PC Upgrade Suggestions

[KurLz217]

Hello im new to the forum and I’m planning on rebuilding my PC soon my budget is $1,250 US I was trying to find some suggestions this is my current parts list;

Motherboard: x570-e Asus Strix

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5700G

CPU Cooler: Master Cooler MasterLiquid 360L

RAM: 32gb DDR4 3600MHZ Trident Z

GPU: MSI Ventus 3x 4070

PSU: Corsair RM850

Storage: 512gb WD Blue M.2 SSD(Boot drive)

2tb Team Group M.2 SSD

4tb Toshiba HDD 7200RPM

Case: Generic Cyberpower Case 

 

I’m recycling only my drives, except the boot drive, my GPU, and my PSU, but upgrading everything else. I don’t really care much for RGB so I only really wanna spend on the parts themselves. Also I mainly game at 1440p and do some production stuff like networking that’s why I’m planning on keeping my current GPU but my CPU feels a bit outdated. These are the current parts I’ve chosen from micro center and pricing;

 

AMD BUNDLE: AMD 9800x3d - MSI X870e Pro WiFi - 32gb DDR5 6000MHZ Corsair Vengeance 680$

Case: Lian Li Liancool 207 digital 120$

CPU Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freeze 360 Pro 85$

Boot Drive: 1TB Samsung 990 Evo Plus 65$

Total: 1,023$ (After Taxes)

 

If anyone has any suggestions/improvements I can make it’d be more than welcome. I’m computer savvy and am confident handling hardware etc. I just tend to second guess things and wanted to seek some advice. I also wanted to maximize my budget but not needlessly spend on things like RGB and the like. I mainly wanna focus on just the hardware at the moment. 

[Why_Me]

Save $ on the case and upgrade to a 2TB SSD.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Storage: *TEAMGROUP T-FORCE G50 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($103.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: *Antec FLUX SE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $193.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-08-20 16:23 EDT-0400  

 

https://www.antec.com/product/case/flux-se 

 

https://www.teamgroupinc.com/en/product-detail/ssd/T-FORCE/g50/g50-TM8FFE002T0C129/

[KurLz217]

24 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

Save $ on the case and upgrade to a 2TB SSD.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Storage: *TEAMGROUP T-FORCE G50 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($103.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: *Antec FLUX SE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $193.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-08-20 16:23 EDT-0400  

 

https://www.antec.com/product/case/flux-se 

 

https://www.teamgroupinc.com/en/product-detail/ssd/T-FORCE/g50/g50-TM8FFE002T0C129/

I honestly wouldn’t mind keeping the case and upgrading to a 2tb either way but I thought it would be a bit much as just a boot drive.

[Dedayog]

57 minutes ago, KurLz217 said:

Hello im new to the forum and I’m planning on rebuilding my PC soon my budget is $1,250 US I was trying to find some suggestions this is my current parts list;

Motherboard: x570-e Asus Strix

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5700G

CPU Cooler: Master Cooler MasterLiquid 360L

RAM: 32gb DDR4 3600MHZ Trident Z

GPU: MSI Ventus 3x 4070

PSU: Corsair RM850

Storage: 512gb WD Blue M.2 SSD(Boot drive)

2tb Team Group M.2 SSD

4tb Toshiba HDD 7200RPM

Case: Generic Cyberpower Case 

 

I’m recycling only my drives, except the boot drive, my GPU, and my PSU, but upgrading everything else. I don’t really care much for RGB so I only really wanna spend on the parts themselves. Also I mainly game at 1440p and do some production stuff like networking that’s why I’m planning on keeping my current GPU but my CPU feels a bit outdated. These are the current parts I’ve chosen from micro center and pricing;

 

AMD BUNDLE: AMD 9800x3d - MSI X870e Pro WiFi - 32gb DDR5 6000MHZ Corsair Vengeance 680$

Case: Lian Li Liancool 207 digital 120$

CPU Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freeze 360 Pro 85$

Boot Drive: 1TB Samsung 990 Evo Plus 65$

Total: 1,023$ (After Taxes)

 

If anyone has any suggestions/improvements I can make it’d be more than welcome. I’m computer savvy and am confident handling hardware etc. I just tend to second guess things and wanted to seek some advice. I also wanted to maximize my budget but not needlessly spend on things like RGB and the like. I mainly wanna focus on just the hardware at the moment. 

Yeah, bump to a 2TB drive.  I have 3 TB currently, and wish I had more.   Don't pay Samsung tax tho.  @Why_Me introduced me/us to the Spatium drives, they seem solid.  Tho he seems to have jumped ship to the TeamGroup side now

 

 

Great bundle, glad you're going X870e as well.  Definitely worth $50 more than the B650 bundle.

[KurLz217]

33 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

Yeah, bump to a 2TB drive.  I have 3 TB currently, and wish I had more.   Don't pay Samsung tax tho.  @Why_Me introduced me/us to the Spatium drives, they seem solid.  Tho he seems to have jumped ship to the TeamGroup side now

 

 

Great bundle, glad you're going X870e as well.  Definitely worth $50 more than the B650 bundle.

Does the spatinum perform well as a boot drive I heard it has no dram cache. I was also looking at the inland ssds from micro center since I’m going there I’d rather get everything in one stop.

[Why_Me]

1 hour ago, KurLz217 said:

Does the spatinum perform well as a boot drive I heard it has no dram cache. I was also looking at the inland ssds from micro center since I’m going there I’d rather get everything in one stop.

