PC UPGRADE

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KlevisDara

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I bought my pc 4 years ago and i want to upgrade

I want to add:

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X ( or 5900x )
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4070
Power Supply 750w ... obviously

Whats your thoughts ? Any recommendation ? is it even worth upgrading after 4 years ? Do those fit well with my motherboard ?

Here are my specs:

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 465X RGB GAMING CASE - FNATIC EDITION
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Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12 Core CPU (4.7GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (DDR4, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX/SLI) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 120 Series RGB High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Extra Case Fans
3 x Corsair LL120 RGB LED Fan + Controller Kit
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
 
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KlevisDara

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Martinr36 said:
What monitor do you have (make and model or resolution refresh rate), where is the existing spec letting you down, what do you use it for, and what is the budget for upgrades
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I got Zowie 360hz monitor
I use it to make music (which uses CPU)
Photoshop/premiere pro daily
And Gaming like Call of Duty and Counter Strike

Tbh nothing is letting me down as my pc still feels smooth after 4 years, but maybe not as fast in processing things
And Fps is is low when i play basically

Budget im willing to pay around 1K

Thank you for replying
 
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KlevisDara said:
I got Zowie 360hz monitor
I use it to make music (which uses CPU)
Photoshop/premiere pro daily
And Gaming like Call of Duty and Counter Strike

Tbh nothing is letting me down as my pc still feels smooth after 4 years, but maybe not as fast in processing things
And Fps is is low when i play basically

Budget im willing to pay around 1K

Thank you for replying
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You haven't said what resolution?

When you say FPS is low, what do you mean, what actual figure?
 
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KlevisDara

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You dont think is a good monitor ?
I bought it because i thought was good and i paid over £600 lol, and pretty much all games have it
 
Ekans2011

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KlevisDara said:
I got Zowie 360hz monitor
I use it to make music (which uses CPU)
Photoshop/premiere pro daily
And Gaming like Call of Duty and Counter Strike

Tbh nothing is letting me down as my pc still feels smooth after 4 years, but maybe not as fast in processing things
And Fps is is low when i play basically

Budget im willing to pay around 1K

Thank you for replying
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I believe you should include a much better cooler (I have my doubts that it can even handle your current 3900XT) as well as another, considerably faster, M.2 drive on the upgrade list.
 
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KlevisDara

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Martinr36 said:
A 4070 will be bottle necked with a 1080p monitor, and the smallest PSU I'd recommend would be a 1000W
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Any recommendation about monitor ?

Pcspecialists were recomending minimum 750w for 4070 tho, or is it just generic from the website or smth
 
Ekans2011

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KlevisDara said:
what do you mean with M.2 drive on the upgrade list ? :/
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I mean that you currently have 1 M.2 PCIe 3.0 (970 EVO PLUS) and 1 mechanical HDD (SEAGATE BARRACUDA).
Have you installed your OS, games, and app/softwares on the M.2?

You'll need at least a small, fast M.2 PCIe 4.0 for the OS, another M.2 as your primary/working drive (you can keep your SAMSUNG), and the HDD for storage.

Why more than one storage drive?

I've been meaning to put something like this together for a while. In recent weeks I've found myself writing this more and more so thought I would just post my thoughts in a thread that I could link to. So the reason for this thread is to try and give insight as to the reasoning behind having...
www.pcspecialist.co.uk www.pcspecialist.co.uk
 
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Ekans2011 said:
I mean that you currently have 1 M.2 PCIe 3.0 (970 EVO PLUS) and 1 mechanical HDD (SEAGATE BARRACUDA).
Have you installed your OS, games, and app/softwares on the M.2?

You'll need at least a small, fast M.2 PCIe 4.0 for the OS, another M.2 as your primary/working drive (you can keep your SAMSUNG), and the HDD for storage.

Why more than one storage drive?

