Upgrade Advice Please

Mojo24 · Sunday at 17:51

Looking at upgrading my son’s gaming pc. Games mostly played are BF6 and Avatar Fire and Ashes. About £1000 to spend, games will be played on 1440 IPS 180hz monitor.

Current spec
R5 7600
Gigabyte B650 Eagle AX DDR5 AM5 ATX MB
RX 7600 XT 16GB
Vengeance RGB EXPO 32GB ( 2x16 GB ) DDR5 PC5 48000C30
Asus TUF Gaming 850W 80 Plus Gold

Any advice greatly appreciated.

tamzzy · Sunday at 17:55

Mojo24 said:
R5 7600

7800x3d or 9800x3d/9850x3d
(will need a motherboard bios update before you swap the cpu out)

Mojo24 said:
RX 7600 XT 16GB

rx 9070 or 9070xt

#done

MissChief · Sunday at 17:57

tamzzy said:
7800x3d or 9800x3d/9850xt
(will need a motherboard bios update before you swap the cpu out)

rx 9070 or 9070xt

#done

What Tamzzy said.

tamzzy · Sunday at 18:00

whoops i meant 9850x3d not 9850xt :cry:

edited in original post now

Mojo24 · Sunday at 18:43

Thanks for your quick reply, just wondered is it a bad idea to blow the budget all on a gpu? Or would the R5 7600 bottle neck the gpu.

tamzzy · Sunday at 18:47

games like BF6 love X3D CPUs, you're better off with one than without
the reason is that this will help improve the minimum frame rates and games will feel less stuttery/janky

tamzzy · Sunday at 18:48

honestly the 5080 is only a 15%-ish improvement on the 5070ti/9070xt in rasterisation performance
i'd much rather have a 7800x3d/9800x3d + 5070ti/9070xt than a 7600 + 5080

Mojo24 · Sunday at 18:57

tamzzy said:
honestly the 5080 is only a 15%-ish improvement on the 5070ti/9070xt in rasterisation performance
i'd much rather have a 7800x3d/9800x3d + 5070ti/9070xt than a 7600 + 5080

Which 9070xt brand do you recommend? Thank you again for your help.

tamzzy · Sunday at 19:00

the cheapest one. they're all pretty well built and there's no bad model of 9070xt

at £560 this is the cheapest on ocuk at the moment: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...-pci-express-graphics-card-gra-asu-04155.html
incidentally this model is not the base spec 9070xt, so it's a pretty decent deal

Gray2233 · Sunday at 19:17

What heatsink are you running exactly? If it's the included Wraith stock cooler you should probably replace it, but almost anything else will be fine.

As above, bung these in (sans the HSF if not necessary) and jobs done, it'll be a night and day difference:

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Asus Radeon RX 9070 XT Prime OC 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASU-04155) = £559.99
2 x AMD Game Bundle - Crimson Desert (SKU: DIG-AMD-07311) = £0.00
1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £397.50
1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99

Total: £995.47 (includes delivery: £7.99)

Mojo24 · Sunday at 19:29

Gray2233 said:
What heatsink are you running exactly? If it's the included Wraith stock cooler you should probably replace it, but almost anything else will be fine.

As above, bung these in (sans the HSF if not necessary) and jobs done, it'll be a night and day difference:

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Asus Radeon RX 9070 XT Prime OC 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASU-04155) = £559.99

2 x AMD Game Bundle - Crimson Desert (SKU: DIG-AMD-07311) = £0.00

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £397.50

1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99

Total: £995.47 (includes delivery: £7.99)

Forgot to mention the cooler is Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 se ARGB. Case is a Kolink Observatory HF Mesh ARGB Midi tower.

Gray2233 · Sunday at 19:40

Mojo24 said:
Forgot to mention the cooler is Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 se ARGB. Case is a Kolink Observatory HF Mesh ARGB Midi tower.

Everything should be fine then, just grab the CPU and GPU.

Mojo24 · Sunday at 21:04

It’s a shame that Overclockers don’t do part ex scheme. Thanks again.

Gray2233 · Sunday at 21:27

Mojo24 said:
It’s a shame that Overclockers don’t do part ex scheme. Thanks again.

You can always sell the old parts on second hand, if you don't want to deal with ebay etc at the very worst CeX will give you cash or credit.

Mojo24 · Sunday at 21:31

lol prices have gone up, cheapest 9070xt is now PowerColor £589.99 on Overclockers website. should have done this post a bit earlier could have saved me £30.

Gray2233 · Sunday at 21:36

Mojo24 said:
lol prices have gone up, cheapest 9070xt is now PowerColor £589.99 on Overclockers website. should have done this post a bit earlier could have saved me £30.

For the sake of an extra £10 get the Asus, the PC Reaper is not a bad option but it's a two slot design (so smaller cooler) and has a history of iffy fans.

Honestly, I actually agree with @tamzzy when it comes to getting the cheapest of X or Y GPU, but there are instances where it's worth spending a little more.

tamzzy · Sunday at 21:37

Mojo24 said:
lol prices have gone up, cheapest 9070xt is now PowerColor £589.99 on Overclockers website. should have done this post a bit earlier could have saved me £30.

hot uk deals is your friend. that's all i'm going to say on this matter.

Gray2233 · Sunday at 21:52

tamzzy said:
hot uk deals is your friend. that's all i'm going to say on this matter.

Just took a gander myself, the cheapest I can see is an XFX Swift for £579 that's a Refurb, and probably lacking warranty + game codes.

tamzzy · Sunday at 22:05

Gray2233 said:
Just took a gander myself, the cheapest I can see is an XFX Swift for £579 that's a Refurb, and probably lacking warranty + game codes.

i can't help if your google-fu sucks

i've PM-ed you :cry:

Gray2233 · Sunday at 22:10

tamzzy said:
i can't help if your google-fu sucks
i've PM-ed you

You know it doesn't! I'm a fan of looking around and finding out.

That Asus model after looking around is the model I'd go for personally.