Upgrade Advice AMD 9900 or 9950 £1500-2000 Budget

Jordy87

Jordy87

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Afternoon Everyone

I currently in the market for a new PC. I have £1500-£2000 for a new base unit ONLY but don't require a GPU as I have a 4090 what's been given to me. I am looking at options and specs as below and mainly play Flight Sim, COD, BF5 &6 when it arrives all in 4k at 120mhz

Looking at
AMD 9900X3D or 9950 X3D
Wanting 64 GB Memory DDR5
Cases Looking at Corsair or Lian In black
Need a Power Supply Maybe ATX 3.1 1000w
2 TB SSD
Motherboard X870 Maybe
360 AIO CPU Cooler

What would your recommendations be for that money as I am looking to order the parts ASAP. I did look at the

OcUK 8Pack Approved Bundle - Ryzen 9 9950X3D Strix X870-F 64GB DDR5​


Cheers
 
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do you need 12/16 cores?
if the only thing you do is game on this pc, then the 9800x3d is more than sufficent

if its just for gaming and if you are really insistent on spending all your money then the better option would be to sell the 4090 and get the 5090 instead
9800x3d + 5090 will give better gaming performance than a 9950x3d + 4090 :)
 
Hi and welcome.

8 core x3d should be enough but plenty room in budget to up spec. Antec flux full tower comes with 6 fans

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £1,456.80 (includes delivery: £11.98)​
 
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail
PRO-AMD-03517
£540 (incl. VAT)
£400 (incl. VAT)
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Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WIFI7 (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard
MOT-GIG-03319
£270 (incl. VAT)
£260 (incl. VAT)
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PNY XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit
MEM-PNY-04562
£230 (incl. VAT)
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Antec HCG 1000 Pro Platinum 1000W ATX3.1 Full modular Power Supply
POW-ATC-02746
£190 (incl. VAT)
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Gigabyte Aorus 7300 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive
STO-GIG-05732
£130 (incl. VAT)
£110 (incl. VAT)
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Arctic Liquid Freezer III PRO High Performance All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm
COO-ARC-04932
£85 (incl. VAT)
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Antec Flux PRO Full Tower Case - Black
CAS-ATC-03468
£170 (incl. VAT)
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tamzzy said:
do you need 12/16 cores?
if the only thing you do is game on this pc, then the 9800x3d is more than sufficent

if its just for gaming and if you are really insistent on spending all your money then the better option would be to sell the 4090 and get the 5090 instead
9800x3d + 5090 will give better gaming performance than a 9950x3d + 4090 :)
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do you not recommend the 9900x3d over the 9800x3d
 
tamzzy said:
do you need 12/16 cores?
if the only thing you do is game on this pc, then the 9800x3d is more than sufficent

if its just for gaming and if you are really insistent on spending all your money then the better option would be to sell the 4090 and get the 5090 instead
9800x3d + 5090 will give better gaming performance than a 9950x3d + 4090 :)
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I was thinking of doing this as its a waterblock one and have all the boxes and getting a 5090
 
Jordy87 said:
do you not recommend the 9900x3d over the 9800x3d
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The 9900X3D has a 6x6 die config (9800X3D is 8x0), so only 6 of the cores get the 3D cache and it is liable to a latency penalty. The 12 core CPUs are for more when you really need those extra cores. The upcoming 10800X3D (or whatever AMD call it) is believed to have 12 cores in a single CCD (12x0) which would be a good buy for a gamer, but not so much for the 9900X3D.
 
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