Question Hello - gaming enthusiast would like to upgrade his PC: £2.5k budget (ish)

[mechagran]

Hi

I hope this is in the correct place!

Some background

• I'm a bit out of touch with all the hoo-hah surrounding new GPUs, etc but i want to upgrade my gaming system.
• I am aware some of my stuff is 6 years old, im also aware that I love my old GTX 1080 TI but i have to let go.... 😀
• I am concerned that the chipset / socket of my mobo (LG1151?) is going out of date and is no longer supported or rather no longer supports good CPUs.

Further info as per guide

• Approximate purchase date next 1-3 months.
• Budget Range: 2000 - 2500 GBP
• System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, editing photos, surfing web
• Are you buying a monitor: No - current monitor is samsung 4k
• Reason: I think I need a therefore may need a full on upgrade
• Parts to Upgrade: CPU / MOBO / GPU / RAM / - I have a good 1500w PS
• Do you need to buy OS:Yes
• Location: UK
• Parts Preferences: None
• Overclocking: Possibly but not an expert
• Multiple GPUs: No
• Your Monitor Resolution: 4k

Requirements

• I play all sorts of games and occaiosnally process some art but it's light work.
• Predominantly i edit photos and play HLL, Squad 44, Total War etc.
• I would like a PC that is in the region of £2000-£2500. I can go higher but prefer not to.

Further Qs

• I dont have a preference on AMD v Nvidia - so im happy to hear both sides.
• I wonder if this gaming Pc could be sold 'as a whole' to someone with a lower budget (minsu SSD etc).
• Any furhter advice - ie "wait until X" or " do this now before X happens" welcome.

My system specs are:

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 9700K @ 3.60GHz 26 °C
Coffee Lake 14nm Technology
RAM
32.0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1066MHz (15-15-15-36)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI-CF (U3E1) 27 °C
Graphics
U32J59x (3840x2160@60Hz)
3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (ASUStek Computer Inc) 30 °C
Storage
447GB INTEL SSDSC2CW480A (SATA (SSD))
476GB ADATA SX8200PNP SCSI Disk Device (RAID (SSD))
Audio
NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM)

All advice and recommendations gratefully received, thanks.

 

[Lutfij]

Parts to Upgrade: CPU / MOBO / GPU / RAM / - I have a good 1500w PS
What is the make, model and age of the PSU you wish to recycle? 6 years old?

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (£478.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 280 A-RGB 69.9 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£73.14 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B850M AORUS ELITE WIFI6E ICE Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard (£209.95 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Titanium 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6600 CL32 Memory (£274.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£31.95 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£99.99 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card (£1083.35 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 301 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£52.45 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2304.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-07 15:03 GMT+0000
Room for adding a reliably built 850W PSU. 2x SSD's to split your OS, app's and launchers install onto one while the other is your game library. be sure to add HDD's to the build to save your finalized productions.
^ this is a template, not set in stone.

 

[mechagran]

Thanks Lutfij, thats i very comprehensive

So to the details i currently am runnng a Corsair RGB ICUE Liquid cooling system running on my MOBO - 3 years old.

In terms of GPU is that the best value at the moment? Seems like quite a chunk for a GPU! Open to options as i guess almost any will be an improvement.

 

[mechagran]

Another thing currently i'm running these fro storage onboard mobo.

Can i plug them into new system?

INTEL SSDSC2CW480A (SSD)
ADATA SX8200PNP SCSI Disk Device (SSD)

 

[Why_Me]

ATX 3.1 psu, a board and gpu that support PCIe 5.0.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor (£312.89 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: *MSI PRO X870-P WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (£239.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: *Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£85.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: *Acer Predator GM7 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£101.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: *Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC SFF GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card (£1399.00 @ AWD-IT)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: *NZXT C1000 (2024) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£145.99 @ MoreCoCo)
Total: £2370.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-07 22:47 GMT+0000

 

[Why_Me]

Another thing currently i'm running these fro storage onboard mobo.

Can i plug them into new system?

INTEL SSDSC2CW480A (SSD)
ADATA SX8200PNP SCSI Disk Device (SSD)

Those will work on a new board just fine.