Build check to replace dead threadripper system

[BongoHunter]

My Threadripper system is becoming increasingly unstable and I don't really want to try and fix it as it's old tech and long in the tooth at this point. It's also a power hungry monster. I built it back when threadripper was first released so it's lasted well but is now showing its age (especially in modern games).


Purchase Timeframe:
This week

Budget:
£1200-1600 (closer to 1200 would be nice)

Usage:
Some gaming at 1440p, mainly coding + running VMs to test stuff

Preferences:
I like Asrock - I've never had an issue with their stuff so I tend to pick them by default. Happy to look at other stuff if there's a significant saving to be had.

Current Hardware:
Threadripper 1950x (16c32t)
64GB (8 x 8GB)
Asus Prime X399
Zotac 1070
Corsair RM1000x
+ Lots of NVME + SATA SSDs

Special Needs/Requirements (inc Wi-Fi):
Smaller and quieter than my current setup - other than a new boot drive I intend to use my existing disks.

Current thinking:
My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo EXPO RGB 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-GSK-01357) = £229.99
• 1 x Lian Li A3-mATX Tempered Glass Micro-ATX Case (Black) (SKU: CAS-LIA-04811) = £69.95
• 1 x be quiet Pure Rock 3 PRO CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-BEQ-04689) = £37.99
• 1 x Asrock B850M Pro-A (Socket AM5) DDR5 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-04009) = £127.99
• 1 x Samsung 9100 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-SAM-04765) = £164.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus GX-750 ATX 3.1 750W 80 Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: POW-SSC-03150) = £124.99
• 1 x Asrock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger OC 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASR-05280) = £350.00
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D Twelve Core 5.50GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-04503) = £539.98

Total: £1,657.87 (includes delivery: £11.9
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Help!
I've not built/specced anything but servers since I build my current system and stuff has moved on a lot!

Thanks in advance!

 

[mickyflinn]

Tell us the most demanding task your pc needs to do ?

 

[Quartz]

1 x Samsung 9100 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-SAM-04765) = £164.99

Do you really need a PCIe v5 drive?

And how old is your PSU?

1 x be quiet Pure Rock 3 PRO CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-BEQ-04689) = £37.99

Get one of the Thermalright Assassins for much the same money.

Threadripper had lots of PCIe lanes so will you have enough for your existing NVME drives?

 

[deviation]

Get one of the Thermalright Assassins for much the same money.

Beat me to it

 

[BongoHunter]

Tell us the most demanding task your pc needs to do ?

Run a 3 node OpenSearch cluster under high load on VMs (disk IO is quite important for it)

Do you really need a PCIe v5 drive?

And how old is your PSU?



Get one of the Thermalright Assassins for much the same money.

Threadripper had lots of PCIe lanes so will you have enough for your existing NVME drives?

Existing PSU is as old as my Threadripper build (2017) so I assume it's fairly near the end of its life?

Is there much of a performance gain between PCIE4 and 5 for NVME drives - on my current build moving to faster storage made a huge difference to VM performance. I won't be able to move all my drives, I'll only be able to move 2 at the most (my current system has a 4 NVME drive RAID array that I'll have to retire).

Will take a look at the Thermalright Assassins! Ta