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submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca to c/buildapc@lemmy.world
 

My 10 year old custom built computer is crashing a lot. I would like to use parts of it so I'm not blowing tons replacing everything.

The link for pc part picker has my current case, power supply, and CPU cooler which should all still be good to reuse. The other parts in that build are just ones I picked at random so are totally up for change.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. I would prefer to keep it under 1000 CAD. If you want to see my actual current build I will put it in a comment.

Edit: I am running Linux Mint Cinnamon as of now. The PSU was replaced in 2021

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I’d get a 5700X with DDR4 instead.

The motherboard and memory are way cheaper, and it’s plenty fast, which leaves you more budget for a bigger GPU (the most important part).

The only reason to go with a 7000 series platform is if you wanted to keep the motherboard and get a 9000 CPU later, but… as you can see now, usually you’d replace the motherboard when it’s time to upgrade anyway.

The 5000 X3D CPUs were a great sweet spot, but unfortunately it looks like they’re all OOS in Canada. Maybe there’s one Pcpartpicker isn’t covering though, like on eBay.

[–] daddybutter@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I gotta disagree here, the 5700X just isn't worth getting at this point. I wouldn't recommend any non-X3D AM4 chip to someone unless they were on an extreme budget because it really is that much worse and can be a noticeable bottleneck when gaming (exactly why I upgraded to a 5700X3D), but more so because prices are pretty bad. The 5700X is almost the same price as the 7600X (~$20 difference,) while performing worse. 9600Xs were on sale recently in Canada for as cheap as the 5700X, but even at their current regular price I'd say it's easily worth moving up to as it will perform similarly to the 5700X3D while being both cheaper and more power efficient. DDR4 prices have also gone up as companies try to cash in on the people staying on AM4. A good 32GB DDR4 kit is barely cheaper than a good DDR5 kit. Just doesn't make sense to spend $800-900 on a new AM4 build and be maxed out on parts when you could spend $900-1000 and have upgrade options later like going with a 9000X3D or getting a PCIE 5 NVME drive or actually having the headroom for a better GPU. Opening up the GPU budget and then holding it back with a 5700X would be silly.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Fair, perhaps I didn’t look at prices recently either.