cpu help

[johnlee19869]

I need to advice, currently putting together my first pc build and undecided on my cpu, i previously decided on the 9800x3d but having some second thoughts.expected specs:9070 xt32/64gbb850 mbi will be using the pc for general multitasking in windows in for playing a variety of games, like cyberpunk, or football manager or doom etc and want to play at 1440p, i am lead to believe that at 1440p onwards the fps will be more dependent on the gpu but not sure, also looking at the 9700x. Uk Based.

 

[aaronyuri]

What's your budget for a build?

 

[Tetras]

i am lead to believe that at 1440p onwards the fps will be more dependent on the gpu but not sure

It will be, but the CPU still matters to the overall framerate consistency and for some games, the X3D's cache can still make a big difference.

 

[johnlee19869]

thanks for the reply, budget £1800-£2100.

 

[freddie64]

thanks for the reply, budget £1800-£2100.

Is this for just the PC tower?

 

[sastusbulbas]

Currently the best gaming GPU's for value and performance are the 9070xt and 5070ti.

I don't really think the 9800X3D is justified unless you love 1080p benchmarks.
That' said, I bought the 7600x simply because of the price. The 9700x is a solid CPU though.

Now that the 7800X3D is only £320 though, well despite liking the 7600x, I would be tempted with the 7800X3D

 

[johnlee19869]

Is this for just the PC tower?

yeah the main pc, not including monitors and mouse etc.

 

[freddie64]

How about this?

Well under budget so you can maybe get a X3D and some more storage (or even some RGB, if that's your thing).

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Eight Core 5.50GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02676) = £269.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B850 EAGLE WIFI6E (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03859) = £149.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO/XMP 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-00996) = £106.99
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £131.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 850W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02519) = £104.98
• 1 x Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPR-03983) = £599.99
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 216 Mid-tower PC case - Black (SKU: CA-7BG-LL) = £85.99
• 1 x Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE Black CPU Air Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03291) = £33.95

Total: £1,495.86 (includes delivery: £11.98)​