I've been meaning to put something like this together for a while. In recent weeks I've found myself writing this more and more so thought I would just post my thoughts in a thread that I could link to. So the reason for this thread is to try and give insight as to the reasoning behind having...
www.pcspecialist.co.uk www.pcspecialist.co.uk
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Yes all my games and softwares are on the M.2
If i add another does that mean that I have to install OS all over again or how ? would I keep installing things like i was doing ? any trouble with data ?
 
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KlevisDara

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Based on what i have what would you guys change, considering that I have a new monitor 1080 and I wouldnt prefer to change it
I basically wanted RTX 4070 but even 3080 would be better than 2070ti that i've got

So please let me know what would be the best
 
Ekans2011

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KlevisDara said:
Yes all my games and softwares are on the M.2
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How full is your M.2?

KlevisDara said:
If i add another does that mean that I have to install OS all over again or how ? would I keep installing things like i was doing ? any trouble with data ?
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To clarify, have you ever done a clean install since you received that PC? A clean install is typically included in routine PC maintenance.
Personally, I perform it at least 1-2 times a year; it's a simple operation that takes no more than 30-40 minutes and keeps your OS in good health.

I would do the following if I were you: buy a small and fast Gen 4 M.2 (500/512GB is enough), create a backup of all your sensible/important data (e.g., put into your HDD), and do a clean install, deleting all the old partitions.

I borrow the instructions from the good @Martinr36 :)

Clean install instructions

Download a new copy of Windows using the (Second option on linked page) to an 8GB (min) USB. Media Creation Tool
Boot that USB and choose a Custom Install.
Delete all UEFI partitions on the system drive (EFI System, Recovery, MSR Reserved, Primary).
Select the unallocated space that results and click the Next button. The installer will create the correct partitions and install Windows.
Run Windows Update repeatedly, even across reboots, until no more updates are found.
You may need/want to download and install the latest graphics driver from the Nvidia/AMD website (they change so regularly the latest version isn't always in the Windows libraries).


KlevisDara said:
Based on what i have what would you guys change, considering that I have a new monitor 1080 and I wouldnt prefer to change it
I basically wanted RTX 4070 but even 3080 would be better than 2070ti that i've got

So please let me know what would be the best
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Your 2070 SUPER was a QHD/1440p GPU. It's already overkill for your monitor, considering that anything above 80/100fps is almost worthless.
That's only my opinion, though.
 
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KlevisDara

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Ekans2011 said:
How full is your M.2?


To clarify, have you ever done a clean install since you received that PC? A clean install is typically included in routine PC maintenance.
Personally, I perform it at least 1-2 times a year; it's a simple operation that takes no more than 30-40 minutes and keeps your OS in good health.

I would do the following if I were you: buy a small and fast Gen 4 M.2 (500/512GB is enough), create a backup of all your sensible/important data (e.g., put into your HDD), and do a clean install, deleting all the old partitions.

I borrow the instructions from the good @Martinr36 :)

Clean install instructions

Download a new copy of Windows using the (Second option on linked page) to an 8GB (min) USB. Media Creation Tool
Boot that USB and choose a Custom Install.
Delete all UEFI partitions on the system drive (EFI System, Recovery, MSR Reserved, Primary).
Select the unallocated space that results and click the Next button. The installer will create the correct partitions and install Windows.
Run Windows Update repeatedly, even across reboots, until no more updates are found.
You may need/want to download and install the latest graphics driver from the Nvidia/AMD website (they change so regularly the latest version isn't always in the Windows libraries).



Your 2070 SUPER was a QHD/1440p GPU. It's already overkill for your monitor, considering that anything above 80/100fps is almost worthless.
That's only my opinion, though.
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My M.2 it's pretty much full, I've got nearly 300gb left out of 2T

I've never done a clean install

The thing is that my music program has got literally like minimum another 100 plug ins that some of them dont even know where they are anymore and it would take me good 2 months to organise everything in order how it was lol

Ahh I never knew which gpu goes with what resolution tbh
 
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