Advice

[Daveo1098]

Hi,

I'm looking to upgrade my current custom built PC that my friend built for me and was after some advice on what I will need to upgrade. I currently have AMD Ryzen 7 3700x, RTX2060 Super, B450 Tomahawk ddr4 atx board, Corsair LPX 16GB memory, Wifi 6 card, 5ooW power supply, Samsung 970 Evo tTB PCIe.

I have been looking at getting a 4060TI graphics card and an Ryzen 7 9700x processor, are these good choices? also what else would I need to upgrade, motherboard and memory etc? I also have a Kolink Void Midi tower case

Thanks

 

[Daveo1098]

So my budget to upgrade is maybe £1200 for it all, i am going to buy the LG Ultrawide monitor after Christmas.
So games I play are Civ 6 so will be buying the new one and FM manager, i do use the PC generally and for pictures etc. my power supply is Aero cool integrator 500W 80 plus. Also my fan is only one that came free with the processor

 

[Daveo1098]

thanks all.

If I was just to upgrade the graphics card and chipset to see a big improvement on my current set up what’s the best option that push motherboard/power supply etc to the limit?

 

[Daveo1098]

The easiest route would be to keep your existing motherboard and upgrade some of the components.

This would work well and be a pretty huge upgrade:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 7900 XT HellHound 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1AR-PC) = £599.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D Eight Core 4.1GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-01799) = £199.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 750W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-061-AS) = £79.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-295-KS) = £52.99
• 1 x Thermalright Assassin X120 Refined SE ARGB CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02726) = £17.99

Total: £958.94 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

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You'll probably need to update your bios, the other option would be waiting on the new Nvidia cards coming out in a month or two.​

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The 4060ti is terrible for the price, switching to AM5 will give you more overall longevity but you'll have a slower gaming system until your next big GPU upgrade.​

Im just in the process of ordering the above but seen the power unit is OOS. I currenlty have a fan that i got with my processor oringally, will this suffice or do i need the cooler you mention above? Also one more question, sorry, how does the graphics card you mention above compare to the 4070TI?

 

[Daveo1098]

SYSTEM POWER 10 850W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply would this one work?​

 

[Daveo1098]

What exact fan HSF is on your current CPU? If it's the stock AMD one I'd highly recommend spending £15-20 on something better.

If the Asus isn't in stock either of these would work:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95
• 1 x CORSAIR RM750x Gold ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.1 Fully Modular Power Supply (SKU: POW-CRS-02465) = £99.95

Total: £192.89 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

The System Power 10 gold isn't great, the two above are decent options and meet the new ATX standards.

The 4070ti Super would be the comparable card, they perform similarly although the Nvidia option handles RT better and has the benefits of DLSS. If you want to go Nvidia I'd highly recommend waiting to buy the GPU as the new 5000 series is due to launch in Jan and Feb.

So i purchased the 4070 Super in the end and https://www.overclockers.co.uk/be-q...850w-80-plus-gold-power-supply-ca-14x-bq.html.

The fan i currenlty have is the AMD fan that came with the system, i was told The Noctua fans are good for the Tomahawk 450 max & Ryzen 7 57003xd... i only paid £130 for the CPU, which fan is decently priced that would work with the new CPU? appreciate all your help and advice BTW

 

[Daveo1098]

Corsair RM750e (2023) Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply - ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 Compliant is this a good product?​

 

[Daveo1098]

Thank you. Which fan do you think it good to upgrade to for the processor?

 

[Daveo1098]

I have gone for the Peerless Assassin can i just check this will fit in my tower/motherboard wont it?