any takes on this?

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€494.92 @ Amazon France) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€88.99 @ Amazon France) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG X870 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€314.98 @ Amazon France) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€122.24 @ Amazon France) 
Case: NZXT H9 Flow (2023) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€161.44 @ Amazon France) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€108.37 @ Amazon France) 
Total: €1290.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-06-22 10:53 CEST+0200

[Doobeedoo]

All good though for new GPU I'd get now really with new platform. I'd lean on 9070 XT vs XTX which I have. Yes as it's comparable in general and better in some things. Can check game benchmarks for games you may care to see how they compare. Though they're both around there on avg.

The mobo seems waste of money if you don't need extra features and IO on it.