Project Mahoosive Mistress Upgrade

[Stoner81]

Hello again folks! It has been a while since my last upgrade to say the least anyway...

Below is the list of parts I am currently looking at and I am upgrading from a i7-4700K. I am just not sure on if I should wait until AM5 comes out since the below is a dead socket. Having said that though no matter what I go to it will be a "mahoossive" upgrade for me to say the least hence me being here and asking questions.

For your perusal:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Sixteen Core 4.9GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £719.99
• 1 x Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard= £229.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex Titanium 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Titanium" Power Supply - Black= £177.95
• 2 x Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £188.99
• 1 x TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Zero Z440 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive= £329.99
• 1 x Lian-Li O11 Dynamic XL (ROG Certified) Aluminium Midi-Tower - Black= £204.95
• 1 x Corsair Hydro Series iCUE H150i Elite CAPELLIX RGB Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 360mm (CW-9060048= £179.99

Total: £2,220.84 (includes shipping: £0.00)​

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I went with the 5950X since I do a lot of video encoding now and I won't be upgrading for a long time again so sort of going with in for penny in for the pound so to speak.

64GB RAM vs 32GB... simply put the wife has 32GB in her laptop and I am not having her have the same as me in a laptop compared to a desktop so 64GB it is.

O11 Dynamic... it's just gorgeous! It really is! <3

For graphics I have a spare GTX970 that I can use in this system until newer cards become available and actually at a sensible price (dream on xD).

Thanks for any and all advice folks <3

Stoner81.

 

[mickyflinn]

Superflower psu while quality only comes with a 7 year warranty i personally would get a 850w or even a 1000w gold rated with 10 year warranty.

Looks solid There are a few cheaper options but im sure you like ypur rgb stuff .

 

[Stoner81]

I do like RGB since it allows me to set everything to how I want it so as everything matches

Overall though I am just not certain on if I should wait for AM5. I have been waiting for this upgrade for like 2 years ish or more already lol kinda fed up with waiting lol

Stoner81.

 

[mickyflinn]

Amd wont be introducing ddr5 this year only intel will with there Alderlake cpu's in November.

There are a few benchmarks fir ddr5 out there but the above upgrade would be a monster coming from what you have.

Can you wait do you want wait ? Its your call.

 

[Stoner81]

That is what I figured thanks for the advice.

Looks like I am pulling the trigger on this bad boy

EDIT - Purchased! Now excuse me while I go and pass out lol!

Stoner81.

 

[Quartz]

2 x Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £188.99

You should go for 2x 32 GB rather than 4x 16 GB - get on there and amend your order! Cheaper, too.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Crucial Ballistix 64GB (2x32GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £349.99

Total: £358.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)
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[Stoner81]

Does it make that much of a difference?

Stoner81.

 

[Quartz]

It's more likely to work at full speed.

 

[PurePickage]

Does it make that much of a difference?

Stoner81.

Does it make that much of a difference?

Stoner81.

Plus that crucial kit is CL16 so lower latency

 

[Stoner81]

Awww man! I will have to try and ring them tomorrow or something and see if I can get it changed.

Stoner81.

 

[Stoner81]

Managed to ring them this morning and get it changed. I am so excited for my new rig, I just wish video cards would come down to sensible prices.

Stoner81.

 

[PurePickage]

Managed to ring them this morning and get it changed. I am so excited for my new rig, I just wish video cards would come down to sensible prices.

Stoner81.

Nice one, glad to hear you got it changed. I did see some half reasonably priced 6900xt’s earlier. Still over RRP but cheaper than 3090’s