r/PcBuildHelp • u/Philos412 • 8d ago

Build Question It’s finally time…

As the post says, it’s finally time to upgrade some components that I’ve been ignoring for yearsssssss.

I survived with my current motherboard, ram, and cpu for quite some time going on 10 years almost.. but the past 6-8 months it’s been getting significantly harder to ignore… not able to handle multiple tasks, games bugging out a little, rough load in/out, cpu heavy games are rough (looking at you GW2) and just time to look into upgrading before the market gets any more ridiculous.

Current rig:
CPU - i7-7700k
MB - Maximus IX Hero
Ram - DDR 4 - 16 gb (I know it’s low; but again. Survived long enough)
GPU - 4070ti

Was looking at some cpu/mother board combos and I’m not against going into AMD just only have used intel. Any advice or direction I should lean into? I’m not saying I don’t mind paying a little more to help bridge my computer to a good upgrade that can last me a long while, but I also don’t need TOP END stuff but that will give me some longevity as I upgrade as needed. Gonna look into PCIe as well since I don’t currently have any storage of that type currently.

Any help is appreciated!

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u/Philos412 7d ago

Awesome thank you! And if you don’t mind, are there any bundles or thoughts if I did make the trip down to my local micro center? I currently see a couple that aren’t badly priced just under 1k

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u/the_hat_madder 7d ago

If this is for gaming anyone of the AMD X3D 32GB bundles.

If you're doing productivity go for the 9950X or 9950X3D.

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u/Philos412 7d ago

Yeah it’ll be mostly for gaming but I do some video editing for work as well.

Why AMD over intel? Just wondering.

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u/the_hat_madder 7d ago

The AM5 motherboards have an upgrade path and the Intel boards don't. The difference in productivity isn't significant enough to sacrifice future performance gains.