Question Theorizing a New System as current one is causing me issues. £2,500 budget without GPU.

[chucky9]

So, the age old, Need a new system situation.

Currently i have an I7 8700k, 64gb DDR4 ram 2133mhz i think its GSkill, the PC isnt here so this is from memory.
I have a 4080super that i want to move over. ChatGPT gave me a Intel Core i9-14900KF... but its been 8 years since i looked for a new pc so i 0 knowledge of the market these days.

Approximate Purchase Date: within 4 weeks

Budget Range: £2,500

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, i do alot of AI art work, im a writer so i use it for concept designs, Some video editing.

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: Basically just CPU motherboard, and ram really, bigger case than my Coolermaster Storm Trooper and some good fans would be nice (idk if noctua are the best quiet fans anymore...) . Everything else i can get at a later date. I have a perfectly fine 1000W PSU.

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Anything UK based really...

Location: South East England

Parts Preferences: I only run Intel these, the rest i don't, if possible, little to no RGB.

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: NO

Your Monitor Resolution: 3x 27" 2560x1440

Additional Comments: Quiet pc if possible, doesnt need to silent though. It sits behind my screens so no one ever sees it.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My old rig is nearly 8 years old and is currently in the shop as either the CPU or motherboard or both have failed, tried to get a new board, now giving CPU errors, and i cant find a new 17 8700k, and i dont want to buy a second hand CPU from facebook or ebay... im just looking at what i can actually upgrade to if i made the jump.

 

[Lutfij]

This is something you could build with AMD's AM5 platform;
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 4.4 GHz 12-Core Processor (£439.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI MAG B650M MORTAR WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard (£179.99 @ AWD-IT)
Memory: Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£176.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Solidigm P44 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£67.97 @ MoreCoCo)
Storage: Solidigm P44 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£157.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: Asus DUAL OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB Video Card (£769.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 Mini MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£104.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Total: £2006.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-17 19:15 GMT+0000
2x SSD's, one for the OS, app's and launchers. The larger drive can be for your game library. You can add an HDD to the build to house your completed artwork.

Here's an Intel counterpart build;
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i9-14900KS 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor (£646.99 @ AWD-IT)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 280 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£60.82 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790M AORUS ELITE AX ICE Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£254.20 @ Newegg UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory (£174.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Solidigm P44 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£67.97 @ MoreCoCo)
Storage: Solidigm P44 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£157.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: Asus DUAL OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB Video Card (£769.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 Mini MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£104.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Total: £2316.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-17 19:21 GMT+0000
but I'd honestly steer clear of Intel for a couple of generations.

 

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core Ultra 7 265K 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor (£379.97 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool AK620 ZERO DARK 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler (£55.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte Z890 EAGLE WIFI7 ATX LGA1851 Motherboard (£224.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: *Kingston FURY Beast 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£179.73 @ Amazon UK)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case (£56.94 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £896.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-17 19:27 GMT+0000

 

[chucky9]

I appreciate the effort from both of you. Still not entirely sure what I'm going get tbh, I'm trying to stay away from liquid cooling as I have bad experiences with them in the past.

I need to do some more research.. Just feels like there's to many options these days haha.

On the plus side I can bring my 4080super from my current system over, so that'll save me about £1,000.

 

[logainofhades]

Since you said you have PSU and GPU. The 9800x3d is a bit hard to come by right now.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£463.71 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 140 77.8 CFM CPU Cooler (£45.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X870E AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ATX AM5 Motherboard (£285.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 96 GB (2 x 48 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£325.99 @ Corsair UK)
Storage: Crucial T500 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£72.92 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial T500 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£232.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 7000D AIRFLOW ATX Full Tower Case (£204.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1631.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-19 20:47 GMT+0000

 

[chucky9]

Since you said you have PSU and GPU. The 9800x3d is a bit hard to come by right now.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£463.71 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 140 77.8 CFM CPU Cooler (£45.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X870E AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ATX AM5 Motherboard (£285.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 96 GB (2 x 48 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£325.99 @ Corsair UK)
Storage: Crucial T500 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£72.92 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial T500 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£232.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 7000D AIRFLOW ATX Full Tower Case (£204.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1631.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-12-19 20:47 GMT+0000

i think that maybe have been one of the coolers he recommended, i do like the case though, my 4080 barely fitted in my Storm Trooper.

i like the idea of having a 1tb NVME, all my previous knowledge of NVME's and SSD's is that they have a much shorter life that HDD... i currently have 4 4TB HDD and 2 250gb SSD's.

TBH, i think i need to sit down and work out exactly what i actually need as i want this system to last me another 10 years.. of course theres no way of knowing if my requirements of it will change in that time frame, but its interesting looking through what people are recommending.