Upgrade or Full Rebuild? Seeking Advice on My Next PC Move

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Good morning guys,


I’m at a bit of a crossroads with my PC setup and would love some advice.

Recently, I treated myself to a new monitor — the Alienware AW3425DW — which was a much-needed upgrade. With that out of the way, I’m now wondering whether I should simply upgrade some of my core components or go all-in on a full rebuild.

Current Situation​


  • My current build is about 5 years old.
  • I was considering upgrading the CPU and GPU only, maybe to a Ryzen 7 5700X3D paired with an RTX 5070 Ti.
  • However, with the news last week that the 5700X3D has basically reached its shelf life, I’m not sure how that’ll affect pricing going forward.

The Other Option: Full Rebuild​


The alternative is to rebuild from the ground up: motherboard, CPU, RAM, GPU — the works.
If I go this route, I could sell my old parts to help fund the new build. Another option I like even more: pass my old build down to my eldest daughter. She’s not really a gamer, but she’s starting high school this year, and having a capable PC could really come in handy for school and maybe even light gaming down the line.


The Big Question​


How does the Ryzen 7 5700X3D compare against an AM5 CPU in the same price range? Would I be better off staying with AM4 for now and saving costs, or making the jump to AM5 for better longevity?

Any advice is appreciated — especially from anyone who’s recently faced a similar choice!

Current spec is

Ryzen 5600X
Corsair Vengeance 32GB 3600MHz
3060ti Founders Edition
ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING Motherboard
Adata XPG Gammix S50 Lite 1TB M.2-2280 SSD
TB HDD Storage Drive
Corsair RMX850 850W PSU
Fractul R4 Design Case
Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L V2 RGB AIO

Hope somebody can help and offer some advice and thanks for reading this
 
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adamg64 said:
How does the Ryzen 7 5700X3D compare against an AM5 CPU in the same price range? Would I be better off staying with AM4 for now and saving costs, or making the jump to AM5 for better longevity?
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This may interest you:

Personally, if I have to pay £250+ for one, I'd be going AM5, especially if you already have a plan for repurpose your current PC.
 
Tetras said:
This may interest you:

Personally, if I have to pay £250+ for one, I'd be going AM5, especially if you already have a plan for repurpose your current PC.
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Really surprising numbers on them benchmarks tbh.

If anything im even more confused ha

The 5600X still performs very well in a lot of them tests

thanks for sharing this
 
I'd stick toAM4 and get a 5700x3d and the most powerful gpu that I had the gpu power cables for, , how many 8pin connectors does your psu have?
then i'd keep an eye on the second hand market (ebay) and snipe a 5800x3d for as little cash as possible for an upgrade later
 
Threepwood said:
I'd stick toAM4 and get a 5700x3d and the most powerful gpu that I had the gpu power cables for, , how many 8pin connectors does your psu have?
then i'd keep an eye on the second hand market (ebay) and snipe a 5800x3d for as little cash as possible for an upgrade later
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This is a very good point and not considered the PSU issue

Got this from amazon
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adamg64 said:
Hope somebody can help and offer some advice and thanks for reading this
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depends on your budget

with your current spec, all you need is to drop in the 5700x3d and then get a new gpu
you already have 32gb ddr4 ram, so that can be left untouched, as will the rest of the system
your psu is good enough to run anywhere up to a 5080 so that's also absolutely fine

the thing with buying AM5 now is that you "only" have 1 generation left of CPU upgrades
if you max out am4 now with a 5700x3d/5800x3d, then you won't need to upgrade to am5 and can skip the whole AM5 generation altogether...your next big upgrade will be am6 or the intel equivalent
if you buy into am5 now, in a few years you'd be asking the same question: max out am5 or jump to am6/intel equivalent
 
tamzzy said:
depends on your budget

with your current spec, all you need is to drop in the 5700x3d and then get a new gpu
you already have 32gb ddr4 ram, so that can be left untouched, as will the rest of the system
your psu is good enough to run anywhere up to a 5080 so that's also absolutely fine

the thing with buying AM5 now is that you "only" have 1 generation left of CPU upgrades
if you max out am4 now with a 5700x3d/5800x3d, then you won't need to upgrade to am5 and can skip the whole AM5 generation altogether...your next big upgrade will be am6 or the intel equivalent
if you buy into am5 now, in a few years you'd be asking the same question: max out am5 or jump to am6/intel equivalent
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This is really great advice i really want to spend as little as possible but looking at a 5700x3d or 5800x3d + a 5070TI not gonna get much change out of £1000 which would be my limit.
 
I am in a similar situation to yourself, the spec is similar and I too have the same monitor. After much thinking the best option is a full rebuild. its just a case of getting the current parts that are available or waiting a bit longer for the new gen to come out and getting those. Zen6 looks to be a big upgrade and I suspect 60 series GPU will as well based on leaks.
 
Also for the 60 series, you can just wait to do a GPU upgrade with a new build anyway and just use a temp GPU for the time being
 
Capitano said:
I am in a similar situation to yourself, the spec is similar and I too have the same monitor. After much thinking the best option is a full rebuild. its just a case of getting the current parts that are available or waiting a bit longer for the new gen to come out and getting those. Zen6 looks to be a big upgrade and I suspect 60 series GPU will as well based on leaks.
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Can i ask do you mean you have just recently bought the new monitor or you mean my old monitor?

any leaks or release dates on the zen6 & 60 series?
 
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Capitano said:
I mean I just recently bought myself that QD-OLED alienware monitor
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How are you finding it?
I'm in a bit of a dilemma with it , I've had it sat in the box since monday not sure to setup up now or waiting until i add a new cpu and gpu.

Did you find the step up to the new monitor on your old setup was worth it?
 
adamg64 said:
I'm in a bit of a dilemma with it , I've had it sat in the box since monday not sure to setup up now or waiting until i add a new cpu and gpu.
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You have it already so you might as well set it up now and see if you're happy with the performance of the current pc. If you are then there is no need to upgrade
 
adamg64 said:
Really surprising numbers on them benchmarks tbh.

If anything im even more confused ha

The 5600X still performs very well in a lot of them tests

thanks for sharing this
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Depends greatly on the graphics card. Features like frame gen, RTX and up scaling AA along with Nvidia driver overhead really can start to palm a ton of work off to the CPU. Plus with current graphics card prices dropping ~20% of the advertised performance is a bitter pill to swallow.
 
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