To upgrade or not to upgrade-The return

[poisonheart]

So, having posted a similar thread in 2020 I stuck with my old system for another couple of years.
Now that things have presumably moved on a bit more...the question remains..is it time to upgrade?

I do gaming, video and audio recording and editing (Reaper, Cubase etc).

I currently have
i7 4770K OC bundle with
Z87X-OC-OF mobo (I believe it's E-ATX size?)
16Gb Ram DDR3
Noctua NDH14 cooler
EVGA Geforce GTX 1080 SC
Phanteks Eclipse P600s case

Any suggestions?
I'd like to keep my existing GPU for now to limit cost.

thanks in advance

 

[poisonheart]

As a whole I find it ok timewise, but I do start to wonder about the longevity of it and the parts.

I'm presuming I can reuse my case, psu, gfx card and ssds and hdds to save cost?

Could someone suggest a bundle of cpu/ram/mobo/cooler that would make a significant upgrade to my system? Would this be a smart move https://www.overclockers.co.uk/geno...-overclocked-atx-gaming-bundle-bu-0be-og.html and compatible with my case, psu etc?
Also, am I right in thinking that I won't have to repurchase Win10 as it is associated to my MS account?

i7 4770K overclocked bundle with
Z87X-OC-OF mobo (I believe it's E-ATX size?)
16Gb Ram DDR3
Noctua NDH14 cooler
EVGA Geforce GTX 1080 SC
Phanteks Eclipse P600s case

Many thanks in advance.

 

[poisonheart]

Many thanks for the suggestions, dfour.

I have an irrational loyalty to Intel, so your first suggestion looks good to me!
How would that compare to the OC bundle I linked?
Would both your build and the oc bundle be "huge" improvements?

 

[poisonheart]

Your power supply might need an upgrade depending on if you upgrade your GPU or not.

Hope this helps

I upgraded my PSU last year when I replaced the case. It's a Phanteks Revolt Pro 850w. Would that still cut the mustard?

 

[poisonheart]

So, I'm pretty sold on either dfour's ddr5 bundle or the OCUK I7 12700k bundle.
2 questions:
What would be a decent upgrade to my EVGA geforce gtx 1080 oc for around £700ish max?
and assuming the GPU upgrade, would my Phanteks Revolt Pro 850W psu still cut it with either bundle?

 

[poisonheart]

If it matters to you then might be a good idea to wait for the next RTX 4000 cards to release.

It wouldn't matter that much. Although I do some video editing, it's mainly audio recording/processing and then gaming.
I'll re-phrase... What would be a decent upgrade to my EVGA geforce gtx 1080 oc for around £700ish from what is currently available?

Many thanks for your info. Interesting read.

 

[poisonheart]

In a slight bump so I can get an order in...

I'll re-phrase... What would be a decent upgrade to my EVGA geforce gtx 1080 oc for around £700ish from what is currently available?

and would an i7 13700k be a huge upgrade from the i5 13600kf dfour recommended earlier?

 

[poisonheart]

found it

5min 40

Brill thanks. and any thoughts on a decent upgrade for my gtx 1080 sc for around 700ish?

 

[poisonheart]

AMD RDNA 3 gpu's are to be released on November 3rd you should wait till at least then.

I always stick with Nvidia

 

[poisonheart]

So... pricing and new releases aside.... is a rtx3080 a huge upgrade from my gtx 1080 and if so is there a particulalry good one?

 

[poisonheart]

So, thanks for all your help.
I finally went for
My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLBD532G5600HC36BDC01) (SKU: MY-0BB-TG) = £179.99
• 1 x Noctua LGA 1700 Socket NM-i17xx-MP83 Mounting Kit (SKU: HS-03X-NC) = £8.99
• 1 x Inno3D GeForce RTX 3080 Twin X2 OC LHR 10GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-07M-IN) = £769.99
• 1 x Nvidia - Be Greater Gaming Bundle - Spider-Man Remastered (SKU: XX-043-NV) = £0.00
• 1 x Asus Prime Z690-P - Intel Z690 LGA 1700 DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6H2-AS) = £192.95
• 1 x Intel Core i7-12700K 3.60GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-69Z-IN) = £415.99

Total: £1,579.01 (includes delivery: £11.10)​

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[poisonheart]

Just an update:
The mobo was oos, so went for the more expensive MSI MAG Torpedo and an EK 360 AIO cooler.
Started the build on Saturday, and wasn't my day.
The build went well, all smooth as to be expected, until power on.
No display detected and no post.
After a couple of hours of checked and double checking things I removed one of the dimms (after reading a forum post about faulty memory causing a red cpu ez debug light on MSI boards) and voila, display...but then upon entering the bios the cpu temp was rocketing and the aio pump apparently not working.
Currently RMAing the cpu and mobo for testing, but it's looking to me like the board was faulty.
fingers crossed.