New PC Advice

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Hello!

I am in the early stages of designing a new PC and am looking for any advice that I can get. I’m not a stranger to building my own, but am really bad about keeping up to date with hardware trends.

My current PC is ok but has been having performance issues lately. I typically play WoW or Diablo 4 but the occasional AAA. Baldurs Gate 3 was the last one, which ran but had a rather rough time at it.

I know WoW likes a good CPU, but I would like to design something that is good for about 5 years. I have also heard that AMD has been doing rather well the last few years so I’m open to going that route if they are the best choice. If I can I would like to keep using my current monitors (I think they are ok), and I’m not looking for a full 4K setup (but I’m not entirely opposed).

My budget would fall around the $1750-$2000 range.

Any help or advice is appreciated!

Current PC - Built March 2019

CPU - Intel i7-9700K (Coffee Lake 8-Core 3.6 GHz)
GPU - EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 XC (8GB GDDR5)
Storage - 2x Delta S 1TB SATA III SSD
Memory - G.Skill TridentZ 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR4 3200
Motherboard - ASUS ROG Maximus XI Z390 ATX
Power Supply - Corsair RMX Series RM850x 850 Watt
Case - NZXT H500i
OS - Windows 10
Monitors - Dell S-Series 27in S2719DGF (2560 x 1440 155 Hz)

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Nothing Now.

Both intel and AMD are dropping new CPUs in a few months. AMDs launch at the end of this month and intel will be more like October. Nividia will drop new GPUs at the end of the year.

Wait

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I can wait, it’s not a huge hurry. That would give me some extra saving time as well.

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Smart move.

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Any indication of when the 9800x3d comes out (or just Zen 5 x3d in general)?

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Word around the water cooler is September/October

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The news that’s been breaking the past few days about the intel 13/14 series is really supporting this, especially if your timeline for zen 5 x3d is correct.

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What news? Can you elaborate?

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The short version is the 13/14 high end intel CPUs are failing at an alarmingly high rate.

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Even on something as simple as WoW? Should I find a PC that runs AMD?

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You can tweak settings to delay it, but if you’re unlucky, it’s inevitable.

If you’re on older intel (IE: 12 series or lower), this does not apply, and if you’re in the market for a new PC: wow loves amd’s x3d platform.

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Thank you, and I am. Just have no idea what Im doing. Ive never done this much research on a PC. I just know after 8 years, mine is starting to die. It currently runs everything on the highest setting…but load screens are boss mode, and loading into Valdrakken and Stormwind take considerable time.

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You’re at kind of an interesting spot, because we have new Zen 5 (AMD Ryzen 9000) coming out in a week and a half, but the big thing wow likes is CPU Cache, which is the benefit of x3d, and Zen 5 x3d isn’t expected to be out for a few months.

That being said, if you need a new system now, the 7800x3d is still a fantastic CPU, and it competes with the intel i9s (when they are stable) in gaming, in a lower price class, with lower cooling requirements.

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I will realistically only play WoW. I can wait, i dont think my current pc is gonna blow up anytime soon. I may look at other options though, now that I somewhat know what to look for

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Yeah.

Honestly, building a PC isn’t actually that hard. I think it took me about 2 hours as a 1st time builder to build mine.

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I agree with a lot that you said but for me I will probably be picking AMD over Intel for quite a while for 3 reasons.

  1. They are more innovative
  2. They seem to focus on balancing power, efficiency and performance
  3. The X3D CPUs are sick for gaming
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  1. platform longevity for longer than 2 architectures.
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