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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

 

[Jdevonport]

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

Thank you for the suggestion - I think I want to tweek the build for 64gb RAM and maybe an AIO water cooler. Budget is an issue though, so I was thinking that if I hold off on the GPU for now - so replace everything expect my 3090. then run with this until the new Nvidia super cards arrive? Any problems with this that I am not thinking about? I can then set my kid up with my old parts and he will have to make do with the 5700xt he has for now???

 

[tamzzy]

Thank you for the suggestion - I think I want to tweek the build for 64gb RAM and maybe an AIO water cooler. Budget is an issue though, so I was thinking that if I hold off on the GPU for now - so replace everything expect my 3090. then run with this until the new Nvidia super cards arrive? Any problems with this that I am not thinking about? I can then set my kid up with my old parts and he will have to make do with the 5700xt he has for now???

You could.

The only thing I'd ask is why you need 64gb of ram right now. Ram prices have doubled in the last couple of months so if you don't actually need 64gb I'd just stick with 32gb for now.

That case supports an AIO so that's not an issue.
The preferred mounting position is normally at the top of the case. The case I linked supports a 240/280mm AIO at the top. Id personally stick to 240mm for best compatibility.
Alternatively if you want a 360mm AIO you'd have to pick another case.
The 9800x3d runs fine with a 240mm cooler.

The 3090 is fine to soldier on a bit longer. Comparatively it's the equivalent of a 5070 without the rtx performance.