Do I do several upgrades?

Zeebedy · 25 Apr 2025 at 09:38

Hey guys,

I am swithering about changing up a few components in my rig..

Currently I have :
Ryzen 9 7900X
64gb DDR5 RAM
4070ti Super
4tb NVME drive (W11 and Games)

and was considering changing the RAM, CPU and the storage to:

9800X3D
128gb DDR RAM
4070ti Super (keeping this)
1tb NVME for W11 and the 4tb NVME for games.

Is this worthwhile? or am I not getting much gains??? the PC is solely used for gaming and general day-to-day tasks.

hornetstinger · 25 Apr 2025 at 09:42

lol you cannot be serious

nade · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:00

Maybe i'm of a different mindset, but I would ask yourself if you're happy with how it currently performs?

I have fallen into doing a full upgrade/replace of my main PC approx every 4 years. I'm still happy with my own machine 5600x, 16GB RAM and RTX3070, which I built back in 2021 so have started looking. But at the moment still happy with everything so not in any rush to spend money.

Zeebedy · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:01

hornetstinger said:
lol you cannot be serious

yep.

nade said:
Maybe i'm of a different mindset, but I would ask yourself if you're happy with how it currently performs?

I have fallen into doing a full upgrade/replace of my main PC approx every 4 years. I'm still happy with my own machine 5600x, 16GB RAM and RTX3070, which I built back in 2021 so have started looking. But at the moment still happy with everything so not in any rush to spend money.

tbh, yes, yes i am happy. i just get the itch to upgrade sometimes when i dont need to i suppose..

the other thing i was considering was a RTX 5080 and sell the 4070 TI S???

hornetstinger · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:03

totally pointless. but hey your money to waste.

What speakers do you have?

Zeebedy · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:05

im currently using a Razer Leviathan for speakers. They are OK. More than good enough for when im not using headphones.

hornetstinger · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:07

Why do you feel you need 128GB?

Playing DCS?

Zeebedy · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:09

hornetstinger said:
Why do you feel you need 128GB?

Playing DCS?

tbh, im thinking future proofing and i like to have a lot of apps and Edge windows etc open..but i suppose we are not quite there yet when 32/64 is mandatory for games..

hornetstinger · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:14

save your money

adidan · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:14

Zeebedy said:
tbh, im thinking future proofing and i like to have a lot of apps and Edge windows etc open..but i suppose we are not quite there yet when 32/64 is mandatory for games..

'Future proofing'? What, for a week?

I mean you're talking about upgrading a 7900X and 64Gb RAM because you have 'a lot of apps and Edge' open.

Is this a wind up?

Zeebedy · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:16

adidan said:
'Future proofing'? What, for a week?

I mean you're talking about upgrading a 7900X and 64Gb RAM because you have 'a lot of apps and Edge' open.

Is this a wind up?

hence why i was asking if a 5080 would be a good upgrade?

and i like to spend money.. so sue me.

hornetstinger · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:17

adidan said:
'Future proofing'? What, for a week?

I mean you're talking about upgrading a 7900X and 64Gb RAM because you have 'a lot of apps and Edge' open.

Is this a wind up?

Need 16 core X3d 128GB of RAM for two instances of notepad and two instances of calculator.

Fluffybob · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:37

Maybe just stick with the base kit you have and get a 5080 for a big gaming performance jump ?

Zeebedy · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:39

Fluffybob said:
Maybe just stick with the base kit you have and get a 5080 for a big gaming performance jump ?

yes. was thinking along those lines, probably more sense in it tbf.

thanks for the sensible suggestion!

henson0115 · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:41

what monitor do you have? you might get more from a monitor upgrade and still scratch the itch?

Zeebedy · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:44

henson0115 said:
what monitor do you have? you might get more from a monitor upgrade and still scratch the itch?

Partly the reason im contemplating change, I took delivery yesterday of a LG UltraGear OLED and was considering a little more "go" at 4K high settings?

henson0115 · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:47

Zeebedy said:
Partly the reason im contemplating change, I took delivery yesterday of a LG UltraGear OLED and was considering a little more "go" at 4K high settings?

ah ok now it makes sense

i think you will notice a change going to a 9800x3d, i went from a 5900x to a 9800x3d and things feel way smoother - higher mins too. sure a 7900x to 9800x3d is less of a change but the dual ccd issue of the 5900x is still present on the 7900x as far as im aware and so in theory you should see the same smoothness and higher mins that i did roughly.

i doubt youl see any improvement on the ram aspect, unless your maxing out the 64gb you've got right now?

Zeebedy · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:48

henson0115 said:
ah ok now it makes sense i think you will notice a change in the cpu change, i went form a 5900x to a 9800x3d and things feel way smoother - higher mins too. sure a 7900x to 9800x3d is less of a change but the dual ccd issue of the 5900x is still present on the 7900x as far as im aware and so in theory you should see the same smoothness and higher mins that i did roughly.

i doubt youl see any improvement on the ram aspect, unless your maxing out the 64gb you've got right now?

what GPU are you rocking with this setup??

henson0115 · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:55

Zeebedy said:
what GPU are you rocking with this setup??

9070xt, allows me to at 1440p crank settings in most games and get good frames. i came from a 7800xt which was fine too, but this is faster it was also an itch to scratch like yours and my old gpu went in the wifes machine so everyone won in that scenario

Zeebedy · 25 Apr 2025 at 10:58

henson0115 said:
9070xt, allows me to at 1440p crank settings in most games and get good frames. i came from a 7800xt which was fine too, but this is faster it was also and itch to scratch like yours and my old gpu went in the wifes machine so everyone won in that scenario

ahh ok, yeah, i see what you mean, it probably makes most sense getting a 5080 as apposed to other components first?

yeah, always need to keep the wife happy, priorities right there mate! :cry: