Help needed for new build AM4 vs AM5

[MrRichT]

Hi, I need to order parts in the next day or so for a new PC build for my daughter's 18th Birthday. We've settled on a case (Corsair 4000D Airflow) and a GPU (Radeon 6800XT) byut I'm really struggling with the CPU choice, and consequently RAM and MB.

I was initially thinking I sohuld go AM5 as AM4 is EOL, but having read about DDR5 RAM not being worth the extra and AM5 motherboards being expensive and not great performance wise I'm wondering whether to stick with AM4 and get a 5800X3D instead.

At the moment this is my AM5 build:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Slim CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX ATX AM5 Motherboard
Memory: Kingston FURY Beast RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Video Card: PowerColor Red Dragon OC Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Video Card
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair RM750x (2021) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

Total: £1647.12

And this is my AM4 build:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Slim CPU Coole
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Video Card: PowerColor Red Dragon OC Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Video Card
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair RM750x (2021) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

Total: £1654.23

My daughter plays a lot of Minecraft and some Sims 4 but also wants to play triple A games at high quality, a mix of RPGs and shooters. We have a Dell 1440P gaming monitor and she'd be looking to play stuff at over 60FPS but not too worried about super high framerates.

I doubt we'll want to upgrade any time soon, but I'm just wondering whether game dev will make better use of the news AM5 processors and DDR5 RAM in the next few years, or whether that AM4 build is better bang for buck and will perform just as well?

Thanks

 

[MrRichT]

Thanks very much everyone, that's very helpful. I'll go AM5!

 

[MrRichT]

So I might be better asking this in the Cases sub folder, but I need to RGB up her 4000D case with three RGB fans in the front and one in the rear, and then I guess another one or two standard non RGB fans in the top.

Corsair do a version of the 4000D called the 4000D RGB Airflow case that comes with 3 preinstalled RGB fans: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...tower-case-black-cc-9011240-ww-ca-274-cs.html

My question is, am I better off buying the standard 4000D case for £99 and buying separately 4 RGB fans and a controller of some sort (and using the two included fans also), or should I buy the RGB case above plus another RGB fan of the same type and a couple of standard fans?

I'm not sure if the Corsair fans and the iCue stuff is my best bet, or whether to look at a different (cheaper?) brand? She basically just wants to be able to set the fans to a solid colour but occassionally change the colour, she doesn't want loads of fancy effects or anything.

Thanks