Looking for a new build - advice please!

[Hilly]

Afternoon all; I'm looking for a new build - my current one is slowing dying, so it's time for a new one!

I need everything, other than monitors, keyboard, mice; So Mobo, CPU, RAM, GPU, HDD's (can reuse some of the existing ones), Case, AIO; with a budget of around 4-5k;

Show me your best builds!

 

[Tetras]

What's the main (any secondary) usage of the PC?

 

[Hilly]

Gaming;

I currently have a 3900 AMD AM4 CPU; x570 Aorus Elite;
32gb DDR
3080 GPU;

And it's showing it's age; I know for a minimum I need a new motherboard, RAM and CPU; but unsure what's the best combo;

Looking at 9800X3D potentially; with some DDR5 memory - but I'm a bit behind the times!

 

[tamzzy]

my current one is slowing dying

In what manner is it dying? Symptoms? (Just in case it may be possible to save some components)

 

[tamzzy]

HDD's (can reuse some of the existing ones)

What drives do you have and how old are they?
What are your storage requirements

 

[Tetras]

Gaming;

I currently have a 3900 AMD AM4 CPU; x570 Aorus Elite;
32gb DDR
3080 GPU;

And it's showing it's age; I know for a minimum I need a new motherboard, RAM and CPU; but unsure what's the best combo;

Looking at 9800X3D potentially; with some DDR5 memory - but I'm a bit behind the times!

Ahh, yeah, you could keep the graphics card and should still notice a mild to decent uplift (depending on the games/resolution), but budget is more than big enough either way.

Here's a 9800X3D build that I did for another thread:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x OcUK Gaming B85 Bundle - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D - Asus TUF Gaming B850-Plus WIFI Motherboard Bundle (SKU: PRO-AMD-07646) = £534.95
• 1 x Crucial Pro 48GB (2x24GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C48 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01087) = £419.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 5080 Solid Core OC 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-04821) = £1,139.98
• 1 x NVIDIA Game Bundle - 007 First Light (SKU: DIG-NVI-08114) = £0.00
• 1 x Team Group Z44A7 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-02624) = £230.00
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 216 Mid-tower PC case - Black (SKU: CA-7BG-LL) = £84.94
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 1000W ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.0 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-05Z-AS) = £119.99
• 1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer III PRO High Performance All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-ARC-04932) = £84.95

Total: £2,626.79 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

I wouldn't get a 5090 myself, but you could.

Zotac only chosen for the warranty length if registered within 30 days.

 

[Hilly]

The fans on the GPU are dying - screeching loudly; and I don't really want to take apart the entire structure to fit new fans; I used to be that type of person, but I'm not longer the guy who can do all of that - I'm far too old these days

SSD wise; 1tb mp600;
SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB;

Current specs aren't horrendous, but they are definately slowing down; likely due to the CPU / RAM bottleneck - which are the most expensive (GPU aside) to replace!

The budget is for a full replacement - but could be used within the existing stuff; E.g. keep GPU (even though its definately dying with the fans), keep the HDD's, keep the case. Can't remember the power supply; but it was a good one - so could be reused; modular I believe.

 

[Hilly]

Ahh, yeah, you could keep the graphics card and should still notice a mild to decent uplift (depending on the games/resolution), but budget is more than big enough either way.

Here's a 9800X3D build that I did for another thread:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x OcUK Gaming B85 Bundle - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D - Asus TUF Gaming B850-Plus WIFI Motherboard Bundle (SKU: PRO-AMD-07646) = £534.95
• 1 x Crucial Pro 48GB (2x24GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C48 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01087) = £419.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 5080 Solid Core OC 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-04821) = £1,139.98
• 1 x NVIDIA Game Bundle - 007 First Light (SKU: DIG-NVI-08114) = £0.00
• 1 x Team Group Z44A7 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-02624) = £230.00
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 216 Mid-tower PC case - Black (SKU: CA-7BG-LL) = £84.94
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 1000W ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.0 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-05Z-AS) = £119.99
• 1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer III PRO High Performance All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-ARC-04932) = £84.95

Total: £2,626.79 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

I wouldn't get a 5090 myself, but you could.

Zotac only chosen for the warranty length if registered within 30 days.

thank you;

Hoping for a few people to stick options in so I cna then mix and match to create something;

moving house, so spending a chunk on it, on me

 

[tamzzy]

The fans on the GPU are dying - screeching loudly; and I don't really want to take apart the entire structure to fit new fans; I used to be that type of person, but I'm not longer the guy who can do all of that - I'm far too old these days

The Chinese in me thinks that if it's only the GPU fan giving up the ghost, then paying £4k for an upgrade isn't really the best use of money.

If it's "just" for gaming, a 5500x3d (drop in upgrade after a bios update) and a 9070xt would give you a significant uplift at literally a fraction of the cost.

Of course if that £4k is burning a hole in your wallet and trousers, we'd only be too happy to spend it for you

 

[Tetras]

thank you;

Hoping for a few people to stick options in so I cna then mix and match to create something;

moving house, so spending a chunk on it, on me

Fair enough!

