Looking into an Upgrade but what?

Ok AM5 Seems the better sense this is what I've come up with from Amazon:


AMD Ryzen™ 5 7600X
MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI Motherboard
CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 5200MHz
Corsair iCUE H100i RGB ELITE Liquid CPU Cooler
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070
Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti ***


Total: £1,777.88
Total: £1,249.71 ***




The AM4 Route is cheaper:



ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II - Motherboard - ATX - Socket AM4
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Processor
Corsair VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 RAM 16GB (2x8GB)
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 WINDFORCE OC 12GB Graphics Card
Corsair iCUE H100i RGB ELITE
Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC Graphics Card **

Total £965.77 **
Total: £1,055.78
 
So the AM4 is £193.93 cheaper than AM4 yes, but you won't be able to upgrade later down the line, other than to potentially the 5800X3D, which will most likely be more expensive than this difference now. Plus even then, you'd still need to buy a whole new platform, which will most likely be more than the difference here as well.

But at the end of the day, it's your own money and decision :)
 
I will ponder this over the next day or so.


If going AM5 Route the Motherboard I looked at as I listed doesn't have more than PCIx1 Slots I need this for my Sound Card and USB Card everything else on that board would be fine i.e Sata Ports rear USB Ports can you point me in the direction of a different board?
 
While I'm far from a fan of Nvidia I can honestly say the 4060ti is an absolute bad card, I expect even the one person that was in the cue at the launch in Japan even regrets it.

Otherwise everyone is spot on tbh I see 5800x3d to be more than enough for any gaming, really depends on if you have a real need to rebuild the cost is far better than at the start of the year.

While you could wait forever when it comes to upgrades I'd personally say wait until January bound to be a few sales on things.

It would at least give you the option to move to Zen5 and that will be a rather good thing.
 
The only time I remember the X60ti cards being good were when you could buy two, SLI them and they performed better than the X80 at the time. my 560Tis used to work well together long ago.
 
KingNosser said:
While I'm far from a fan of Nvidia I can honestly say the 4060ti is an absolute bad card, I expect even the one person that was in the cue at the launch in Japan even regrets it.

Otherwise everyone is spot on tbh I see 5800x3d to be more than enough for any gaming, really depends on if you have a real need to rebuild the cost is far better than at the start of the year.

While you could wait forever when it comes to upgrades I'd personally say wait until January bound to be a few sales on things.

It would at least give you the option to move to Zen5 and that will be a rather good thing.
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To both of you.

There are no bad cards just bad prices.
 
Hi all thanks for the inputs so far.


Now If I go for the
MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI Motherboard


https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BDS873GF/ref=ox_sc_act_title_5?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&th=1


This board as you can see has 1 PCIe slot right at the bottom.
And has the Sata Ports and USB Ports Need.





Now I have an external sound card the Sound Blaster Z and a USB Card.
How do I use both if this only has 1 PCIe slot?


And I also want to replace the case so if anyone can point me in the direction that it will support 3 HDD's then it would be great!
 
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Depending on the slots those cards are, you can still use one in the second x16 slot.

Otherwise you would need to get an external sound device or USB hub.
 
As long as they are both PCIe and NOT PCI they should fit in any of those spots. So you could put them in any configuration you'd like alongside your GPU since all PCIe are compatible with each other. You'd have your GPU on top then the other two cars in either spot. The middle slot is a 4.0x2 and the bottom is 3.0x1.
 
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Thank very much for your inputs its much appreciated.


I'm not sure weather to replace the case for a better one.


I have the Fractal Define R5 and looking for a Better case.
That will support my 2 SSD's and 3HDD's what are my options?
 
RobCharles1981 said:
Hey Everyone Further to add.


I'm looking at the 7800X3D as well as a "Gaming CPU" would this be good for Video Editing as well?
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The 7800X3D is an CPU and basically the fastest "Gaming CPU" on the market today.

Gamers Nexus recently did an CPU of the year roundup video, where the 7800X3D both won the categories of the "Best Overall" and the most efficient one. Plus on top of this, as mentioned already, is considered the fastest gaming CPU on the market.
 
It will handle the job just fine. Is it the fastest for professional workloads? No. If you plan on doing heavy video editing as the primary purpose then you could probably do with the non x3d versions. However it really depends. While the CPU matters the GPU will be doing most of the heavy work.
 
The BQ DP4 and the NH-D15 are the best coolers available. Noctua is a few degrees cooler but the DP4 is quieter.

As for his other smaller cooler suggestion I'm not sure what he was thinking. The new 7000 series CPUs run hot on purpose and the cooler you can keep it the more it'll boost. Though smaller doesn't mean worse. It's just what you fancy in my opinion.

I think the DP4 is a great idea and not to bad of a price. It's also cheaper than the Noctua by a significant margin.
 
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