Upgrade now or wait for a 5k build

[BarneyBoots]

Last few months my 3090 has been black screening and rebooting the system with the dreaded "nvldmkmm" error.Tried multiple fixes but still happens all the time.Sometimes takes 30s,sometimes takes 30m but it's an absolute pain.

The pc is on the AM4 platform with DDR4 so was thinking about upgrading this year anyway but this has forced my hand,just sods law it happens over christmas.Oh well.

Decided to go with a 9800x3d but the question is as I'm sure everyone has asked "Do I wait for a month or so and try to limp along until the 50 series comes out or get a 4090 now which is still a very capable card ??"

The other question was i Have 64gb of DD4 now so 32 or 64gb of DDR5 ?? was looking at 6000mhz CL30 kits.

If it helps,my budget is about 5k or the system itelf.Don't need a monitor etc.

Any help appreciated

 

[BarneyBoots]

Yeah that was my initial thought as well.Tried everything - resetting the card,psu,checked the ram etc.
So frustrating but is what it is I guess.Might just go with a pre build from OC just for the warranty to save my sanity in the future.

 

[BarneyBoots]

25ish at idle - might get up to around 70 playing Great Circle

 

[BarneyBoots]

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Phanteks NV5 v2 - White (SKU: CAS-PHK-02323) = £104.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £518.99
• 1 x Asus ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6JY-AS) = £199.99
• 1 x Phanteks Glacier One 360 M25 White RGB All In One CPU Water Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-PHK-03103) = £89.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX Nitro+ Vapor-X 24GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-3A4-SP) = £999.94
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-02841) = £194.99
• 1 x Samsung 990 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe 1.3c Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-24Q-SA) = £92.99
• 1 x Samsung 990 Pro 4TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe 1.3c Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-SAM-00984) = £284.99

Total: £2,498.86 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

Thoughts on this build,decided that chasing the latest hardware all the time isn't cost effective and considering the games I play I don't really need RT really.Just after a good solid build really.

Not sure if 64gb is overkill or if 32gb is fine.

Basically the Condor pre build that will look like the Zirconium ice pre build.Any thoughts or tweaks to ram,drives at ?

 

[BarneyBoots]

Many thanks everyone - head is spinning with it all right now.
Probably going to go the pre build option just for the warranty and less of a headache so hypothetically saying I can't wait for the 50 series and want to stick with an AMD system then any OCUK prebuild recommendations ??
If I worked out roughly what i wanted then I assume I could phone up OCUK,explain it all and they would advise/build it or worse case I only live 20m away could I call in ?? Not sure if it is a shop as such anymore since they moved.
Sorry for all the questions by the way

 

[BarneyBoots]

Fair point - thinking around 3k.

 

[BarneyBoots]

Many thanks,looks great.Any more fans needed you think ??

 

[BarneyBoots]

Many thanks for the advice everyone - going to give them a ring on Monday and speak to them if they are open.Leaning towards the xtx just because I’m feeling traumatised by the Nvidia nvldmkmm message I’ve been getting haha ‍.Seriously though guys thank you.Side note but changed the display Port and cable and had a small screen with aida64 showing temps etc,removed the screen thinking is it that causing the display issue - still crashed.Removed aida64 and no crashes for 3 hours.Might be the cause of might just be having a lucky day but set on a new rig now.

 

[BarneyBoots]

Gone with the 9800x3d and 7900xtx in the end.Total build was just over 3k including build costs.It's all subjective at the end of the day.I'll post the specs tomorrow but I'm happy with it and ultimately isn't that the point of anybody system ??