Build Advice New Build or Upgrade?

[FalseButton]

Budget (including currency): £2500 (GBP)
Country: United Kingdom
Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly games ranging from Minecraft to whatever the latest release such as Last of Us etc.

I will not be doing anything regarding editing videos/photo, will be doing the odd office related work, but not often. Not interested in recording, streaming etc.


Other details:
Here are my current pc specifications: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/zsZWH2
I built this computer a few years ago now and I am wanting to have a more enjoyable and smoother 1440p experience
I currently use this PC Daily, playing at 1440p, however would like to have a smoother experience with better visuals.

I am in between of just upgrading my current pc, for example swapping the 2070 super out for a 6800xt or rtx 3080 and maybe adding additional RAM or just going for a new build.

It has been a very long time since I have looked into building a new computer and I am not caught up on all the new hardware, my knowledge is pretty much cut off at around 2020/21. Any recommendations and builds would be very grateful along with information regarding the components as I start to get back into this!


Thank you!

 

[Darkbreeze]

With that build I don't see much reason for a completely new build.

"Adding" memory is usually not a great idea, even if you bought the exact same model as the kit you currently have installed. Too much potential for multiple kits not wanting to "play nice" with each other. If you did anything with the memory it would be advisable to simply get a whole new kit in the full amount of memory and at the speed you wish to run it at, and I'd suggest that IF you did that you might want to look at like 2 x16GB of 3600mhz kit. You could then sell your existing kit or keep it for backup purposes or for use with another system at some point. Whatever you prefer.

Probably of far greater importance might be simply upgrading the CPU for something from the 5000 series like the 5700X or 5800X3D, and a new graphics card.

 

[dark_globe]

you have 2 options -
you can either upgrade your cpu to ryzen 5800X3D ,
upgrade your memory to 2x16gb 3600MHz cl16 , and your video card
for either second hand rtx 3090 which can be find for 600-650 euro (at least where i live) and
offers you better performance than rtx 4070 and much more VRAM .
or you can buy brand new radeon 6950xt for the same price as second hand 3090
which will also offer you virtually the same performance .
if you pay a little extra you can also get radeon 7900xt for the price of rtx 4070Ti
but with 20gb of VRAM and slightly better performance .
i would not advice buying 3080 with only 10gb of VRAM

second option would be to sell your current PC as it stands and build a brand new system
with ryzen 7800X3D and rtx 4080 or radeon 7900xt/xtx - your budget would allow it .

it would look something like this:
(but if i were you i would upgrade my current system -
it will be much cheaper and you will get
80-85% performance compared to this brand new build)


PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£448.95 @ AWD-IT)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG620 67.88 CFM CPU Cooler (£52.68 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS ATX AM5 Motherboard (£291.55 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL32 Memory (£154.37 @ Newegg UK)
Storage: Kingston Fury Renegade 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£139.99 @ MoreCoCo)
Video Card: MSI GAMING TRIO CLASSIC Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card (£1089.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Lian Li Lancool II Mesh C Performance ATX Mid Tower Case (£121.76 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: MSI A1000G PCIE5 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£179.82 @ Box Limited)
Total: £2479.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-04-22 17:49 BST+0100

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

Agree with @Darkbreeze , drop a 5800x3d in there, and a strong GPU is the way to go.

The 5800x is in gaming, very potent. Note though, it's not all games. Nor is it even half of all games. It's purely games who's engine can take advantage of the extra L3 cache.

If going for a 3080, I'd suggest the 12gb version, as it's superior to the vanilla 3080.

 

[Why_Me]

This is a tough call tbh. The upgrade path would look something like this.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product...700x-34-ghz-8-core-processor-100-100000926wof
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X £179.99

https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-7-5700x

or ...

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product...0x3d-34-ghz-8-core-processor-100-100000651wof
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D £292.86

https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-7-5800x3d

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product...-2-x-16-gb-ddr4-3600-memory-f4-3600c18d-32gvk
G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3600 32GB (2x16GB) CL18 £79.51

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/9ZZXsY/msi-ventus-3x-oc-geforce-rtx-4070-12-gb-video-card-rtx-4070-ventus-3x-12g-oc

MSI RTX 4070 VENTUS 3X OC 12GB Video Card £589.00

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

So, the RTX 30 series has been known to crash while playing The Last of Us at 1440p and 4K due to a lack of VRAM on the 8GB models. So, I would stay away form the 30 series. Even with the models with more than 8GB VRAM, they are way overpriced for what they offer in that department. Avoid them.

IMO PC hardware is overpriced and overrated these days. I would get the 5800X3D and RX 6800XT or RTX 4070. Maybe 32GB of RAM.

 

[GarrettL]

I upgraded from a 3800x and 2070S to 5800x3d and 4070TI.

It's fantastic.