Upgrade advice

dragos44 · 24 Nov 2025 at 21:30

Hi
I am looking to upgrade my mobo-cpu-ram.
Curently i have a 12700-rog strix b-660-A-32GB corsair ram.Playing mostly poe-poe2 and i think a 9800x3d will help with the fps dips i have now in low 20's.
i want to upgrade only the above.I do have a 4070ti and a Dell 27" 1440,165hz monitor.The build is white but given the curent ram prices i dont care about all white build anymore.
Thank you.

hornetstinger · 24 Nov 2025 at 21:32

Look at RAM prices, have a heart attack, then go back to your existing machine.

dragos44 · 24 Nov 2025 at 21:53

Lol...i know

tamzzy · 24 Nov 2025 at 21:55

what speed is your current ram

hornetstinger · 24 Nov 2025 at 21:57

You should be getting higher fps than that. Also hardly a worthwhile upgrade tbh

dragos44 · 24 Nov 2025 at 23:18

tamzzy said:
what speed is your current ram

3200

tamzzy · 24 Nov 2025 at 23:22

oh. that's a bad combi. a 12700 should have really been paired with ddr5. probably explains the massive fps dips.

they use a 12400f, but the results speak for themselves

dragos44 · 25 Nov 2025 at 15:29

So far, i would go for these:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-mag-b850-tomahawk-wifi-socket-am5-ddr5-atx-motherboard-mot-msi-06610.html

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail

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What remains is a compatible memory, preferably 32 GB.

I am open to suggestions.

WARburton · 25 Nov 2025 at 15:47

right now.. that best path would be a 14700 / 14900 as you dont have to spend £300 on ram
or just a big ass GPU upgrade

but.. if you want to go down that path buy this fast before it sell's they had 10 in stock and now just 1

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-grade-corsair-vengeance-ddr5-cudimm-48gb-2-x-24gb-ddr5-8000mhz-c38-bg-mem-crs-03887.html

this is the kit at full price

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/corsair-vengeance-rgb-ddr5-cudimm-48gb-2-x-24gb-ddr5-8000mhz-c38-dual-cha-mem-crs-03884.html

and it cheaper then a 32gb kit

Tetras · 25 Nov 2025 at 15:53

From what I can see reading online (don't play it), that game is difficult to run/poorly optimised. Unless you really can't stand those drops, I'd just put up with it. Not an upgrade I'd be doing for ~£800, but maybe in another gen or two.

dragos44 · 25 Nov 2025 at 16:25

Yes, probably the best idea is just to put it on hold... I'm not going to spend the same amount on RAM as on CPU.And anyway my mobo is not ddr5 compatible.