Sanity check on this build?

[TommyZippyBff]

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/DxG3KHkx8Q/
Mind you that my Motherboard isn't that, it went out of stock and you can find it below

I want a new PC, maybe I don't need it, but I want advice on this build, not about "you could upgrade X on your current PC". My old PC will go to my girlfriend.

Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 205 MESH C GAMING CASE
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Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core CPU (Up to 5.2GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX V2 (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6E)
Memory (RAM)
48GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 5200MHz CL38 (2 x 24GB)
Graphics Card
16GB PALIT GEFORCE RTX 5080 GAMEROCK - HDMI, 3 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 2950MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 3325MB/sW)
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ ATX 3.1, MODULAR, CYBENETICS GOLD
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 150 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND APPLICATION
Extra Case Fans
3 x 120mm Thermaltake TOUGHFAN 12 Case Fans
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NONE OR ONBOARD Wi-Fi (MOTHERBOARD DEPENDENT)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence

To be used with my current monitors that are: https://www.electriq.co.uk/p/eiq-34suwd144fshq/electriq-eiq34suwd144fshq - Electriq 34" ultra wide WQHD 165Hz and Acer ED242QR 23.6" 144Hz Full HD Curved Monitor because I have this PC right now:

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AlphaSync Gaming Desktop PC, AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7GHz, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 240GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, WIFI,

And I struggled with it. Because my motherboard was already old, might as well change everything with the new Nvidia cards too.

Will my monitors still be ok and can you see anything alarming in the PC Specialist build?

PC USAGE: Heavy gaming mostly multi-player.
For example Warhammer Space Marine 2 - tried to play it with a friend that has a Nvidia RTX3090 and he can play it on high res; meanwhile I am on medium and get stuck mid air. And he'd have to wait for me as my character would get stuck.

 

[TommyZippyBff]

I should have mentioned, they ran out of that ram and went for 96GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5200MHz CL38 (2 x 48GB) KIT instead.

 

[MrWilson]

If I were in your shoes, I would have a look at upgrading your current build rather than buying new as it’s only a few years old. As your current PC isn’t a PCS system, you would need to head to an open forum such as Toms Hardware if you wanted to go down that route.

If you want to buy new (and it’s your money, your choice), please give this a read, and provide the information requested so that we can make informed suggestions for you: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/foru...posting-collaboration-of-helpful-hints.99885/

 

[BlessedSquirrel]

Absolutely pointless replacing that PC, totally defeats the object of a custom pc and won’t gain you any extra performance anyway

 

[TommyZippyBff]

If I were in your shoes, I would have a look at upgrading your current build rather than buying new as it’s only a few years old. As your current PC isn’t a PCS system, you would need to head to an open forum such as Toms Hardware if you wanted to go down that route.

If you want to buy new (and it’s your money, your choice), please give this a read, and provide the information requested so that we can make informed suggestions for you: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/foru...posting-collaboration-of-helpful-hints.99885/

Hi, firstly my girlfriend also needs a PC so my old build which wasn't a custom, was a Pre-build from Ebuyer in 2020 will go to her. I wanted to buy the RTX 5080 by itself and keep my old PC but that would have required me to also upgrade motherboard; Power Supply, Graphics card and Rams so apart from the CPU and case, everything should have been replaced.

 

[TommyZippyBff]

Absolutely pointless replacing that PC, totally defeats the object of a custom pc and won’t gain you any extra performance anyway

Why do you say it's pointless to replace it? I don't really understand why I won't be getting extra performance with a better CPU and better GPU? My RTX 3070 barely copes in most games...

 

[BlessedSquirrel]

Why do you say it's pointless to replace it? I don't really understand why I won't be getting extra performance with a better CPU and better GPU? My RTX 3070 barely copes in most games...

Yes, so you upgrade the GPU, rather the point of a custom pc.

its still a custom pc, just a pre configured one.

 

[TommyZippyBff]

Yes, so you upgrade the GPU, rather the point of a custom pc.

its still a custom pc, just a pre configured one.

Just pasting this: "Hi, firstly my girlfriend also needs a PC so my old build which wasn't a custom, was a Pre-build from Ebuyer in 2020 will go to her. I wanted to buy the RTX 5080 by itself and keep my old PC but that would have required me to also upgrade motherboard; Power Supply, Graphics card and Rams so apart from the CPU and case, everything should have been replaced."

But you still don't answer why you think my new build won't offer extra performance?

