After 15 years it's upgrade time!

Oxide™

Oxide™

Oxide™

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I've been out of the hardware game for years but after reading reviews I've specced up a white system (with light blue RGB theme)

Just looking for thoughts really please - budget is £2.5k max and looking to purchase in around 3 months when funds allow

Case = Lian Li lancool iii White
AIO = Lian Li GALAHAD AIO 360mm RGB White
Fans = Lian Li UNI SL140 Addressable RGB White 140mm Fan
CPU = i7 12700K alder lake socket lga 1700
MB = ROG Strix Z690-A Gaming WIFI DDR5 (seems DDR5 variant is in short supply - hopefully available in next few months)
GPU = Asus GeForce RTX 3070 ROG White Strix OC V2
M2 = Seagate Firecuda 530 1TB
PSU = Corsair RMx750 750W White Series
Memory = Corsair Vengeance RGB White 32GB PC5-44800 (5600), CAS 36 DDR5
OS = Windows 11 Home 64bit
=currently £2.4k

current SATA + SSD drives will be transferred to above

Current pc:
i5 760
MSI GTX 970
Dell P2723DE 1440p
 
In 3 months intel will have released there 13th gen cpu's along with Z 790 motherboards and new gpu's are also afoot from AMD.
 
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Yes there should be some price drops on certain parts and hopefully the Pound improves to help with that as well. What you have missed is that in 3 months when the new options are available then there may be better components. In particular the 3070 could be superceded by a better performing and better value part from the RDNA3 range.
 
Oxide™ said:
nice so hopefully above system will come down in price?
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Not by much, a Raptor Lake Core I7 is £80 more then the older chip you've picked out. Alternatively the Ryzen 7700X is a tad cheaper then even the 12700K on OCUK and comes on a brand new platform that will most likely support another 2 or 3 generation of CPU's whereas the Z790 socket 1700 is EOL after Raptor lake/13th gen.
 
Oxide™ said:
I've been out of the hardware game for years but after reading reviews I've specced up a white system (with light blue RGB theme)

Just looking for thoughts really please - budget is £2.5k max and looking to purchase in around 3 months when funds allow

CPU = i7 12700K alder lake socket lga 1700
MB = ROG Strix Z690-A Gaming WIFI DDR5 (seems DDR5 variant is in short supply - hopefully available in next few months)

Memory = Corsair Vengeance RGB White 32GB PC5-44800 (5600), CAS 36 DDR5

Current pc:
i5 760
MSI GTX 970
Dell P2723DE 1440p
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Wow, you did good with getting that old PC to last so long!

Does it absolutely have to be all-white? You could save a bundle by going for a board with silver 'sinks like the Asus Z690-P Wifi (£235 for DDR4, £250 for DDR5) and (if DDR4) a decent 32GB 3200 or 3600 kit (£100-£150).

The 12700 non-K is available for about £350, too (review).
 
Tetras said:
Wow, you did good with getting that old PC to last so long!

Does it absolutely have to be all-white? You could save a bundle by going for a board with silver 'sinks like the Asus Z690-P Wifi (£235 for DDR4, £250 for DDR5) and (if DDR4) a decent 32GB 3200 or 3600 kit (£100-£150).

The 12700 non-K is available for about £350, too (review).
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lol indeed!

yeah my rationale is that it's a lot of money and needs to last a good few years so white will look nice in my wife's decor scheme
 
mickyflinn said:
In 3 months intel will have released there 13th gen cpu's along with Z 790 motherboards and new gpu's are also afoot from AMD.
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There's always something around the corner! :D

I always try and find the 'sweet spot' between price and performance these days. No point IMO in spending £1000s to be in the 95th percentile in performance.
 
Oxide™ said:
I've been out of the hardware game for years but after reading reviews I've specced up a white system (with light blue RGB theme)

Just looking for thoughts really please - budget is £2.5k max and looking to purchase in around 3 months when funds allow

Case = Lian Li lancool iii White
AIO = Lian Li GALAHAD AIO 360mm RGB White
Fans = Lian Li UNI SL140 Addressable RGB White 140mm Fan
CPU = alder lake socket lga 1700
MB = ROG Strix Z690-A Gaming WIFI DDR5 (seems DDR5 variant is in short supply - hopefully available in next few months)
GPU = Asus GeForce RTX 3070 ROG White Strix OC V2
M2 = Seagate Firecuda 530 1TB
PSU = Corsair RMx750 750W White Series
Memory = Corsair Vengeance RGB White 32GB PC5-44800 (5600), CAS 36 DDR5
OS = Windows 11 Home 64bit
=currently £2.4k

current SATA + SSD drives will be transferred to above

Current pc:
i5 760
MSI GTX 970
Dell P2723DE 1440p
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Is the system for gaming only? or for work too?
if it's for gaming I'd downgrade the CPU/MB to maybe B660+i5 12600k and use the money to upgrade the 3070 to 3080.
 
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JK2022 said:
Is the system for gaming only? or for work too?
if it's for gaming I'd downgrade the CPU/MB to maybe B660+i5 12600k and use the money to upgrade the 3070 to 3080.
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It will be both - I'm not looking to upgrade properly for another 10 years so I'm trying to find a system with longevity without breaking the bank and also that looks good in white

Looking out for the RTX 3080 FE too (just a bit annoyed it will break the white theme but it seems well priced)
 
DarkShadow said:
Wow, bit of a blast from the past. I made your sig about as long ago :)

I've also been holding on to my old rig because it still playing all the games I need it to!


Plenty :)
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HAHA I totally forgot about that as I have sigs disabled to reduce clutter reading the forum but just seen it now - still a legend sig thanks very much :)
 
Oxide™ said:
It will be both - I'm not looking to upgrade properly for another 10 years so I'm trying to find a system with longevity without breaking the bank and also that looks good in white

Looking out for the RTX 3080 FE too (just a bit annoyed it will break the white theme but it seems well priced)
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in that case,I wouldn't downgrade the CPU/MB from list.
10 years will be tough though.I think 5-6 years is more realistic with any build.(if your expecting very good performance)
 
yeh 5-6 years is more realistic. i'm at 5 years now with my pc bought from here, had 0 problems with it and it still does a good job. i've upgraded the gpu, ram and psu but i'm considering going for a new pc now.
 
Oxide™ said:
It will be both - I'm not looking to upgrade properly for another 10 years so I'm trying to find a system with longevity without breaking the bank and also that looks good in white

Looking out for the RTX 3080 FE too (just a bit annoyed it will break the white theme but it seems well priced)
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If you want it to last that long, I'd definitely wait for all the new stuff to be out, in the next 3 - 6 months.

There's no guarantee you'll get better value/deals, but for that time frame, I'd give myself the best chance.
 
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Excellent advice here guys thanks - I'll hold off until the next gen intel stuff is announced and re-look at the system then
 
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