Here are some things I plan to keep from my current build:
- Corsair Vengeance C70 case
- EVGA SupaNOVA NEX650G 650W 80+ Gold Certified power supply
- 4 HDD + 2 NVME + 1 SSD
Here are some things I plan to get new:
- AMD Ryzen 7800X3D 4.2GHz 8-core processor
- be quiet! Pure Rock Slim 2 CPU cooler
- 32 GB (2*16GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR5-7200 RAM
- Asus TUF Gaming OC Radeon 7800 XT graphics card
Should I consider anything else?
Everything seems to work out in PCPartPicker with two exceptions.
It seems like most motherboards will need to be updated to support the CPU. I don’t know if it’s possible to do this without a CPU or how likely I am to get a board with an older BIOS version.
It also says the RAM requires 1.45V more than the recommended maximum voltage of the CPU (1.35V).
I plan to upgrade the RAM, cooler, and CPU first and do the GPU later when there are more sales. I don’t think this should be an issue. I was thinking about upgrading the RAM later but my computer currently has DDR4 and I think the CPU only supports DDR5.
DDR4 and DDR5 physically cannot fit into the same slot as one another. So if you’re upgrading to a CPU that only supports DDR5, you’ll need to upgrade your motherboard, too.
I’d also personally get a new boot drive. Aside from the fact that you’ll be forced to reinstall your OS, which will make everything run so much faster unless it’s already something that you do frequently, they’re very cheap and consistently getting faster and faster. Not to mention that drives don’t last forever. Trust me… I write firmware for SSDs.
Yep, storage is so important for everything, not just gaming. If I were OP, I’d prioritize storage upgrades over RAM. DDR5 is an incremental improvement, but NVMe is an order of magnitude improvement.