recommend me an upgrade

[Burtoner]

what you think of this for an upgrade?
I run a Corsair Obsidian 750D case, so this cooler should be okay?
Yes my graphics card is only a Nvidia 970, but since not much around at moment, I could do that later.
Should I go with 32GB ram instead of 16GB?
Mainly used for games. like Cyberpunk etc.
oh and I still run at 1920x1080 at 144mhz

 

[EsaT]

Just forget Asus B450 boards.
Those have scam level CPU VRMs good only for 65W TDP CPUs.
MSI was only one paying real attention to VRM in B450 boards.
Though by cutting fashion excess already from cooler could easily get B550 board with genuinely good VRM and modern features.

Also that memory is extremely brand and Ridiculously Grossly Bloated overpriced.
Because of those Corsairs having mediocre 18-22-22-42 latencies you can get faster latency memory for £150
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/patr...dual-channel-kit-pvs432g360c8k-my-107-pa.html
Even discounted 64GB kit would be little cheaper:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/patr...dual-channel-kit-pvs464g360c8k-my-109-pa.html

 

[mickyflinn]

Buy your stuff from overclockers the 5800x is £380.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/AMD-...medium=referral&utm_campaign=affiliategateway

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Same price. Intel version for 10 core 10850k and WiFi board

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS432G360C8K)= £149.99
• 1 x Intel Core i9-10850K Avengers Edition 3.6GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail= £419.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z490 UD AC (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £149.99
• 1 x Alphacool Eisbaer 280mm CPU AIO Water Cooling Unit - Black= £99.95

Total: £830.42 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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Bit of a pain Intel's CPU don't come out till end of march for 11th Gen . Also 10850k is $400 in the US so £360 odd but hadn't come over

Shame board out for stock for AMD version

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS432G360C8K)= £149.99
• 1 x Alphacool Eisbaer 280mm CPU AIO Water Cooling Unit - Black= £99.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core 4.7GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £379.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B550 AORUS Elite (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £139.99

Total: £780.42 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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[EsaT]

• 1 x Gigabyte Z490 UD AC (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £149.99

While not the worst that board is still mediocre for power draw capabilities of high core count Intels.
https://youtu.be/nFNnekpGwSg?t=394

 

[orbitalwalsh]

While not the worst that board is still mediocre for power draw capabilities of high core count Intels.
https://youtu.be/nFNnekpGwSg?t=394

true. happy to push to 5ghz all core without dumping vaults and accepting costs with wifi, gets the job done. Z590 will make any z490 look cheap haha

with gaming should be fine. slamming Pixel 4D or Resolve for half a day plus then def a no go