Existing System is 5 Years Old

[madtoady]

It's been a while and I'm looking to upgrade my ageing system that is over 5 years old now. I've managed to pre order the new AMD 9800X3D so now need a system to put it in! I'm currently chugging along with the AMD 3800X and Nvidia GTX 1080 so this new system will be quite quite a jump, super excitied.

Parts picked out so far:
My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £449.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite WIFI7 (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03318) = £289.99
• 2 x Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-51200C32 6400MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-01226) = £119.99
• 1 x be quiet! Dark Power 13 1000W 80 PLUS Titanium Power Supply (SKU: CA-14M-BQ) = £219.95
• 1 x Samsung 990 Pro 4TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe 1.3c Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-SAM-00984) = £309.94
• 1 x CORSAIR iCUE LINK TITAN 240 RX RGB Black All In CPU Water Cooler - 240mm (SKU: COO-CRS-02498) = £149.99
• 1 x Fractal Design North Charcoal Black TG Dark Windowed Mid Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-0AV-FD) = £139.99

Total: £1,799.83 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

I'm really not sure what to do on the GPU front, I'm also not sure if I'd be better off trying to squeeze in a 360 AIO instead of the 240 but the case can't be changed (fallen in love with it) and it will limit GPU options.

 

[Tetras]

I'm really not sure what to do on the GPU front, I'm also not sure if I'd be better off trying to squeeze in a 360 AIO instead of the 240 but the case can't be changed (fallen in love with it) and it will limit GPU options.

It should be fine, the 9800X3D is a pretty modest part on power.

I'm really not sure what to do on the GPU front

Can you carry over the 1080 for a bit? I really wouldn't want to dump much on a high-end card right now. You could also look for a stopgap GPU in the BF sales.

 

[madtoady]

I was going to have a look through the MM and find a stop gap GPU but noticed that I no longer have access. Maybe using the 1080 until what looks like January when the 5000 series will hopefully be coming out.

 

[Tetras]

I was going to have a look through the MM and find a stop gap GPU but noticed that I no longer have access. Maybe using the 1080 until what looks like January when the 5000 series will hopefully be coming out.

If it was me, I'd consider a 7800 XT or 4070 around £400 or less, but waiting until RDNA4 / 5000 series launch would be the best bet.