PC upgrade - need advise

[aende210]

Hi, I think its time to upgrade, although I have specific plan this time and I'd like to know your opinion. I only want to upgrade my CPU, RAM, case and obviously motherboard (perhaps also thinking of getting water cooling)
Purchase Timeframe:
any timeframe

Budget:
up to £1200, would like to keep it cost efficient

Usage:
games at 1080p with 240hz refresh rate monitor, primarily CS2/League of Legends

Preferences:

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail

Current Hardware:​

Intel Core i5-12600K 3.70GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail
Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Phanteks Eclipse P300 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black/White
Corsair RM Series RM650 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020194-UK)
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060Ti Vision OC V2 LHR 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Crucial P2 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 NVMe Solid State Drive
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition CPU Cooler - 120mm

Asus Prime B660-Plus D4 - Intel B660 DDR4 ATX Motherboard

Peripherals:
N/A

Special Needs/Requirements (inc Wi-Fi):
None​

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but now it would be great if you could recommend me decent RAM and motherboard that will work well with it. I am also willing to upgrade other parts if this is necessary, I also dont want my GPU to be the bottleneck so I would appreciate if you could let me know whether my plan is worth doing​

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[GeorgeStorm]

What kind of games/what resolution do you play games at? Potentially just upgrading your gpu would give you a bigger boost than cpu/motherboard/mem combined.

 

[aende210]

Sorry I forgot to mention, I dont go higher than 1080p with 240hz refresh rate monitor, primarily CS2/League of Legends

 

[Fluffybob]

It would be helpful if you filled out the form in this post so the boffins can advise you properly
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/read-first-build-and-upgrade-advice-template.19002453/

 

[GeorgeStorm]

Sorry I forgot to mention, I dont go higher than 1080p with 240hz refresh rate monitor, primarily CS2/League of Legends

Seemingly you actually are someone who would probably gain more from a cpu ugprade than a gpu then!
9800x3d is an easy choice, memory with prices all over the place is more difficult I'd try to keep an eye out on sets of 32gb 6000mhz CL30 as a rough guide, not a lot of point of paying more for faster I believe, especially with x3d chips.
Motherboards depends if you have any specific needs, I think the Sapphire boards are recommended as pretty good value for money, I've liked asrock boards but I know there have been (and potentially still are?) some issues with asrock boards and 9000 series chips so maybe go for another brand. I think any of the mainstream brands would be fine to be honest, no ned to spend hundreds and hundreds unless you want to.

 

[mickyflinn]

Just your wish list comes to around £900 but reusing your PSU , storage and GPU.

Once you sell your old GPU and parts a 9070xt should be achievable.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £388.99
• 1 x Sapphire Nitro+ B850M WiFi (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-SPR-05690) = £119.99
• 1 x V-Color Manta XFinity+ aRGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 C28 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (SKU: MEM-VCR-07232) = £319.99
• 1 x PHANTEKS XT M3 Micro-ATX Case, includes 3x 120mm Fans - Black (SKU: CAS-PHK-05735) = £52.90
• 1 x Aerocool Oasis L360 ARGB Black All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-AER-02796) = £39.95

Total: £921.82 (includes delivery: £0.00)
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[iamgigglz]

let me know whether my plan is worth doing

I really don't think you'll see much of an improvement for your £1200 in CS2 and LoL. I think you're at the point where squashing a specific bottleneck would net you a big improvement. I'd suggest a liquid cooler so you can turn up the juice on your 12600K, a new graphics card and potentially a new PSU (depending on what GPU you go for). All of that can be carried over to your platform upgrade when that happens later.

Maybe keep an eye out for some more ram second hand but again, I don't think you'd see much difference in those games.

 

[Tetras]

Hi, I think its time to upgrade, although I have specific plan this time and I'd like to know your opinion.

I also dont want my GPU to be the bottleneck so I would appreciate if you could let me know whether my plan is worth doing

What are you trying to achieve with the upgrade exactly?

A 12600K is enough for most gamers to get comfortable frame rates.

Are you playing very competitively?