- Apr 20, 2021
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Hi there!
I would like to spend at most 1000 EUR for CPU, mobo, RAM, SSD, and PSU (if mine isn't good enough). I live in Italy.
My current PC is roughly 8 years old, and I think this would be a good time to upgrade. I am a developer and usually run 1-2 IDEs simultaneously, chromium with quite a lot of tabs open, and I have to run automated tests using selenium/puppeteer which basically spawns a lot of headless chromium instances (with GPU acceleration disabled so basically all the load is on the CPU). Sometimes I also have to test/develop cross-platform stuff or apps and when I do so I have to run a Windows 10 VM alongside my IDEs as I'm using a *NIX system as my daily driver. My current setup is as follows:
So I've looked around a bit, but I've been out of the loop for a while and I'd like to hear out your opinion as well, guys. The CPUs I've spotted, with the best prices you can find 'em for in my country, are:
Also, I have no clue about what motherboard I should pick, considering that I usually try to overclock my components whenever it is possible, to squeeze out as much performance as I can as years go by and the hardware starts to get outdated (yes, I plan to keep this new rig for many years, as I did with my current one).
I'd like to get 32GB of RAM since 16GB seems a bit tight with all the stuff I have open, and I'm always at 80%+ RAM usage. What RAM would you suggest? Is 3200MHz enough? Also, I'm not sure about going 2x16GB vs 4x8GB.
Then for the PSU, I wonder if mine which is 550W is enough for anything other than the 5600x? Probably a bit tight.
Last but not least, I'm thinking about buying a 1TB SSD. Are NVMe SSDs worth the extra money over SATA ones?
I also play some games from time to time and the few I play run just fine with my current setup. As of now, I don't need to upgrade my GPU(s). If I were to pull the trigger on the i9 I'd probably use the iGPU for my host OS and passthrough the GTX 760.
Thanks in advance. Cheers!
I would like to spend at most 1000 EUR for CPU, mobo, RAM, SSD, and PSU (if mine isn't good enough). I live in Italy.
My current PC is roughly 8 years old, and I think this would be a good time to upgrade. I am a developer and usually run 1-2 IDEs simultaneously, chromium with quite a lot of tabs open, and I have to run automated tests using selenium/puppeteer which basically spawns a lot of headless chromium instances (with GPU acceleration disabled so basically all the load is on the CPU). Sometimes I also have to test/develop cross-platform stuff or apps and when I do so I have to run a Windows 10 VM alongside my IDEs as I'm using a *NIX system as my daily driver. My current setup is as follows:
- CPU: AMD FX 8350 @ 4.4GHz
- Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S
- Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme 4
- RAM: 4x4GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance CL9 @ 1866MHz
- GPU1: MSI Nvidia GTX 660Ti (which I use on my host OS)
- GPU2: MSI Nvidia GTX 760 OC (which I passthrough to my Windows VM)
- PSU: XFX Pro 550W 80+ Bronze
- SSD: Samsung EVO 840 120GB
- HDD: Western Digital 7200rpm 1TB
So I've looked around a bit, but I've been out of the loop for a while and I'd like to hear out your opinion as well, guys. The CPUs I've spotted, with the best prices you can find 'em for in my country, are:
- i7 10700k — 295 EUR
- R5 5600x — 330 EUR
- i9 10850k — 355 EUR
- R7 5800x — 430 EUR
Also, I have no clue about what motherboard I should pick, considering that I usually try to overclock my components whenever it is possible, to squeeze out as much performance as I can as years go by and the hardware starts to get outdated (yes, I plan to keep this new rig for many years, as I did with my current one).
I'd like to get 32GB of RAM since 16GB seems a bit tight with all the stuff I have open, and I'm always at 80%+ RAM usage. What RAM would you suggest? Is 3200MHz enough? Also, I'm not sure about going 2x16GB vs 4x8GB.
Then for the PSU, I wonder if mine which is 550W is enough for anything other than the 5600x? Probably a bit tight.
Last but not least, I'm thinking about buying a 1TB SSD. Are NVMe SSDs worth the extra money over SATA ones?
I also play some games from time to time and the few I play run just fine with my current setup. As of now, I don't need to upgrade my GPU(s). If I were to pull the trigger on the i9 I'd probably use the iGPU for my host OS and passthrough the GTX 760.
Thanks in advance. Cheers!
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