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[Coppola]

Thinking about building a new rig, upgrading from the one I've built in Nov '19 and wondering if the upgrade makes sense. My current specs as follows:

Asus TUF X570 plus non wifi
AMD Ryzen 7 3800x 8 cores @ 3.9ghz, base air cooler
32 gigs g-skills 3600mhz
RTX 4080 (ran a GTX 980ti from 2016 to then)
2 Western digital Blue SSD's (500G for Windows and 2 TB for the rest)
M.2 WD Black for games (Steam)
750 watts EVGA P2 platinum
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase MC500 mid-tower

Would upgrade to:

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12 cores @ 4.7ghz
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black or Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360 (seems interesting for the price, not a fan of RGB's) kind of curious about water cooling, good on mid to long term, 3-5 years?
Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX ATX
GTX 4080 would go in here
Kingston Fury 2x8gb 6000mhz
Would transfert the M.2 in this one, get a WD Blue SSD 500G for Windows and a 4TB
EVGA SuperNOVA 850 GT 80+ Gold

Price is around 1400-1500$ CA as of now. I still have my 2012 Cooler Master Scout 1 case so my plan would be to transfert my 2019 build in the storm case and use my mc500 as the ''new''build. Let me know if that makes sense.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Other option if you wanted to save cash, im guessing the current board would support a 5800x3d. So you might consider picking up one of those, upgrading the cooling if needed, then get the new gpu. As well as upgrade the ssd. Then you’d have much of the stuff to transfer over later.

I think 9000 series is due out in a few months so that might be a consideration.

 

[Coppola]

I'll give that a look thanks

 

[kira-faye]

Honestly, unless there's something specific your current setup isn't doing, you're not going to notice a big difference day to day. I still regularly go between the 5800X3D and Ryzen 3600, and yes, I can tell when I'm on the faster machine... But it never really /matters/. Certainly not enough to justify what the upgrade cost. I'm personally waiting for the next major socket.

 

[35below0]

If curious and willing to spend the cash on a refresh, it looks good. It will not feel outdated for some time, about 3-5 years depending on what games do to it
It's not a major jump in performance, certainly not for the money but it's the longevity where it makes a difference.

Even though 32Gb is not strictly neccessary, i'd take 32Gb over 16 if buying today. Esp. modded games can eat up RAM and get close to 12 or maybe even more. You will probably not exceed 16 in the coming years but 32Gb will not be a huge expense. Probably you will be able to carry it over to your next build as well.

 

[Why_Me]

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