PC Upgrade £1500-£2000

[Supermellow]

Hi all, I’m looking to upgrade my current machine from a 2500k and GTX780 with a budget of £1500-£2000.

Possible bits I can reuse are a:
Noctua NH-D14, Silverstone case FT-02 and an AX750 PSU but these are all at least 10 years old now. Case may be too small depending on the GPU chosen.

Was looking at an AMD CPU and possibly the 7090xt Pulse.
Would need a copy of windows to be included in the cost.
Monitor is an ASUS 1440p
Assume the PSU would be unreliable at its age so guess that would require an upgrade too.

Anything else you need to know?

All help appreciated.

TIA

 

[Supermellow]

Is usage just gaming at 1440p? Any particular type of games?

Yes, gaming at 1440. Witcher 3, Cyberpunk, GTA VI, Baulders Gate 3, Metro Exodus, any new Fallout or TES games etc…

Would like it as future proof as possible within the budget.

 

[Supermellow]

Do you mean the 9070 XT Pulse, or the 7900 XT Pulse? Most places no longer sell the 7900 XT Pulse anymore as new, bar one place that I've just found, though it's £800 there (which is massively overpriced compared to the 9070 XT Pulse IMO).

I have a hunch that you meant the newer 9070 XT Pulse though, which I would recommend.

Sorry, yes newer 9070XT

 

[Supermellow]

If you can get a mounting bracket for your cooler (likely if you contact Noctua) then I'd just keep that.

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 Gigabyte B850 EAGLE WIFI6E (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03859) = £149.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro 48GB (2x24GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C48 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01087) = £124.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GamingPro-S 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PAL-05412) = £668.99
• 1 x NVIDIA - Borderlands 4 Standard Edition & the Gilded Glory Pack DLC (SKU: DIG-NVI-06102) = £0.00
• 1 x Crucial T500 4TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-02889) = £245.99
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 216 Mid-tower PC case - Black (SKU: CA-7BG-LL) = £85.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 850W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-060-AS) = £103.98
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE Black Dual Tower CPU Air Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03285) = £34.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM (FQC-10528) (SKU: SW-18K-MS) = £149.99

Total: £1,976.84 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

Thanks, I’ll have a look later to see if a bracket is available for the cooler. Any reason for the Nvidia over AMD and is the power connector ok on that card or is it one of the problematic ones?

Thanks!

 

[Supermellow]

Ok, I’ll have a read tonight. Think I would rather stay away from that connector if I’m honest so will likely stick with the 9079 XT Pulse. Thanks.

 

[Supermellow]

Hi, the PSU is out of stock. Is there anything else recommended?

 

[Supermellow]

Yeah, that looks ok but I don't mind paying a little more if I get a much better PSU? Found Noctua do an mounting bracket upgrade for my cooler to use the AM5 socket so will get that ordered, will need some thermal compound to go with it. Anything you recommend for that too?

Looking to change Win 11 to home from pro too as its nearly £40 cheaper, assume there's no reason I need the pro versions?
Removed the cooler to use my own
PSU change as your advice.

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Should be no issues with the above?

 

[Supermellow]

Thanks Craig, will be sat under my desk so not bothered about it looking good inside. Also had an AIO cooler before and didn't like it so would prefer to stay with air.

 

[Supermellow]

it's available 2 other places i checked(only checked 2 other places)..both 103.99 with next day delivery

Great, thanks. Just found one.

 

[Supermellow]

Just looked at the photos of the TUF PSU and for the motherboard it has a 9x2 and a 5x2 but the motherboard has connectors to accept a 12x2 4x2 and a 2x2. Assume it's me missing something?

Also like the look of the Aorus board not sure it the bit on the back of the IO connectors would foul the Noctua NH-D14 I already have? Is either board better than the other?

 

[Supermellow]

Thanks pastymuncher.

I have just checked the Noctua site and my cooler is not compatible with the Aorus and and needs to be mounted to offset on the Eagle board. Any other cooler you all recommend? Been happy with my Noctua so should I get a compatible model?

 

[Supermellow]

Will probably just go with the Aorus board then as it does look nice and get a compatible Noctua. NH-D15 G2 seems to fit fine.

 

[Supermellow]

Perfect, I’ll go with your recommendation then. No issues with fitting the Aorus board with the ram you chose that you know of, or blocking any card slots? Thanks for your help!!

 

[Supermellow]

No problem, thanks Tetras. Do you know what OCUK are like to deal with if there's a spacing clash with the components once purchased/ opened?

 

[Supermellow]

Thanks all, think I’ll order the peerless assassin and swap it out for one of the others mentioned if it doesn’t fit. Just need to pick a mobo now. Any problems going with the x870 Aorus over the others mentioned ? Hopefully going to order on the weekend. TIA

 

[Supermellow]

If you go for the Peerless Assassin you will have to raise the front fan so it sit's over the memory, I know this because I have one and had to do that but it does not affect the performance. As I said earlier, the Thermalright Royal Knight SE120 has no problems with memory and is cheaper with free delivery elsewhere.

Thanks PM. Any knowledge on the motherboards, is the 870 worth the upgrade over the 850? I’d like the setup to last a while so don’t mind stretching if I need to. Thanks.

 

[Supermellow]

If you go for the Peerless Assassin you will have to raise the front fan so it sit's over the memory, I know this because I have one and had to do that but it does not affect the performance. As I said earlier, the Thermalright Royal Knight SE120 has no problems with memory and is cheaper with free delivery elsewhere.

Also, what ram are you using in the board. I’ll check the measurements to see if the ram I’m ordering is a lower profile.

 

[Supermellow]

Thanks for the pics, yeah moving the fan a little won’t be a problem then. Will go for the PA120 fan.

 

[Supermellow]

Hi all, just about to order and can’t get the recommended PSU.

Will this one be ok or do you have any other recommendations?

Thanks.

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[Supermellow]

Bit pricey, would your case be compatible with the shift?.

Hi Tetras, I went with the Phanteks AMP GH you recommended in the end.

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I also changed the board and went with a B850 TOMAHAWK MAX WiFi. Assume there’s no issue with the swap?