 

[MrWilson]

Hi, firstly my girlfriend also needs a PC so my old build which wasn't a custom, was a Pre-build from Ebuyer in 2020 will go to her. I wanted to buy the RTX 5080 by itself and keep my old PC but that would have required me to also upgrade motherboard; Power Supply, Graphics card and Rams so apart from the CPU and case, everything should have been replaced.

That’s a fair reason for a new system. What’s your max budget? With those monitors I would probably advocate waiting for the 5070ti releasing next week, but if we can keep the 5080 in budget without compromising on other areas that’s your choice to make. A few areas of the build could be optimised, but knowing budget at the outset will help guide this.

 

[BlessedSquirrel]

But you still don't answer why you think my new build won't offer extra performance?

Because the CPU and platform aren't what's holding your old PC back, it's the GPU. GPU upgrades every few years are entirely normal and a required part of owning a custom gaming PC.

With a suitably paired GPU to the monitor, you'll be getting very much the same performance on Ultrawide on either system

 

[TommyZippyBff]

That’s a fair reason for a new system. What’s your max budget? With those monitors I would probably advocate waiting for the 5070ti releasing next week, but if we can keep the 5080 in budget without compromising on other areas that’s your choice to make. A few areas of the build could be optimised, but knowing budget at the outset will help guide this.

Thanks. I would say around £2.8k - £3k max

 

[TommyZippyBff]

Because the CPU and platform aren't what's holding your old PC back, it's the GPU. GPU upgrades every few years are entirely normal and a required part of owning a custom gaming PC.

With a suitably paired GPU to the monitor, you'll be getting very much the same performance on Ultrawide on either system

Well I mentioned before that my motherboard was also quite old and replacing the GPU would have required a PSU and motherboard change.

 

[BlessedSquirrel]

Well I mentioned before that my motherboard was also quite old and replacing the GPU would have required a PSU and motherboard change.

Fair enough, motherboard is not related in the slightest to the GPU, don’t know where you’re getting this stuff.

What I’m concerned about is that you keep replacing systems half way through their lifetime rather than upgrading.

Its important to understand what a custom pc is to get best value and performance

 

[TommyZippyBff]

Fair enough, motherboard is not related in the slightest to the GPU, don’t know where you’re getting this stuff.

What I’m concerned about is that you keep replacing systems half way through their lifetime rather than upgrading.

Its important to understand what a custom pc is to get best value and performance

Well I see them as connected because it's recommended to have DDR5 RAM for the 5080 and in general for the next time I want to upgrade GPU. Because my current motherboard is outdated, I'd need a new one and new rams and new PSU.
For the "you keep upgrading systems" man, this is the first time I am doing it and as I said rather than my GF also paying to buy a PC and me to upgrade, better to get a monster of a PC now so that in the next X years I don't have what to upgrade to it or if I have to, nothing gets bottlenecked.....

 

[BlessedSquirrel]

Because my current motherboard is outdated

It’s not outdated in any way, it’s got plenty of life in it. Loads of gamers are on AM4 with 5000 series GPUs playing quite happily. RAM has very little impact on the GPU.

I think you’re getting confused with PCIe 5, but again, that’s of no benefit on 5000 series.

A motherboard will be absolutely fine for a good 10 years if not more.

None of the platform components should ever require updating (assuming a properly designed system) and will last 10 years very happily.

 

[MrWilson]

You can just about get everything in for £3k

Case
CORSAIR FRAME 4000D RS ARGB MODULAR Cheapest good quality case I would recommend with top end components inside
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core CPU (Up to 5.2GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
GIGABYTE X870 EAGLE WIFI7 (AM5, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7) Mobo selection isn’t great at the moment so left this as is.
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz CL40 (2 x 16GB) 32GB is ample for gaming, 6000MHz is the sweet spot
Graphics Card
16GB ZOTAC GEFORCE RTX 5080 SOLID OC - HDMI, 3 x DP Easiest item to cut back on, with your current monitors I wouldn’t look past the 5070ti which is out next week, this will be the first part that gets upgraded over the product lifecycle
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW) Super fast primary drive.
1st M.2 SSD Drive
4TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W) Larger drive for games and docs, HDD is optional but left it in.
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ ATX 3.1, MODULAR, CYBENETICS GOLD Breathing room for an upgrade down the line
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR ICUE LINK TITAN 280 RX RGB HIGH PERFORMANCE CPU COOLER High quality cooler to keep your CPU cool and help exhaust hot air from your case
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NONE OR ONBOARD Wi-Fi (MOTHERBOARD DEPENDENT)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE Keep Norton away from your PC
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) Fiver for silver warranty on a £3k purchase is a no brainer
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Subject to stock availability on pre-order products
Price: £2,965.00 including VAT and Delivery

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