Upgrade advice please

Petrolhead · Monday at 11:40

My current rig, and 5800x, RTX2070 and 32gb DDR4 ram, is used Filofax photo and video editing. Adobe Photoshop and premier pro

I would like suggestion on CPU, Ram and GPU please

tamzzy · Monday at 12:34

Petrolhead said:
I would like suggestion on CPU, Ram and GPU please

Budget and rest of the computer specs please

JollyJamma · Monday at 12:34

We need to know your Budget and if you’ll do any gaming with it.

Also need to know your RAM speed and if you use GPU rendering for your Photoshop and Premier Pro software.

5800X is pretty solid as is so unless you’re looking for an increase in gaming performance too, it’ll have to be a 5900X or 5950X or 7900X and a whole new rig.

tamzzy · Monday at 12:36

@JollyJamma haha we had the same idea

JollyJamma · Monday at 12:37

tamzzy said:
@JollyJamma haha we had the same idea

I saw that too

Petrolhead · Monday at 12:53

JollyJamma said:
We need to know your Budget and if you’ll do any gaming with it.

Also need to know your RAM speed and if you use GPU rendering for your Photoshop and Premier Pro software.

5800X is pretty solid as is so unless you’re looking for an increase in gaming performance too, it’ll have to be a 5900X or 5950X or 7900X and a whole new rig.

Budget for the upgrade up to £1200

I have assumed I will go to DDR5 memory

Thinking of a Ryzen 9 7900x or similar. MATX Mobo

The only components to carry over would be case, fans, 360 AIO.

Not sure if I would need a different PSU, its currently a Corsair RM750x. I assume its powerful enough just out of touch re connection to later mobo and GPU

I am sick of RGB no nothing RGB

JollyJamma · Monday at 13:06

Petrolhead said:
Budget for the upgrade up to £1200

I have assumed I will go to DDR5 memory

Thinking of a Ryzen 9 7900x or similar. MATX Mobo

The only components to carry over would be case, fans, 360 AIO.

Not sure if I would need a different PSU, its currently a Corsair RM750x. I assume its powerful enough just out of touch re connection to later mobo and GPU

I am sick of RGB no nothing RGB

I included other questions that we need answering before we can assist (do you game and do you use GPU rendering)

Petrolhead · Monday at 13:08

Sorry, no games

yes re gpu rendering

JollyJamma · Monday at 13:11

Petrolhead said:
Sorry, no games

yes re gpu rendering

I’m no expert but you may be fine with upgrading just the GPU in that situation.

Depending on the version of the software that you are using, you may not need a better CPU.

I also don’t know if people render some things using the GPU versus others in CPU but I do know that sometimes a CPU can render things slower but more accurately (at least, that was the case with some applications a while ago),

If you need more RAM, that’s another issue.

You could go the 7900X route and it would be very very fast but if you don’t really make use of it, it may be a waste.

Petrolhead · Monday at 13:14

Hmm, interesting

the pc has been getting slower over time. So i was also thinking either upgrade from win10 to 11 or fresh install win11

JollyJamma · Monday at 13:19

Petrolhead said:
Hmm, interesting

the pc has been getting slower over time. So i was also thinking either upgrade from win10 to 11 or fresh install win11

Probably just needs a debloating. I use an AMD 5700X and it’s fine.

Try using Chris Titus Winutil to remove all the junk that Microsoft puts into Windows.

You run it as admin via a command in Powershell. It’s open source and well documented as being reliable.

I always run it after a major Windows patch as there are always settings and apps that Microsoft reinstalls.

Try that and then if you still need the upgrade, look at something like a 4080 Super and a new PSU.

Petrolhead · Monday at 14:08

Never used Chris Titus Winutil. Is it fairly straightforward?

JollyJamma · Monday at 14:12

Petrolhead said:
Never used Chris Titus Winutil. Is it fairly straightforward?

Yes. He has a video on YouTube discussion it. Watch it and you’ll see how easy it is.

I love it because you can install multiple apps just by ticking some boxes and remove Adobe bloat and windows bloat and telemetry.

Crazy useful.

JollyJamma · Monday at 14:13

Here it is

Petrolhead · Monday at 14:13

Thank you will have a watch

tamzzy · Monday at 14:14

I agree, since you're going to reinstall windows on a new PC anyway...might as well do it on the current pc to see if you can reclaim any lost performance before you go down the path of spending money

JollyJamma · Monday at 14:14

Petrolhead said:
Thank you will have a watch

If your system is still slow afterwards, do a clean Windows install and go from there.

If your system is still slow afterward the clean install, consider an upgrade.

tamzzy · Monday at 14:15

PS: Always back up your data!

Petrolhead · Monday at 14:16

Many thanks guys. All data on NAS

Tetras · Monday at 14:31

Petrolhead said:
Budget for the upgrade up to £1200

I have assumed I will go to DDR5 memory

Thinking of a Ryzen 9 7900x or similar. MATX Mobo

The only components to carry over would be case, fans, 360 AIO.

Petrolhead said:
My current rig, and 5800x, RTX2070 and 32gb DDR4 ram, is used Filofax photo and video editing. Adobe Photoshop and premier pro

I would like suggestion on CPU, Ram and GPU please

4070 is the slower GDDR6 version, but I think that's fine for the price.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Twelve Core 5.60GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02675) = £428.99
1 x Asus TUF Gaming B650-E WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASU-02136) = £154.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5600Z40) (SKU: MY-4DL-CS) = £169.99
1 x MSI GeForce RTX 4070 VENTUS 2X E1 OC 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-MSI-03202) = £458.99

Total: £1,220.95 (includes delivery: £7.99)