Build Advice Upgrading my gaming build ?

[lainrls]

Hi.
I plan to upgrade my 2019 gaming build by doing a DDR4 > DDR5 swap and I would like to stay around €800-900 ($870-978) by changing as little as possible and still increase longevity.

I was thinking of changing the motherboard, CPU, RAM and, if possible, the heatsink and case.

Currently my build is as follows:

• Motherboard: AsRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
• RAM: G.Skill F4-3200c14d-16gfx
• CPU Cooler: Freezer 33 eSports ONE
• Power Supply: Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 650W
• Video card: GeForce GTX 1070 Ti GAMING 8G
• Monitor: AOC 27G2G4
• Case: NZXT S340

Disks:

• Crucial MX500 2*TB SSD
• Crucial MX300 750GB SSD

For CPU+motherboard+videocard+RAM I was thinking:

• DDR5 32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo 2x16GB TZ5NR RGB Black [F5-6000J3238F16GX2-T] - €122
• Msi B650 Gaming Plus wifi 4xDDR5 ATX AMD - 170€
• Ryzen 5 7600X - 203€
• Msi GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Gaming X 8Gb - 384€

My country is Italy.

I don't know about heatsink+case...
What do you guys think?

Thank you very much,

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

While you have presented a very viable and solid option for an upgrade; the flipside to that is your AM4 platform still has an upgrade path that will put you on the same level of performance as the AM5 7600X. If you don't have a specific need for PCIe 4.0 or DDR5, then the following upgrades will net you higher gaming performance and more vRAM for better gaming longevity.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor (€164.00 @ Amazon Italia)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 PLUS V2 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€22.59 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (€58.00 @ Amazon Italia)
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card (€648.33 @ Amazon Italia)
Total: €892.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-07-28 14:02 CEST+0200

 

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor (€201.49 @ Amazon Italia)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€39.90 @ Amazon Italia)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard (€157.44 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (€119.99 @ Corsair)
Total: €518.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-07-28 20:36 CEST+0200

 

[lainrls]

While you have presented a very viable and solid option for an upgrade; the flipside to that is your AM4 platform still has an upgrade path that will put you on the same level of performance as the AM5 7600X. If you don't have a specific need for PCIe 4.0 or DDR5, then the following upgrades will net you higher gaming performance and more vRAM for better gaming longevity.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor (€164.00 @ Amazon Italia)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 PLUS V2 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€22.59 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (€58.00 @ Amazon Italia)
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card (€648.33 @ Amazon Italia)
Total: €892.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-07-28 14:02 CEST+0200

I trust your argument and agree with it, however, isn't it inadvisable to continue using a 2018 motherboard with such recent components?

 

[helper800]

Wait until august 8 and you can get this (cpu price is an estimate):

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor (€299.99)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€39.90 @ Amazon Italia)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard (€153.99 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (€125.99 @ Corsair)
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case (€83.75 @ Amazon Italia)
Total: €703.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-07-29 19:08 CEST+0200

Assuming you are comfortable updating BIOS to F30 or above, this would be best IMO.

 

[lainrls]

Wait until august 8 and you can get this (cpu price is an estimate):

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor (€299.99)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (€39.90 @ Amazon Italia)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard (€153.99 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (€125.99 @ Corsair)
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case (€83.75 @ Amazon Italia)
Total: €703.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-07-29 19:08 CEST+0200

Assuming you are comfortable updating BIOS to F30 or above, this would be best IMO.

What will happen on August 8?
In the budget I should also fit the video card....

 

[helper800]

What will happen on August 8?
In the budget I should also fit the video card....

August 8th the new 9000 series AMD CPUs come out. If you want a full system upgrade including a graphics card I would recommend a build close to what @MrN1ce9uy did. Here is my take on that kind of platform upgrade:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor (€342.90 @ Alternate Italia)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 33 eSports ONE (Black/Red) CPU Cooler (Purchased For €0.00)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (Purchased For €0.00)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL14 Memory (Purchased For €0.00)
Storage: Crucial MX300 750 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For €0.00)
Storage: Crucial MX500 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For €0.00)
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card (€536.99 @ Amazon Italia)
Case: NZXT S340 ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For €0.00)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus 650 Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For €0.00)
Total: €879.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-07-29 20:09 CEST+0200

You can reuse most all of your components to get the best CPU that socket can use and a very potent GPU.