Upgrade advice PLEASE

[chris draper]

I had originally thought I would do a simple upgrade from my 2080S to something with 16GB of VRAM so I can play MSFS24 at a relatively decent FPS. Its now evolved into a total rebuild. My current setup is Ryzen 7 3700 : 2080S 8GB : B450-F and 32 GB ram at 3600MHZ. For £1000 I will get a Ryzen 5 9600X : RX 9070 16GB : B850 gaming X : 32 GB DDR5 6000MHZ RAM an Artic Freezer and maybe a new case. I think I can sell the old parts for around £350 and £400 on ebay. So a real cost of £600 ish.

Does this look like a balanced system ?? I dont really know if Im spending wisely !

Cheers

 

[mickyflinn]

Alternatively is to get a 5700x3d and a 9070xt which the latter is going for £580 .

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2080s will pay for the CPU and then your just buying a new GPU but could drop down to the 9070 if you wish.


As for AM5 build it's a decent set up if you want to do that and the parts are fine.

 

[Tetras]

Does this look like a balanced system ?? I dont really know if Im spending wisely !

Nothing wrong with your choices, but I'd try to get an upgrade on the memory, just because that's what you already have. I also thought that the X3D CPUs are particularly good for flight sim? But, I don't know exactly how the 9600X would compare to a 7600X3D in this game, or how to find benchmarks for it.

Edit: THG had benchmarks for this, the 7600X3D was ~15% faster than the 9600X in Flight Sim.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D Six Core 4.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-04829) = £280.00
• 1 x MSI PRO B850-S WIFI6E (AMD AM5) B850 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-05942) = £139.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro 48GB (2x24GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C46 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01086) = £99.95
• 1 x (unchanged) PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 Reaper 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PWC-04020) = £488.98
• 1 x (unchanged) Arctic Freezer 36 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02420) = £29.99

Total: £1,046.90 (includes delivery: £7.99)​