Component Advice - New Gaming/Work/Multimedia PC

[kronos13]

I have finally come the realization that my AMD FX 8350 and 9 year old Asus motherboard is not cutting it anymore. I find my RX5700 is also being very much held back by CPU..
I'm looking to upgrade and seeing as components now seems to be coming back into stock it seems a good time..

I do mostly gaming (2K gaming screen, no streaming), with some multi media work, video encoding, and day to day work.

I've made up the below basket and would appreciate any advise/contributions you could offer.

Thank you



My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £269.99
• 1 x Scythe SCFM-2000 FUMA 2 Dual Fan CPU Cooler - 2x120 mm= £49.99
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-32000C19 4000MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G400C9K)= £89.99
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £5.99
• 1 x Corsair 5000D Tempered Glass Mid-Tower - Black CC-9011208-WW= £154.99
• 1 x MSI MAG X570 Tomahawk WiFi (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 ATX Motherboard= £179.99

Total: £764.14 (includes shipping: £13.20)​

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[kronos13]

Thank you for the feedback guys.

I've realised the case would not work as I would ideally need 4x3.5 drives bays, as well as 2-3x2.5 drive bays.
So possibly looking at the Corsair Carbide Series 100R case instead, but cannot find on overclockers

I've changed the cooler and also the memory as well and kept the motherboard, I would prefer to keep wifi/bluetooth components integrated if possible.
Basket now looks like this.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Crucial Ballistix 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £79.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £269.99
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo Black/White CPU Cooler - 2 x 120mm= £34.99
• 1 x MSI MAG X570 Tomahawk WiFi (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 ATX Motherboard= £179.99

Total: £575.46 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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[kronos13]

I would also need a mid tower size, full tower wont fit under the desk, space issues unfortunately..

 

[kronos13]

Depending on your work requirements...would a 8 core CPU and 32gb ram not be a better choice?
I know any current CPU is an upgrade compared to a FX bulldozer...but...

Yes true, but as it stands the 6 core should really be able to handle my workload with ease, and as you say the upgrade from an FX would be significant.. I might look into 8 core again once the next Zen is release, maybe a couple of years time.

 

[kronos13]

That's though requirement.
Cases with any 5.25" bays are very few and cases with more are rare.

Even three 5.25" bays is hard to find.
Most cases are either old and very low end case already when new, or then big full towers weighting lot.
(Corsair 750D is one of the more reaonable weight ones)

Thank you, I'm looking at the Corsair Carbide Series 100R, it should have the drive slots I need. I will be taking most of the drives from my current machine to the new one..

 

[kronos13]

next zen would be on the AM5/DDR5 platform, so will need a whole new set of components...unless you meant doing a drop-in replacement with a second-hand 5800/5900/5950

Ok thank you, I didn't realise that was on the next release. In that case it would probably be an 5800 or up.. Saying that, the next release Q4 of 2022 right? So not long left really.