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[Jdevonport]

Hi All

My eldest needs a new PC - however, I too have been thinking I want to upgrade my own Rig. So rather than spending a £1000 on a decent system for my son, I thought why not treat myself - and pass on my old system as the spec is still pretty good.

Currently I have;

3090FE
AMD 5900X
32GB DDR4 Ram
Gigabyte B550 VISION D-P (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard
Corsair Force MP510 series 1920GB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive
850W PSU

Thoughts on my old system for current gen games? Is the CPU a bottleneck?

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I am looking at a 5080 GPU and the AM5 chipset with an X3D cpu, AIO cooler. For this, I am hoping to keep under £2000 - just the system, no monitor etc needed. Your recommendations would be greatly appreciated as I have not kept up to date with current tech specs. Primary use is for gaming, potentially some streaming too. I hope I have covered everything???

 

[tamzzy]

Thoughts on my old system for current gen games? Is the CPU a bottleneck?

it's fine i'd leave it alone
a few months ago would have recommended to upgrade to the 5700xed but prices of these aren't worth it anymore

 

[tamzzy]

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £399.95
• 1 x Crucial Pro OC 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-02219) = £128.99
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.98
• 1 x WD Black SN7100 2TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-04135) = £119.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B850 EAGLE WIFI6E (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03859) = £149.99
• 1 x PNY GeForce RTX 5080 Triple Fan 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PNY-05157) = £959.99
• 1 x NVIDIA Game Bundle - Arc Raiders Deluxe Edition PLUS Astro Cosmetic Pack (SKU: DIG-NVI-06436) = £0.00
• 1 x Kolink Observatory Duo ARGB Midi Tower Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-077-KK) = £49.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 1000W 80PLUS Platinum ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02521) = £128.99

Total: £1,967.87 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

motherboard not available at ocuk, but available elsewhere for the same price - google
unless you specifically need to stick to the nvidia ecosystem, would recommend to drop the 5080 for the 9070xt which would save £400 - the 9070xt is equivalent to the 5070ti

 

[Tetras]

Thoughts on my old system for current gen games? Is the CPU a bottleneck?

Not something I'd worry about unless playing competitively, e.g. at 1080p/low details.

 

[Threepwood]

spending a £1000 on a decent system for my son, I thought why not treat myself

I did the same, he wanted a 5080, but I banked most of the that £1k and got myself a 9800 upgrage and gave him my 4090 instead, gotta love making them computer happy though eh!? mine has, in his own words a PC that he could only dream of, but hey, he lives with me now, so it feels great to treat him

Is the CPU a bottleneck?

wouldn't worry about it tbh, if you haven't noticed anything wrong while actually using the system, then there is nothing wrong, it's easy to overthink things, even if there is a bottleneck, I bet the cpu is running in the high 90s' still