Question New PC or upgrade? Just for fun.

[davidbenpark]

My self-build PC is now nearly 5 years old. It's running ok, but I'm getting itchy for an upgrade. Partly to see if I can make a noticeable improvement, partly just for fun!

A lot has happened in that time and I haven't kept up with the latest tech, so if you had this system, would you upgrade? Would you start a new build? Would you just stick with it? Anything on the horizon I should be looking at?

My current system:

1. Phanteks P400A (3x stock 120mm RGB fans with 1x 120mm exhaust)
2. Ryzen 7 3700X (cooled by BeQuiet DARK ROCK PRO 4)
3. Asus TUF GAMING X570 PLUS (WI-FI) AM4 ATX Motherboard
4. Corsair Vengeance RGB pro 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200
5. Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT Pulse 8GB
6. Psu Rm750x 80+ Gold Modular
7. Patriot Viper VPN100 1tb M.2 2280 PCIe SSD
8. Seagate BarraCuda 2TB Desktop Hard Drive 3.5" 7200RPM
9. Basic Kingston 240GB SSD

Main uses are:

1. Figma/Illustrator/Photoshop for design
2. Considering getting more into video editing (probably on Premiere Pro)
3. Gaming (occasionally - not a massive priority)

 

[kanewolf]

My self-build PC is now nearly 5 years old. It's running ok, but I'm getting itchy for an upgrade. Partly to see if I can make a noticeable improvement, partly just for fun!

A lot has happened in that time and I haven't kept up with the latest tech, so if you had this system, would you upgrade? Would you start a new build? Would you just stick with it? Anything on the horizon I should be looking at?

My current system:

1. Phanteks P400A (3x stock 120mm RGB fans with 1x 120mm exhaust)
2. Ryzen 7 3700X (cooled by BeQuiet DARK ROCK PRO 4)
3. Asus TUF GAMING X570 PLUS (WI-FI) AM4 ATX Motherboard
4. Corsair Vengeance RGB pro 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200
5. Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT Pulse 8GB
6. Psu Rm750x 80+ Gold Modular
7. Patriot Viper VPN100 1tb M.2 2280 PCIe SSD
8. Seagate BarraCuda 2TB Desktop Hard Drive 3.5" 7200RPM
9. Basic Kingston 240GB SSD

Main uses are:

1. Figma/Illustrator/Photoshop for design
2. Considering getting more into video editing (probably on Premiere Pro)
3. Gaming (occasionally - not a massive priority)

For gaming a 5800X3D would be a zero hassle upgrade.

 

[1LiquidPC]

If gaming is 3rd on your list, perhaps a 5950X CPU upgrade and GPU upgrade depending on budget. I'm not sure what kind of $ you are looking at for improvements or a new build in your use case. 1 and 2 would likely benefit more from higher core counts and clock frequency in the long run, unless those specific applications are tuned for the 3D V-cache of the 5800X3D(best for gaming purposes).

 

[davidbenpark]

For gaming a 5800X3D would be a zero hassle upgrade.

perhaps a 5950X CPU upgrade and GPU upgrade depending on budget.

Thanks both. Interesting to know about these CPU choices. I'll look into the benefits of each and the 3D V-cache you mentioned (that's new to me).

Budget wise, it's kind of open season as it's a work machine so I can expense it all, making it effectively 39% off the price I pay. Don't want to go bananas with spending obviously, but keen to have a good system to maximise efficiency. Could spend up to maybe £1k on upgrades, or up to £2k on a new build.

 

[Why_Me]

My self-build PC is now nearly 5 years old. It's running ok, but I'm getting itchy for an upgrade. Partly to see if I can make a noticeable improvement, partly just for fun!

A lot has happened in that time and I haven't kept up with the latest tech, so if you had this system, would you upgrade? Would you start a new build? Would you just stick with it? Anything on the horizon I should be looking at?

My current system:

1. Phanteks P400A (3x stock 120mm RGB fans with 1x 120mm exhaust)
2. Ryzen 7 3700X (cooled by BeQuiet DARK ROCK PRO 4)
3. Asus TUF GAMING X570 PLUS (WI-FI) AM4 ATX Motherboard
4. Corsair Vengeance RGB pro 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200
5. Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT Pulse 8GB
6. Psu Rm750x 80+ Gold Modular
7. Patriot Viper VPN100 1tb M.2 2280 PCIe SSD
8. Seagate BarraCuda 2TB Desktop Hard Drive 3.5" 7200RPM
9. Basic Kingston 240GB SSD

Main uses are:

1. Figma/Illustrator/Photoshop for design
2. Considering getting more into video editing (probably on Premiere Pro)
3. Gaming (occasionally - not a massive priority)

I would look at upgrading the cpu to a Ryzen 7 5700X and probably the gpu.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Ryzen 5950X or 5700X depending on if you need more CPU cores.

4070 Super GPU or the 7800XT

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Fast 2tb SSD with high endurance:

https://www.tomshardware.com/features/ssd-benchmarks-hierarchy#section-2tb-ssd-hierarchy

maybe upgrade ram to 64gb - depending on your video editing needs.