DRAM cache

https://www.msi.com/Storage/SPATIUM-M480-PRO-PCIe-4.0-NVMe-M.2  

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Storage: *MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ MSI) 
Total: $119.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-08-20 19:09 EDT-0400

[SteveGrabowski0]

3 hours ago, KurLz217 said:

I honestly wouldn’t mind keeping the case and upgrading to a 2tb either way but I thought it would be a bit much as just a boot drive.

Kind of seems like an outdated view to just think of an SSD as for a boot drive. Good to put your games on it too for the better load times. And especially now that SSD are cheap. Still, I have a 1TB SSD and even with a bunch of games and emulators installed plus using it for space for writing movies to that I compress to HEVC format I'm not hurting for free space at all. I keep all my movies, porn TV shows, roms, etc on separate mechanical drives though since I don't need SSD read speeds for any of that stuff like I would for the OS, games, and assorted programs I use.

[KurLz217]

1 hour ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Kind of seems like an outdated view to just think of an SSD as for a boot drive. Good to put your games on it too for the better load times. And especially now that SSD are cheap. Still, I have a 1TB SSD and even with a bunch of games and emulators installed plus using it for space for writing movies to that I compress to HEVC format I'm not hurting for free space at all. I keep all my movies, porn TV shows, roms, etc on separate mechanical drives though since I don't need SSD read speeds for any of that stuff like I would for the OS, games, and assorted programs I use.

Yeah I have another 2tb SSD that’s currently loaded with all my games on it, and my other 4tb hard drive is just one I’ve had for a while with some old pictures on it and stuff I mainly just use it as a file storage now so it’s not cluttered in with other things and I just wanna have a dedicated one as a boot drive because I didn’t necessarily need more space for games since I don’t have too many I play at one time the current ones I have install take up about 1.5tb of my drive, but been noticing the price different and might get another 2tb ssd and use the extra space for back up files I might need.

[KurLz217]

2 hours ago, Why_Me said:

DRAM cache

https://www.msi.com/Storage/SPATIUM-M480-PRO-PCIe-4.0-NVMe-M.2  

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Storage: *MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($119.99 @ MSI) 
Total: $119.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-08-20 19:09 EDT-0400

Thanks for those links, might get that tbh seems like a really good price for 2tb

[Dedayog]

1 hour ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Kind of seems like an outdated view to just think of an SSD as for a boot drive. Good to put your games on it too for the better load times. And especially now that SSD are cheap. Still, I have a 1TB SSD and even with a bunch of games and emulators installed plus using it for space for writing movies to that I compress to HEVC format I'm not hurting for free space at all. I keep all my movies, porn TV shows, roms, etc on separate mechanical drives though since I don't need SSD read speeds for any of that stuff like I would for the OS, games, and assorted programs I use.

This.

 

No HDD in 2025.   Server sure.  Any other machine, no thank you.

[KidKid]

18 hours ago, KurLz217 said:

Hello im new to the forum and I’m planning on rebuilding my PC soon my budget is $1,250 US I was trying to find some suggestions this is my current parts list;

Motherboard: x570-e Asus Strix

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5700G

CPU Cooler: Master Cooler MasterLiquid 360L

RAM: 32gb DDR4 3600MHZ Trident Z

GPU: MSI Ventus 3x 4070

PSU: Corsair RM850

Storage: 512gb WD Blue M.2 SSD(Boot drive)

2tb Team Group M.2 SSD

4tb Toshiba HDD 7200RPM

Case: Generic Cyberpower Case 

 

I’m recycling only my drives, except the boot drive, my GPU, and my PSU, but upgrading everything else. I don’t really care much for RGB so I only really wanna spend on the parts themselves. Also I mainly game at 1440p and do some production stuff like networking that’s why I’m planning on keeping my current GPU but my CPU feels a bit outdated. These are the current parts I’ve chosen from micro center and pricing;

 

AMD BUNDLE: AMD 9800x3d - MSI X870e Pro WiFi - 32gb DDR5 6000MHZ Corsair Vengeance 680$

Case: Lian Li Liancool 207 digital 120$

CPU Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freeze 360 Pro 85$

Boot Drive: 1TB Samsung 990 Evo Plus 65$

Total: 1,023$ (After Taxes)

 

If anyone has any suggestions/improvements I can make it’d be more than welcome. I’m computer savvy and am confident handling hardware etc. I just tend to second guess things and wanted to seek some advice. I also wanted to maximize my budget but not needlessly spend on things like RGB and the like. I mainly wanna focus on just the hardware at the moment. 

Save money on a new case and don't get it unless your case has a problem, or you want an aesthetic upgrade. The rest looks good. 

[KurLz217]

6 hours ago, KidKid said:

Save money on a new case and don't get it unless your case has a problem, or you want an aesthetic upgrade. The rest looks good. 

Thanks it’s mainly cause my current one was banged up during shipping cause I got a pre built, already had to send it back and forth because of hardware issues so just dealt with the cosmetics but that’s the main reason I wanna upgrade especially because I can’t even take off my front panel anymore to clean it. Never getting a pre built ever again lol

[KidKid]

2 hours ago, KurLz217 said:

Thanks it’s mainly cause my current one was banged up during shipping cause I got a pre built, already had to send it back and forth because of hardware issues so just dealt with the cosmetics but that’s the main reason I wanna upgrade especially because I can’t even take off my front panel anymore to clean it. Never getting a pre built ever again lol

Okay. That's a valid reason to upgrade!