CPU advice

wavemachine · 19 Jun 2025 at 09:22

I have a PC I built with a Ryzen 5600x, 48GB RAM, 7700XT graphics card and Asus ROG STRIX B450-F Gaming 2 Mobo.

I use it for some gaming but mainly Lightroom, Photoshop and occasional video editing.

I am wondering if it is worth upgrading to a 5900x and sticking with AM4 to tide me over to AM6 or whether I should look to upgrade to AM5.

PC seems fine at the moment and games are running well, but any extra performance when doing graphical stuff is helpful.

Interested to hear people's opinions.

wavemachine · 19 Jun 2025 at 10:20

Thanks for the reply.

Budget is as little as possible, £500 tops.

photoshop and lightroom I am on subscription so latest versions of desktop applications.

wavemachine · 19 Jun 2025 at 10:45

JollyJamma said:
My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Eight Core 5.50GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02676) = £299.99

1 x Asrock B850M Pro RS WiFi (Socket AM5) DDR5 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-04008) = £164.99

1 x Crucial Pro 48GB (2x24GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C48 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01087) = £124.99

Total: £597.96 (includes delivery: £7.99)

Not far off your budget and you could probably shop around for a bundle deal anyway.

I don't love the 12gigs of VRAM with the 5070 at that price - I would go for a minimum of 16gigs of VRAM if possible.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Palit GeForce RTX 5070 Gaming Pro OC 12GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PAL-04301) = £554.99

Total: £562.98 (includes delivery: £7.99)

I'd go CPU over GPU if you're mostly using Photoshop.

That looks like a nice setup, 9700x seems to have good performance as well.

I guess I will be able to sell my existing Mobo, CPU and RAM on ebay so that will easily offset the higher budget.

I am glad I asked the question as that makes a lot of sense, thanks for your help

wavemachine · 19 Jun 2025 at 11:49

Thanks everyone, went with recommendation with AM5 9700x, ASRock board and 64GB grade b RAM option.

Will stick with current GPU for now but can upgrade later.

Feel on a better footing now with a new/current supported architecture on its way

wavemachine · 19 Jun 2025 at 11:58

JollyJamma said:
What PSU do you have?

750W Kolink Gold, only 4 months old.

wavemachine · 19 Jun 2025 at 12:41

mickyflinn said:
Could you give the model please there budget units are not good .

The 5950x can be had £240 its what I would get. .

KL-R750FG

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kolink-regulator-750w-80-plus-gold-gen5-modular-power-supply-ca-07u-kk.html

wavemachine · 19 Jun 2025 at 17:02

So I placed the order and have a new Mobo, CPU and RAM which has now been despatched.

I was to be honest leaning towards the 5950x CPU but after contemplation with valuable input from here decided thr core of my system was 5 years old so it was time to move it up.

I am also contemplating getting 1.6Gbps Full Fibre Broadband so having a 2.5Gbps LAN port will be very helpful.

Also I have a case that supports USB C which the old mobo doesn't have a connector for this.

The extra RAM, enhanced NVME support etc plus being on a supported architecture were the clincher.

I suspect my old Mobo, CPU and RAM will fetch a helpful sum on bay of E as well.

I have found this a very helpful process to guide me through the options and make me think about it so thanks all