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21 minutes ago, bscotty96 said:

Interesting lists, did you suggest the RTX 5070 for the price or because its Nvidia? The RX 9070 XT seems to be a really good option price to performance wise, but I would consider sticking with Nvidia if its worth it.

I'd go 5700X, 9070XT and a 1440p monitor (don't think you have one yet?).

 

 

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Looking for some advice on upgrading the below build. I was focusing on the GPU looking at a RX 9070XT but I realise that the CPU is getting old too, so open to suggestions, I did want to get a 5000 series 3d processor but stocks have depleted it seems!

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/bscotty96/saved/ssYyFT

 

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX XT 

Asus ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING WIFI II ATX

Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory

Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 (Boot)

WD_Black SN850X 2 TB (Games drive)

2 other HDDS 

EVGA Black GeForce RTX 2070

Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX

EVGA SuperNOVA 850 GT 850 W 80+ Gold 

 

 

Budget (including currency): £1000 lower the better ofc

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: mostly Single Player games, KCD 2, Battlefield 6

Other details focusing on an fps of 120 at 1080 (1440 would be a bonus)

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6 minutes ago, bscotty96 said:

Accidentally left this topic blank 😅 so I have editted it now!

A basic am5 upgrade (7500f, b650-s, 2x16gb 6000mt/s cl36) is about 250-350 pounds I think, depends on how much you'll get for your mobo cpu and ram, no need to sell ssd's or anything else, for that cooler you can mount it on am5, but I don't know if you have the right moutning hardware.

You can look for 2nd hand mobo cpu ram bundles, too if used doesn't scare you.

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Yes, 3700X will be keeping you back.

 

Frankly you've missed the 5800X3D and 5700X3D trains. They're gone and prices are sky high now, used 5800X3D goes for more than a used 7800X3D. You're got a day left to bid on this 5800X3D, which is a snipe deal but it will be a simple upgrade, just needing BIOS update likely and ASUS was annoying to update cause it needs previous updates but doesn't tell you which.

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Are you sure you need AM5 though? You should be fine with something like 5800X or 5800X3D paired with a 9070XT, which would fit your budget, or even save quite a bit. HardwareCannucks made a video on the topic lately so you might want to take a look and see if a high end AM4 would be enough. These have come down a price quite a lot, as the 5800X can be found at around €150.

 

 

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1 hour ago, bscotty96 said:

Looking for some advice on upgrading the below build. I was focusing on the GPU looking at a RX 9070XT but I realise that the CPU is getting old too, so open to suggestions, I did want to get a 5000 series 3d processor but stocks have depleted it seems!

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/bscotty96/saved/ssYyFT

 

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX XT 

Asus ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING WIFI II ATX

Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory

Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 (Boot)

WD_Black SN850X 2 TB (Games drive)

2 other HDDS 

EVGA Black GeForce RTX 2070

Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX

EVGA SuperNOVA 850 GT 850 W 80+ Gold 

 

 

Budget (including currency): £1000 lower the better ofc

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: mostly Single Player games, KCD 2, Battlefield 6

Other details focusing on an fps of 120 at 1080 (1440 would be a bonus)

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£119.99 @ Box Limited) 
Video Card: *Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  (£475.00 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £594.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 3.7 GHz 6-Core OEM/Tray Processor  (£139.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: *ASRock B850 Pro RS WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£159.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Memory: *Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£108.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: *Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  (£475.00 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £881.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-15 10:50 BST+0100

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I was considering the a 5800x, so I will take a look thanks!

2 hours ago, IAmAndre said:

Are you sure you need AM5 though? You should be fine with something like 5800X or 5800X3D paired with a 9070XT, which would fit your budget, or even save quite a bit. HardwareCannucks made a video on the topic lately so you might want to take a look and see if a high end AM4 would be enough. These have come down a price quite a lot, as the 5800X can be found at around €150.

 

 

 

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£119.99 @ Box Limited) 
Video Card: *Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  (£475.00 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £594.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-15 10:47 BST+0100

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 3.7 GHz 6-Core OEM/Tray Processor  (£139.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: *ASRock B850 Pro RS WiFi ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£159.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Memory: *Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£108.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: *Asus TUF GAMING OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card  (£475.00 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £881.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-10-15 10:50 BST+0100

Interesting lists, did you suggest the RTX 5070 for the price or because its Nvidia? The RX 9070 XT seems to be a really good option price to performance wise, but I would consider sticking with Nvidia if its worth it.

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18 minutes ago, bscotty96 said:

Interesting lists, did you suggest the RTX 5070 for the price or because its Nvidia? The RX 9070 XT seems to be a really good option price to performance wise, but I would consider sticking with Nvidia if its worth it.

The 9070 and 9070 XT are both excellent cards. 

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21 minutes ago, bscotty96 said:

Interesting lists, did you suggest the RTX 5070 for the price or because its Nvidia? The RX 9070 XT seems to be a really good option price to performance wise, but I would consider sticking with Nvidia if its worth it.

I'd go 5700X, 9070XT and a 1440p monitor (don't think you have one yet?).

 

 

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27 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

I'd go 5700X, 9070XT and a 1440p monitor (don't think you have one yet?).

 

 

Seems to be my thinking too.
My bad for not including the display, I mainly use this on a Samsung Q80T 55" in my living room, might upgrade that down the line.

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