Ryzen PC upgrade advise

2013

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2013

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Over the next few months, I would like to upgrade my PC, Im looking for some upgrade advice.
My pc spec is below.

Im thinking of upgrading the CPU to a 3700x or 3800x and will be keeping the board.
I would like to get an NVMe SSD 1tb or 2tb depending on how lucky I get.

I know I would need to upgrade the GPU at some point but I dont think its a good time with the pricing as it is.

Monitor I have syncmaster 305T

Any other suggestions
 
Both CPUs are going to be two generations old late this year/winter, but mobo doesn't support newer.
Also especially compared to Intel's "advance" those are major update from original Zen.


As for SSDs prices are now very good with consumer NVMe SSD costing no more than SATA SSD.
WD Blue SN550 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £89.99
WD Blue SN550 2TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2B0C)= £199.99

In 1TB size even high end drive doesn't cost much more:
Seagate Firecuda 510 1TB SSD PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP1000GM3A011)= £104.99
In 2TB size price rises more, though Cordsair MP510 is now well priced.
Corsair Force MP510 series 1920GB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F1920GBMP510)= £248.99


As for monitor only 4K would be genuine upgrade with common 2560x1440 being downgrade in vertical resolution.
I'm myself using similar Dell U3014 and hoping that 32" 144Hz 4K monitors finally materialize in coming months.
 
EsaT said:
Both CPUs are going to be two generations old late this year/winter, but mobo doesn't support newer.
Also especially compared to Intel's "advance" those are major update from original Zen.


As for SSDs prices are now very good with consumer NVMe SSD costing no more than SATA SSD.
WD Blue SN550 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £89.99
WD Blue SN550 2TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2B0C)= £199.99

In 1TB size even high end drive doesn't cost much more:
Seagate Firecuda 510 1TB SSD PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP1000GM3A011)= £104.99
In 2TB size price rises more, though Cordsair MP510 is now well priced.
Corsair Force MP510 series 1920GB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F1920GBMP510)= £248.99


As for monitor only 4K would be genuine upgrade with common 2560x1440 being downgrade in vertical resolution.
I'm myself using similar Dell U3014 and hoping that 32" 144Hz 4K monitors finally materialize in coming months.
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Thanks very much for the advice.

CPU - The reasons im looking at the 3700/3800
1. I would be saving around £150 just on the CPU if I went for the last-gen and I don't really need a lot more power yet.
2. If I went for the 5000 I would need a new Motherboard and pay more for the CPU,
3. The 6000 I don't know much about it but I'm assuming it will be the new AM5 also assuming I would need DDR5 not DDR4 and the cost is still unknown.
4. I would still be bottlenecked considering I have a RX 580

This was my thoughts on the CPU but I'm open to advice


SSD - This is why I was hoping for an NVMe to start I may get an SSD also at a later point because my board only has 1x m.2 port. I'm hoping a good sale pops up.

Monitor - My monitor has some good specs the only reason I was thinking of upgrading as it is a little dated and I not very clean when it comes to movies or games, it has that standard 17" monitor look


Any other advice is welcome
 
The 3700X/3800X seem to have been dropping a lot in price lately, I wonder if by black friday you'll be able to pick one up even cheaper. For example: the 2700 went all the way down to £130 while there was surplus stock.
 
Tetras said:
The 3700X/3800X seem to have been dropping a lot in price lately, I wonder if by black Friday you'll be able to pick one up even cheaper. For example: the 2700 went all the way down to £130 while there was surplus stock.
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Not a bad Idea. so you are suggesting hold out till November hopefully a good sale will pop up?
was the 2700 at that price last year or the year before ?

well either way the 2nd price should not really go up, my only worry was the drop in value of my 1700 but hopefully, the price difference should cover it.
 
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