£400 upgrade possible?

The1nonly1 · Sunday at 20:56

Hey, just got my hands on the Pulse 9070 and now want to upgrade my system to AM5 for future proof. Currently using a Ryzen 7 5700X, MSI b4560 gaming plus and 32GB corsair vengeance.

Replacing these parts, can it be done for £400 with 7000 series? Looking at motherboards, I'm not sure on the different variants, B650, B850, X670 etc. I do have 1 m.2 SSD and 2 2.5" SSD's.

The1nonly1 · Sunday at 21:33

Tetras said:
If you only have £400, you're better off keeping what you have, or going for a 5700X3D, because the entry level CPUs like the 7500F or 7600 aren't worth the 'upgrade' from AM4.

You CAN do it, but you're looking at 32GB of memory again (maybe 48GB if you get slower stuff), a 'budget' board and a 7600.

B650 = PCI-E 4.0 graphics, might have 1x PCI-E 5.0 M.2 slot.
B650E / B850 = PCI-E 5.0 graphics, will have 1x or more PCI-E 5.0 M.2 slot.

X670E = PCI-E 5.0 graphics, more lanes than B650E (e.g. can have 4 or 5 M.2 slots and less likely to have lane sharing).

X870 = PCI-E 5.0 graphics and USB4.
X870E = X670E with USB4.

hornetstinger said:
save your money put it into something else.

Like speakers

Thanks both. I'll save a bit to get better hardware.

The1nonly1 · Sunday at 22:11

hornetstinger said:
His budget isn't enough to upgrade the psu fuse

https://www.futureshop.co.uk/quantum-science-audio-violet-mid-level-uk-mains-fuse

Haha

Maybe upgrade monitor. Keyboard, mouse. Game controller, new chair, mouse mat, new fans, steering wheel, amp/speakers/sub

Should I go for their free burn in for optimisation?

The1nonly1 · Monday at 23:04

adrichardson81 said:
Just for clarity, is that £400 plus resale of the current parts or £400 all in?

It would have been £400 all in, could do bit more but looking and going off what others have said, the 7000 series Ryzen probably isn't worth it. I'll get more cash to play around with. I don't mind waiting as I already have a decent setup.

The1nonly1 · 2025-03-11T08:46:42+0000

adidan said:
Running a 5700X with a 9070 and also considered similar.

However, it's a damned efficient little build. I felt there wasn't enough of an uplift from an X3D and am pretty much settled on this until AM6.

At 1440p for me, I have to resign myself to the fact I'm actually happy with my current setup

Same for me. Looked at the x3d CPU but wasn't worth the upgrade. I'll probably stick with that I have as it's fine at 1440p.

The1nonly1 · 2025-03-11T08:49:51+0000

However buying parts one by one does sound appealing...