If you did really want to blow it all, then easily done with a 5090:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x OcUK Gaming B85F Bundle - AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D - Asus ROG STRIX B850-F GAMING WIFI Motherboard (SKU: PRO-AMD-07870) = £595.00
• 1 x Crucial Pro 48GB (2x24GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C48 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01087) = £419.98
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 5090 ROG Astral OC & Strix 1200W Platinum PSU - Bundle (SKU: GRA-ASU-08091) = £3,299.99
• 1 x NVIDIA Game Bundle - 007 First Light (SKU: DIG-NVI-08114) = £0.00
• 1 x Crucial T705 4TB NVMe PCIe Gen5 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01871) = £439.99
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool III Full Tower PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-7AW-LL) = £125.99
• 1 x be quiet Pure Loop 3 360 High Performance All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-BEQ-06199) = £84.95

Total: £4,965.90 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Poor value though, since 5090 is only +50% a 5080, but +200% the money

 

[tamzzy]

Poor value though, since 5090 is only +50% a 5080, but +200% the money

500% longer epeen should count for something!?

 

[Gray2233]

Top end of your budget, already had a bunch of the parts in my basket.

M-ATX so a smaller form factor and in white just to give you an idea of the aesthetics, you do pay a bit of a "white tax" but it's not as bad as it used to be:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Lian Li SX Platinum 1200W ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.1 80 Plus Platinum Modular Power Supply - White (SKU: POW-LIA-06702) = £139.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 Aorus Master Ice 32GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-GIG-04119) = £3,499.99
• 1 x NVIDIA Game Bundle - 007 First Light (SKU: DIG-NVI-08114) = £0.00
• 1 x Crucial T705 4TB NVMe PCIe Gen5 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01871) = £440.00
• 1 x Sapphire Pure B850M WiFi (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-SPR-05691) = £129.94
• 1 x Crucial Pro 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (SKU: MEM-CRU-03115) = £350.00
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £368.98
• 1 x PHANTEKS XT M3 Micro-ATX Case, includes 3x 120mm Fans - White (SKU: CAS-PHK-05736) = £56.91
• 1 x Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 White ARGB V3 All In One CPU Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03257) = £39.95

Total: £5,025.76 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

I actually own both the case and PSU above and highly recommend them.

 

[tamzzy]

I actually own both the case and PSU above and highly recommend them.

• 1 x Crucial Pro 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (SKU: MEM-CRU-03115) = £350.00
• 1 x Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 White ARGB V3 All In One CPU Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03257) = £39.95

i own the aio, and i've used this ram in a friend's build, can recommend them too

 

[Gray2233]

i own the aio, and i've used this ram in a friend's build, can recommend them too

I'd have mentioned the AiO but I sprung the extra tenner for the Warframe and its sexy screen.

I'm guessing beyond that they're close to identical but Thermalright pop out so many revisions it's hard to tell.

Spoiler

Can you tell I'm itching to put a new white build together?

 

[tamzzy]

basically this, and also sprung for the latest T710 rather than the T705 SSD
and, like @Tetras build...fully asus build + 5090, for the extra long e-peen and with extra girth (but MATX version)

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Eight Core 5.60GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-06938) = £399.95
• 1 x Asus TUF GAMING B850M-E WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASU-05997) = £185.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro 48GB (2x24GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C48 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01087) = £419.98
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 5090 ROG Astral OC & Strix 1200W Platinum PSU - Bundle (SKU: GRA-ASU-08091) = £3,299.99
• 1 x NVIDIA Game Bundle - 007 First Light (SKU: DIG-NVI-08114) = £0.00
• 1 x Thermalright Frozen Warframe SE 360 ARGB Black All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-TLR-04551) = £49.99
• 1 x Crucial T710 4TB NVMe PCIe 5.0 M.2 Solid State Drive (CT4000T710SSD8) (SKU: STO-CRU-05418) = £470.00
• 1 x Lian Li Vector V100R Mini ARGB mATX Tower Case - Black (SKU: CAS-LIA-06780) = £56.98

Total: £4,894.87 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

 

[Gray2233]

You really can't fault that 5090/psu combo in the current climate tbh, the Astral alone is more than the two combined.

 

[tamzzy]

indeed. though i still think the 5500x3d/9070xt is the more sensible purchase

 

[Gray2233]

indeed. though i still think the 5500x3d/9070xt is the more sensible purchase

You're not wrong, but if the OP doesn't mind spending £5000 on a build I'm more than happy to live vicariously through him.

 

[tamzzy]

Spoiler

Can you tell I'm itching to put a new white build together?

Black/white is where it's at

Finished fannying with my build (for now)...

Spoiler

 

[Gray2233]

Black/white is where it's at

Finished fannying with my build (for now)...

Spoiler

It does look very pretty with the mix, and I am one of those filthy Geordies!

I think I'm just overdue a full rebuild and can't mentally justify it with what I have, I suspect when the upcoming 12C X3D on a single CCD launches I'll have to lock myself in the basement for a tad. My rig is genuinely more than enough for my needs in general, I just enjoy the hobby of building/faffing about with new kit and it's increasingly difficult to justify that indulgence on a casual level.