New Build Advice

[evohicks]

So my aging I7 8700k is due an upgrade, I have been gaming on it and doing some light video/photo editing (mainly game footage) and it has been paired with a 3090FE.
To be fair the PC has handled things fine but lately I can see a slight hiccup in performance on intensive tasks and demanding games so I am looking at a system built around the 7800X3d and a 4090FE, 32gb DDR5 6000, 1000w PSU, 360 AIO.
If I could get most of the components (apart from the 4090) for around a grand that would be great.

Am I being too ambitious?

 

[Dreadi]

Not at all, that could all be had for under 1k. Below basket doesn't leave a lot for an aio, but if you shop around it shouldn't be to hard and in reality, you can easily use an air cooler on the 7800x3d but knock off the £30 difference for the motherboard abd you could get an arctic freezer 3 id imagine

I'd go with the the b650e-f gaming but that's currently out of stock..

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Corsair RMx Series RM1000x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (CP-9020201-UK) (SKU: CA-268-CS) = £179.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £359.99
• 1 x G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - B (SKU: MEM-GSK-01360) = £139.99
• 1 x Asus ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6JW-AS) = £269.99

Total: £957.95 (includes delivery: £7.99)[/​

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[Tetras]

Am I being too ambitious?

No, but a slight hiccup doesn't seem worth paying 2k5+ in upgrades?

If it was me, I'd do the upgrade minus the 4090, since you may find the 3090 still has something more to give when paired with a 7800X3D.

 

[evohicks]

No, but a slight hiccup doesn't seem worth paying 2k5+ in upgrades?

If it was me, I'd do the upgrade minus the 4090, since you may find the 3090 still has something more to give when paired with a 7800X3D.

Thanks for the replies. The 4090fe is arriving on Monday, the 3090fe has been faultless from new running on a 27" 1440p screen at 165hz and also 3 x 24" 1080p 144hz monitors.
I realise that the 7800x3d would get more out of the 3090 for sure and yes it would be a wise move to keep the 3090, hopefully I can get a decent price for it to cover some of the cost of the 4090.

Interestingly the 3090fe cost £1399 new, the 4090fe is £1519 so not a massive hike in the time I've had it.

As for the cooler, I could in fact use my existing Noctua NH-D15 as Noctua will send out a compatible CPU fixing kit free of charge (after sending motherboard proof of purchase)
It's a little ugly in there but performance is great.

 

[sx_turbo]

Hopefully they'll send you the offset mount kit

 

[evohicks]

Just out of interest, the 7800X3D has been praised all around as a great gaming CPU and that's what I'm going to be using it for mostly but on the other hand I will be doing some video editing and some rendering of game footage etc, does anyone have any experience in the productivity side on this CPU?
I have seen some benchmarks and i know its no 14900k for productivity but just wanted anyone with first hand experience.

 

[mickyflinn]

Just out of interest, the 7800X3D has been praised all around as a great gaming CPU and that's what I'm going to be using it for mostly but on the other hand I will be doing some video editing and some rendering of game footage etc, does anyone have any experience in the productivity side on this CPU?
I have seen some benchmarks and i know its no 14900k for productivity but just wanted anyone with first hand experience.

7800x3d is most directly comparable to the 7700X, but the latter has a 400 MHz higher boost clock than the 7800X3D's 5.0 GHz. As a result, the Ryzen 7 7700X is 7% faster than the 7800X3D in multi threaded workloads.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Review: New Gaming Champ Beats Pricier CPUs

Sub-$450 CPU is even faster for gaming than Ryzen 9 7950X3D.

www.tomshardware.com

Take a look at The 14700k which is a good all rounder and smashes the 7800x3d in productivity but uses more power in the process.

 

[Tetras]

Just out of interest, the 7800X3D has been praised all around as a great gaming CPU and that's what I'm going to be using it for mostly but on the other hand I will be doing some video editing and some rendering of game footage etc, does anyone have any experience in the productivity side on this CPU?

There's definitely a compromise buying the 7800X3D for productivity, the last gen 5900X can often beat it when the workload is multithreaded, but it is still a very capable CPU and much faster than what you have.

 

[evohicks]

Thanks for the input guys, I finally got around to ordering today after taking in your advice and other reviews.
Final build is...

Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Asus Rog Strix B650E-E Gaming Wifi

Corsair RM1000X Shift (Think this comes with a nicer cable for my 4090 also)

DeepCool MYSTIQUE 360 Liquid Cooler 360mm LCD 5th Gen Pump 3400 RPM AIO

G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO RGB Series (AMD Expo) 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin SDRAM DDR5 6000 CL30-38-38-96

Samsung 990 PRO NVMe M.2 SSD, 2 TB, PCIe 4.0, 7,450 MB/s read, 6,900 MB/s write

and it's going into my Corsair 5000D Airflow