#New PC build to replace my 15yo one

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gusty jacinth
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Hi everyone!

It's finally time to replace my old PC I built back in january 2010, so almost 15 years old! Of course I had upgraded it with SSDs, new PSU and also a new GPU last year. But the poor i7 860 and 4×4 DDR3 RAM are getting old.

This means I can get back some components I already own:

  • PSU: Seasonic Core GM-500 (will it be enough?)
  • GPU: PNY GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
  • Secondary storage: Some Samsung SATA SSDs

Here are the items I want to buy for my next PC:

  • CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
  • CPU Cooler: Air cooling, efficient enough, silent, and fits in the case
  • RAM: Fastest DDR5, 32GB or 64GB*
  • Motherboard: Modern, rear USB-C (for a dock), WiFi & Bluetooth optional, prefer no Realtek stuff
  • System storage: 1TB fast/snappy SSD
  • Case: Fractal Design North (regular size, white, mesh side panel)

*For now 32GB is quite enough for my needs - but in ten years that might change. Should I fill it with all slots to 64GB or should I go with 32GB and be able to upgrade later?

(part 1/2)

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The goal for this PC is a balance between creative productivity and gaming. I'm a web & Unity developer, music composer (using Reason) and I also work on photo editing and other graphical stuff (using Affinity Photo). I also use some AI to help me, using Stable Diffusion (hence the 16GB GPU). I have an external USB sound-card for music, it's old but works well - I might upgrade it later.

I do game from time to time, and I'm surprised that even with the old i7 860, I manage to game in 4K (fi. high settings Palworld or Minecraft with high settings shaders). But even if the GPU does almost all the job, it's still limited and not as smooth as combined with a far more powerful/modern CPU and RAM.

I know that any modern components will do the job for all that I need to do (as they'll be way more efficient than my actual PC). But I aim to keep this new PC for 15 years as well. That's why I'd like the most modern components. I know the Intel's Arrow Lake isn't the most powerful, but the efficiency side is interesting (and I'd like to stick with Intel).

And lastly, esthetics is important as well. I'd like a clean PC that looks pro rather than gaming. Mostly white themed, don't mind black elements too, but no colors. If the RAM sticks have RGB, as long as I can turn them to white it's good.

As it'll be a long-term investment, I kinda don't have a budget limit. Prices may vary as I'm living in France. (part 2/2)

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Oh and here is my actual PC, don't mind the cable mess. 😁

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gusty jacinth
spice lodge
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Give yourself a set budget. It'll be less complicated since if you've truly got no budget, I could just make a bullshitty, highly overkill list that gives you 20k in parts with features you won't need or use.

gusty jacinth
weary prism
gusty jacinth
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Could you give me a better AMD CPU (that is the most recent) with at least similar specs and lower price? 😮 So I can investigate from there.

weary prism
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If u want the best

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7700x for a more budget option

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But you should be able to get the 9800x3d and a 7900XTX

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with that budget

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gusty jacinth
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Here is what I've listed:

  • Intel Core Ultra 7 265K: rated 59k for 460€
  • Intel Core i9-14900K: rated 60k for 500€
  • AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D: rated 40k for 510€
  • AMD Ryzen 7 7700X: rated 36k for 300€
  • AMD Ryzen 9 7950x: rated 60k for 510€
    (Ratings on cpubenchmark.net, prices on Amazon FR)
    I know those CPU ratings are not showing the true performances for games/apps, but still interesting to compare.
    Honestly the best value here looks to be the Ultra 7 still, even if the AMD Ryzen 9 7950x is pretty similar.
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# gusty jacinth I've just seen that B650 motherboards don't have any PCIe 5 slots (except the M....

Will you take advantage of PCIE 5.0 connectivity though? PCIE 5.0 SSDs are really expensive, and won’t carry a huge benefit for a lot of people against a high end gen 4 drive.
Gen 5x16 GPUs won’t lose a whole lot of performance on a PCIE 4x16 interface, since they already don’t really utilize all the bandwidth provided.

If you’re really concerned about a gen 5 slot, you can consider something like a Strix B650E-F, Gigabyte B650E Aorus Elite AX Ice, or the Asrock B650 Steel Legend (weirdly enough).

gusty jacinth
# spice lodge Will you take advantage of PCIE 5.0 connectivity though? PCIE 5.0 SSDs are reall...

Right now surely not, but in 10 years? Pretty sure I will.
I didn't see those, thanks for listing them! The advantage of the Strix B650E-F is that it doen't have Realtek stuff even for audio, however the ram can only be clocked at max 6400MHz.
Whereas the Z890 Aero G I mentionned have an Intel network adapter but a Realtek audio (no big deal but still), and the compatible ram can be clocked up to 9600MHz.
I was considering buying this ram: Corsair Dominator Titanium 7200MHz CAS34 2×16GB

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