Spec me a system- under £500

[potatolord]

It's time to upgrade my CPU, which means money. Sad face. Currently have an 8700k, 32Gb Ram.

I need a CPU, Mobo and at least 32gb RAM. Possibly a waterblock for the CPU9 Though i could continue to use my ancient (20 year old?) Swiftech Apogee? Budget is under £500, cheaper the better! I could stretch to a CPU upgrade in future, so future-proofing the mobo (AM5?) and ram is important.

Already have a 6950xt, hard drives, 1200w psu, so I'm happy with that.

My main use is playing games, and don't use it for anything productive. Games are mainly civ type, with the occasional FPS.

 

[mickyflinn]

9600x £180
32gb DDR5 6000mhz £100


£220 left

Theres so many options on motherboards cheaper the better means compromise like number of m2 slots , b850 would be my choice .

 

[tamzzy]

Possibly a waterblock for the CPU9 Though i could continue to use my ancient (20 year old?) Swiftech Apogee?

probably not unless there are AM4/AM5 fittings for the block. with that in mind...

yes it's overbudget, but this is an X3D chip, which is a major bonus for gaming, and will probably see you through for quite a while yet

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D Six Core 4.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-04829) = £280.00
• 1 x Sapphire Pulse B850M WiFi (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-SPR-05692) = £129.94
• 1 x PNY XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-PNY-04563) = £110.00
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.98

Total: £557.92 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

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use google translate: https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Ryze...k-Release-Preis-Effizienz-GPU-Grafik-1455138/​

or if you want the tl;dr version: https://www.techpowerup.com/326342/amd-ryzen-5-7600x3d-beats-ryzen-7-9700x-zen-5-at-gaming​

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or the gamersnexus take: https://gamersnexus.net/cpus/amds-s...-review-benchmarks-vs-7800x3d-5700x3d-9800x3d​

 

[Tetras]

Budget is under £500, cheaper the better! I could stretch to a CPU upgrade in future, so future-proofing the mobo (AM5?) and ram is important.

If you're planning an upgrade shortly (e.g. to a 10800X3D), you can get a 7400 (has graphics, but only 16MB of cache instead of 32), 7400F or 7500F pretty cheap, around ~£120, which would leave you plenty for the board and RAM.