New build or upgrade 3k budget no monitor required

[ravmanc]

Hi,

This is my current spec from 2017... any advice would be most welcome!

- Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30
- Seasonic Focus Plus 750W 80 Plus Platinum Modular Power Supply
- Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080TI 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card
- FREE WITH GX-000-AU: Nvidia Promotion: Destiny 2 with GeForce GTX 1080 / GTX 1080Ti (2)
- Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
- Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter
- Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
- FREE WITH MB-55V-GI: Gigabyte Motherboard Promo - £20 Steam Voucher Code
- Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM
- Alpenfohn Ben Nevis Advanced Black RGB CPU Cooler - 130mm
- Fractal Design Define R5 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl
- LG 38UC99 38" 3840x1600 FREESYNC IPS 75Hz WideScreen Super-Wide Curved LED Monitor

 

[dfour]

This would be a base for a build. Just add the GPU you want bearing in mind the psu you own (so no 4090's)

Intel 13 gen

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-13700K (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AX-IN) = £469.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF560C36BBEAK2-32) (SKU: MY-29R-KS) = £269.99
• 1 x MSI Pro Z790-A WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-36Y-MS) = £319.99
• 1 x WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58F-WD) = £82.99
• 1 x WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58G-WD) = £140.00
• 1 x Alpenfohn Ben Nevis Mounting Kit for Intel LGA 1700 (SKU: HS-05Z-AL) = £3.94

Total: £1,286.90 (Includes shipping: £0.00)​

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AMD ddr5 build.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF560C36BBEAK2-32) (SKU: MY-29R-KS) = £269.99
• 1 x WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58F-WD) = £82.99
• 1 x WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58G-WD) = £139.99
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• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Eight Core 5.40GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DF-AM) = £419.99
• 1 x Asus ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6JX-AS) = £309.95

Total: £1,226.86 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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Keep your case and psu. Your case may also limit your choise of GPU unless you remove all the HDD cages.
Move the HDD to the nvme drives.

 

[turbot1984]

any advice would be most welcome!

With that monitor/res I would be sorely tempted to bung in a s/h i9 9900K for under £300 and get a new 1200W psu and a 4090, so c. £2400.
Whole new rig + 4090 puts you over budget and not sure performance increase is worth the cost?

 

[Tetras]

What do you do with the PC?

If primarily gaming, I'd be tempted to just get the 6900 XT on offer for £650 and leave the rest.

A full AMD system:

Phanteks AMP 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - £129.95
WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) - £139.99
Lian Li Lancool 205 Midi-Tower Case - Black Window - £64.99
Be quiet! Pure Loop 2 FX 280 ARGB High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 280mm - £119.99

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Eight Core 5.40GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail - £419.99
Corsair Vengeance EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK32GX5M2B5600Z36) - £169.99
Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard - £229.99

Grand Total: £1,288.09

A full Intel DDR4 system:

(same AIO, PSU, case and SSD as above)

Intel Core i5-13600K (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail - £339.95
Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey - £99.95
MSI Pro Z690-A WIFI DDR4 - Intel Z690 DDR4 ATX Motherboard - £229.99

Grand Total: £1,138.01

With assumption of the rest of the budget on a 4090.

(If you're happy to cannibalise, then I'd try the PSU you have already before replacing it)

 

[turbot1984]

a s/h i9 9900K for under £300

more like £200 in MM!

 

[Craig_d1]

that kingston 6000c36 ram you can get for £215 away atm..save a little.. with that budget would look at new gen gpu...if not bothered about raytracing, think the 7900xtx be the card to get...nvidia will bleed you dry but can't deny the 4090 is a powerhouse..even the 4080 is good, except the price...some of those aib card near 4090fe price