Help with a build please

[Froomer17]

Hi All,

Wonder if you can give me some advise please.

I currently have a gaming system with i7 9700 and DDR3 ram. I upgraded the the GPU to 3090ti 18months ago.

So today I want to upgrade the rest of the PC - Motherboard, CPU, Ram to maximise the performance for the 3090ti, but also make it futureproof for a 4080/90 next year.

TIA

 

[mickyflinn]

Hi and welcome.

AM5 is the way to go for longevity, what's your budget and do you need WiFi ?

 

[Froomer17]

Hi and welcome.

AM5 is the way to go for longevity, what's your budget and do you need WiFi ?

WIFI not required - 1k no PSU, Storage or case required.

 

[mickyflinn]

WIFI not required - 1k no PSU, Storage or case required.

The 9800x3d is currently the fastest gaming CPU but it's on pre order then there's the previous gen CPU the 7800x3d which is available but it mite be worth waiting.

X870 motherboard and 32gb of 6000mhz C30 memory is what I would get although you do have the budget to up to 6rgb of memory if you prefer and get a better motherboard.

Example.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £499.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X870 GAMING WIFI6 (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03347) = £199.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance 32GB EXPO (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-02786) = £89.99

Total: £797.96 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

 

[Froomer17]

Thanks,

I was looking at this, or is that overkill?


[*] 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DR-AM) = £599.99
[*] 1 x Asus ROG Strix X670E-F Gaming WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6J6-AS) = £299.99
[*] 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5600Z40) (SKU: MY-4DL-CS) = £158.98

Total: £1,058.96 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[mickyflinn]

Thanks,

I was looking at this, or is that overkill?


[*] 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DR-AM) = £599.99
[*] 1 x Asus ROG Strix X670E-F Gaming WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6J6-AS) = £299.99
[*] 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5600Z40) (SKU: MY-4DL-CS) = £158.98

Total: £1,058.96 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

For gaming yes the CPU is overkill but if you do productivity , rendering stuff then the extra cores will be beneficial otherwise the 7800x3d will perform virtually the same in gaming.

9800x3d will be faster.

Motherboard the newer x870 offer better value and pcie5 as standard and memory you want 6000mhz C30 which is optimal.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs. Ryzen 7 7800X3D

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[mickyflinn]

@Froomer17 .

 

[Tetras]

Thanks,

I was looking at this, or is that overkill?


[*] 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DR-AM) = £599.99
[*] 1 x Asus ROG Strix X670E-F Gaming WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6J6-AS) = £299.99
[*] 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5600Z40) (SKU: MY-4DL-CS) = £158.98

Total: £1,058.96 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

There's little point buying all those extra cores if you're just a gamer, get the 9800X3D.

Motherboard, what features do you need/want from a board?

 

[Froomer17]

There's little point buying all those extra cores if you're just a gamer, get the 9800X3D.

Motherboard, what features do you need/want from a board?

Thanks! - Do not need Wifi, what else?

 

[Tetras]

Thanks! - Do not need Wifi, what else?

Some of the major features that influence board price are:
- High speed LAN (e.g. 5Gb/10Gb)
- USB4
- Number of M.2 slots
- Number of PCI-E 5.0 M.2 slots
- PCI-E 5.0 graphics
- integrated DAC/AMP

 

[Froomer17]

Some of the major features that influence board price are:
- High speed LAN (e.g. 5Gb/10Gb)
- USB4
- Number of M.2 slots
- Number of PCI-E 5.0 M.2 slots
- PCI-E 5.0 graphics
- integrated DAC/AMP

2 M2 Slots, not sure about PCI-E stuff, I have a 3090ti so that will need to work. High speed LAN would be good and integrated AMP

 

[Tetras]

2 M2 Slots, not sure about PCI-E stuff, I have a 3090ti so that will need to work. High speed LAN would be good and integrated AMP

Faster than 2.5 Gb? X870 Tomahawk has 5 Gb, though I don't think it has integrated AMP. Strix B650E-F and B650E-E have integrated AMP, but LAN is 2.5 Gb.

There's a spreadsheet linked to here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/xvvl9b/spreadsheet_of_x670_and_b650_features/

If you hover over the LAN chipset it will tell you the speed.

 

[MissChief]

Unless you’re routinely transferring huge files between machines or a local server then you’ll likely never max out a 2.5GBE link. Very few places offer an internet connection that matches that, never mind exceeds it. For that reason a 670 board is, IMO easily sufficient.