Upgrading question please

[leea123]

Hi all so had the pc for around 15 months now , and was thinking in about 6 months or so i may want to get a few little upgrades , so am looking for some advice on what to make a priority .

I have a 5900x , i would assume that would still be good for a while for my gaming needs ?
My 3080 still performs well on my 3440x1440 monitor 100hz , so i think that would still be good for a while .
I want to increase storage so another ssd i would think be good to add.
Also the cpu cooler is the h115i elite cap . It seems to do a ok job, but do fancy a H150i, would it be wise to spend money on that upgrade ?

Is the upgrade option easy to use for pcs to do when needed ?
Here is current spec

Case	CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4) Change to: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard	ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)	32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card	10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive	500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive	2TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2700MB/sW)
1st Storage Drive	512GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 450MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive	NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply	CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET Change to: CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable	1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling	Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste	ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND Change to: STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Extra Case Fans	3x Corsair LL120 RGB LED Fan + Controller Kit Change to: NONE
Sound Card	ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card	10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card	WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options	MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS

 

[sck451]

Hi all so had the pc for around 15 months now , and was thinking in about 6 months or so i may want to get a few little upgrades , so am looking for some advice on what to make a priority .

You should identify what's inadequate with the current performance and target that. You have a very strong PC that doesn't need upgrades on the face of it, unless you have unsatisfactory performance in some regard.

I have a 5900x , i would assume that would still be good for a while for my gaming needs ?

Undoubtedly. Probably for 5 years at the minimum.

My 3080 still performs well on my 3440x1440 monitor 100hz , so i think that would still be good for a while .

Definitely. It's still overkill for that display.

I want to increase storage so another ssd i would think be good to add.

You already have 3TB of solid state storage. Do you really need more? I'd suggest a 2TB hard drive would be the way to add storage if it's needed, unless you have a need for 5TB of very fast storage!

Also the cpu cooler is the h115i elite cap . It seems to do a ok job, but do fancy a H150i, would it be wise to spend money on that upgrade ?

No. It's a very, very minor upgrade in terms of cooling capacity. Maybe 10%; maybe less. The only advantage is that it looks pretty in the 5000X case. But to my mind the H115i also looks good.

Is the upgrade option easy to use for pcs to do when needed ?

It is very easy indeed, if you have anything that can plausibly be upgraded!

 

[SpyderTracks]

Hi all so had the pc for around 15 months now , and was thinking in about 6 months or so i may want to get a few little upgrades , so am looking for some advice on what to make a priority .

I have a 5900x , i would assume that would still be good for a while for my gaming needs ?
My 3080 still performs well on my 3440x1440 monitor 100hz , so i think that would still be good for a while .
I want to increase storage so another ssd i would think be good to add.
Also the cpu cooler is the h115i elite cap . It seems to do a ok job, but do fancy a H150i, would it be wise to spend money on that upgrade ?

Is the upgrade option easy to use for pcs to do when needed ?
Here is current spec

Case	CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4) Change to: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard	ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)	32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card	10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive	500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive	2TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2700MB/sW)
1st Storage Drive	512GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 450MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive	NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply	CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET Change to: CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable	1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling	Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste	ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND Change to: STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Extra Case Fans	3x Corsair LL120 RGB LED Fan + Controller Kit Change to: NONE
Sound Card	ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card	10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card	WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options	MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS

On a well designed PC you won't need to upgrade anything apart from storage as required and GPUs every 2 or 3 years.

You don't need to do anything on the platform or GPU.

 

[leea123]

thank you for the reply, much appreciated, shall leave it then,