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arjgrundy

arjgrundy

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Hello guys
It’s been a long time since I’ve ventured into PC gaming and I’m looking to get back into it. I last purchased PC parts from OCUK in 2017 which are listed below. My budget it is around £1000 currently. I was rocking a Ryzen 1700 and really want to continue with AMD.
Advice / options please.


Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard
EVGA Supernova GS 550W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply
Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080Ti "Xtreme Edition" 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card
Team Group Night Hawk LED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Red Light
AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
Corsair Gaming K70 RGB Cherry MX Red Mechanical Keyboard (CH-9000118-UK)
Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Micro-ATX Glass Case - Gunmetal Grey
NZXT Kraken X52 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 240mm
AOC AGON AG241QG 24" 2560 x 1440 TN G-Sync 165Hz Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black/Red
 
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Quartz said:
Update the motherboard BIOS and drop in a Ryzen 5700X3D or 5800X3D for an instant boost. And your 1080Ti is still a decent gaming GPU even today - as long as you don't require ray-tracing.
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That’s good advice for saving some £. One stupid thing I failed to mention was I no longer own the 1080ti which I regrettably sold
 
Gray2233 said:
My basket at OcUK:

Total: £963.91 (includes delivery: £0.00)​
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If you want the Nvidia equivalent you'd be looking at the 4070ti Super, but that would set you back another £100 or so.​
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Also make sure these cards will fit into your case, they're pretty damned large.​
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Much appreciated. If i'm retaining the MB, is it still up to standard? I mean DDR4 vs DDR5 is there a significant increase in performance?
 
Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit
MY-295-KS
£60 (incl. VAT)
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Powercolor Radeon RX 7900 XT HellHound 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
GX-1AR-PC
£800 (incl. VAT)
£630 (incl. VAT)
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Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black
POW-PHK-02517
£85 (incl. VAT)
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Gray2233 said:
The 5700X3D is still very competitive, and the X3D chips aren't overly fussed about ram speed. Your board doesn't support DDR5 anyway, you'd need to do a full platform update which would heavily eat into your GPU budget.

For raw gaming, I'd argue the above is by far your best use of a grand.

I'd also consider investing into a nice big SSD if you're short on storage, NvME's are dirt cheap at the moment per TB.
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Thanks. The tower is looking lonely sat in the garage at the minute. Just never got around to doing anything with it over the last few years so that’s good advice. I’m in the middle of sorting a desk out.
Totally out of the loop with PC components at the mo, I was always researching etc before the little one arrived lol £ is a bit tighter these days!
 
Big shame that you sold the 1080 Ti, because it would have been a decent PC for getting back into gaming.
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Yeah totally, i might be slightly ashamed to mention what I sold it for too *console, cough* lol I'm a PC gamer at heart though, honest!
Good to know certain aspects I had from 2017 are still ok. Might consider a different case just so it feels "new" if that makes some sense
 
tamzzy said:
The 5700x3d is probably neck-neck or maybe just slightly slower than the 7600 (non-x) on average. If you play MMOGs or flight sim then the x3d chips are better.

If you're not going to upgrade often then it is likely that whatever Ryzen AM5 chip you get now will be the last for the board and you'll have the same dilemma when you next upgrade (to get the best AM5 chip or to jump to AM6/intel equivalent).

Whereas if you get the 5700x3d, your next future upgrade would be a full platform upgrade.
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That’s a sensible way of looking at it. I’ve been out of pc gaming for a few years at least but hoping to get back into some games. Arma 3, MSFS stuff like that. RDR2 etc. I’m assuming the 5700x3d is good for those. I will get chance to look at it in more depth but interesting to listen to views of others too
 
tamzzy said:
yes it's a solid choice.
the x3d chips are literally the best case scenarios for MMOGs and MSFS

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www.tomshardware.com

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D Review: A Value Gaming Masterpiece

AMD's powerful 3D V-Cache tech is now more affordable than ever.
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Really impressive stuff. I remember back in 2017 weighing up Ryzen. Seems like a good decision!
 
Going to have to bite the bullet. I’ve gone to switch my old one on and it’s goosed. That’s what you get leaving it in the garage for too long
 
Yeah I tried I have a cheap gpu and no joy. I’ve removed my nzxt cooler out so potentially I’ll re use that. Shame really but nvm. I’ll still re use the monitor and potentially the 550w psu. Frustrating
 
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In my frustration I’ve managed to snap a bit of the plastic from the cpu socket too when fiddling about. It’s been kept in conditions that are at best, pants with a capital “P”.
Can you spec an alternative build for me utilising a different MB on the AM5 platform?

Sorry to mess you around. I should have really tested this before messaging in the forum.
 
tamzzy said:
@arjgrundy actually change the ssd from the nv3 to the sn580: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...cie-gen4-solid-state-drive-sto-wdc-00540.html
just realised that the nv3 is QLC nand-based (the sn580 has TLC nand)
the nv3 is a faster drive on paper but the sn580 has vastly better endurance
(the sn580 probably has better sustained performance compared to the nv3 as QLC slows down to a crawl once the cache is depleted)
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Ok. I’m going to have a look at the various cases too. I quite like the look of this Case
 
tamzzy said:
yeah i used to spec that case before the antec came out
the antec is the same price and has front usbc
the aerocool comes with 6! fans and they're all ARGB, whereas the antec's 3 fans are fixed RGB so a bit meh
the only thing i don't know is the build quality of the antec, but i know that the steel of the aerocool is a bit thin (you definitely know that the aerocool has been built to a budget)
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Got ya. Well you’ve certainly done your homework with regards to the difference in specs. Helped me lots!
I’ll have to get some pictures once I go for it and report back with the new desk etc.
 
Gray2233 said:
I'd personally spend a bit more on one of the following B650 motherboards over that A620:

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £303.98 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Montech make some nice fish tank style cases too, although they'll run you a bit more money.
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Will take a look at those. Thanks
 
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