Hi guys. Will upgrade my build in the near futur. My i5 2500k and GTX760 don't cut it anymore after 8 years of services. Mostly using it for gaming on a 1440p 120hz+ 27inch monitor. I'm based in Canada. Any advice would be appreciated if there is a problem in the suggested build. Around 2500-3000$ before taxes and shipping. Cases: Mid tower. Looking at the Fractal Meshify, Phantek P400a, Lian-Li PC-011, NZXT 510 150-200$ish CPU: AMD 3700x 425$ Memory: Corsair PRO 3200 CL16 8x2 kit 120$. Not sure if the 3600 CL18 with looser timing worth the 80$ more. Board: Asus TUF x570 wifi 260$ GPU: 2080 super. Will get the FTW3 from EVGA. Had awesome experience with them in the past.1050$ CPU cooler: no clue honestly. I'd go air with the noctua chrome max or a kraken x52 but I have a itch to try watercooling at some point. Was looking at the EKWB a240 for 160$ and expand with a gpu block if I can find it in canada but I red that the performance is underwhelming. Dropping a 1000$ for watercooling right now for premium parts is too much. Storage: Samsung 970 EVO or WD Black. Not sure if I should go 500gb + 2tb SDD sata config or single 1tb NVME. Right now I'm using 90gb on my main ssd drive and 450gb on my secondary harddrive. PSU: Will aim for a 750W Gold. Looking at the Evga GQ for 120$ right now What do you guys think ? Thanks !
Cases: Fractal Meshify C CPU: AMD 3700x Memory: Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 3200 MHz - will OC to 3600 CL16 on the latest AGESA, no point in spending more on RAM. Board: Asus TUF X570 WiFi or Asrock X570 Taichi or Gigabyte X570 Aorus Ultra GPU: 2080 super. Will get the FTW3 from EVGA. Had awesome experience with them in the past. You didn't say at what resolution you play- assuming that GPU is already decided. CPU cooler: NH D15 Cromax Storage: Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G3 - 10 years warranty
I just built; 3800x Asus x570 TUF WiFi 3200 Corsair Corsair H60 AIO Asus Strix ROG 2070S 1TB M2 1TB 860 EVO SSD Love this thing! Get the M2, it’s worth it. Gaming monster, crazy fast.
Will definitly look at the supernova PSU For the board, the asus is almost 100$ cheaper then the other 2. Same for adata. Not readily available here. Why would you recommend the 3800 over the 3700 ? I was even planning before this getting the 3600x
I'd rather upgrade by steps than going all in. Your GPU is massive bottleneck right now in your system. Consider getting video card 1st. Overclock your 2500k to 4.5GHz it should deliver decent amount of frames. I myself still holding on my 2500k. If you feel like your 2500k holding you back after getting a new video card, then consider getting rest parts. If you still running on HDD, get SSD, that also will improve performance a lot. Not sure if getting NVMe is worth it. Sata SSD does just fine. You do realize M2 is just a form factor?
I'll be getting the card+monitor before any other upgrades for sure. However, I felt that an older CPU would bottleneck a 2080 super even if overclocked at 4.4ghz (my stable OC right now). I'll see when I get the parts and if everything is underwhelming even with the GPU upgrade I'll go all in. I'll post here if it interests anybody, I'm with a trusty intel 510 120gb sata SSD. Lacky room on it. Only issue. Based on this video, I feel like you are a right and a SATA SDD would still be enough for me. However I'm dropping 3000$+ on a new system. What is 50-100$ more to go from SATA->NVME ? Thanks for the input !
Getting NVMe could be beneficial in a long run, I'd go with it myself. Also feels good to get hands on a new tech. Sata was designed for HDDs after all. I was mentioning holding on CPU to see if maybe Intel drops any decent priced 10000 series to compete with Ryzen, however I can't find any release dates. So yeah, going with Zen2 is fine, especially if you going for 1440p monitor. AMD 3700x would be pretty decent choice. 3800 is overkill for gaming. There no much difference between 3600 and 3700x for gaming, 3700x is just recommended to have more power for future games. You can see for yourself. https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_ryzen_9_3950x_review,23.html
Definitly feeling AMD for CPU upgrade. They did such a good job with ryzen I feel I should give them my money, not to intel. 3700k sounds like a good bet. Will try to go NVME. First good brand on sale will get my buy. Thanks for the input
Build done during blackfriday sales + holiday sales. Went for these parts. Cases: Lian-Li PC-011 Black CPU: AMD 3800x Memory: Trident Z Neo 3600mhz cl16 Board: Asus TUF x570 wifi GPU: EVGA 2080 super FTW3 CPU cooler: Corsair H100i Platinum Storage: Intel 660p 2tb M.2 SSD PSU: EVGA G3 750W Others: Corsair 120mm LL fans, Commander pro, Vertical GPU bracket Can't wait to build it. The i5 2500k even overclock was not doing any favors to the card I already have with me. Should kill games at 1440p now. Will post picture if anyone interested
https://imgur.com/a/5gIMhAf Can't seem to be able to post the image as a preview. Runs like a charm. Cable management is terrible. Will revisit this. My vertical GPU doesn't fit this monster card so will order a new one in the near future if I can find a model that fits.
