Time for upgrading Again - 2026

[JoeKerr]

Hello everyone,
Well it's time for upgrading and this it.

Purchase Time-frame:
Any

Budget:
2 to 3k

Usage:
Gaming, Video Editing, Music Production

Preferences:
nVidea GPU?

Current Hardware:
CPU: Intel i9 13900K
Motherboard: MSI Pro Z790-A WIFI
GPU: Gainward Phantom 4080 16GB
Keyboard: Logitech C213
Memory: Corsair Vengence DDR5 RAM
SSD Crucial P5 1TB M.2
SSD Crucial P3 2TB M.2
MasterLiquid ML360 illusion CPU cooler
Corsair RM1000e Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

Peripherals:
27in or larger monitor

Special Needs/Requirements (inc Wi-Fi)
No Wi-Fi

What would be your recommendations for a new build and any other notes.

Regards,
Joe

 

[Tetras]

Not worth it, I'd say, unless you HAVE to because you're passing the PC down.

You can't buy anything for £2-£3K that's going to offer a meaningful uplift for both CPU and GPU.

A 270K Plus, for example, would be somewhat of an upgrade for multithreading, but platform is a dead-end anyway.

5080 would be very mild indeed.

Just dumping it all on a 5090 makes more sense than anything, but sense is relative there