2027 build - $1,500 ~ $2K?

usa all day

usa all day

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In 2021, I was planning to build a new box but COVID hit & jobs were lost & vid-card prices skyrocketed!

I bought a retail box for the first time in 28 years of DIY just to get a decent vid-card at a decent price (RTX-3070)
- https://www.microcenter.com/support/630918/powerspec-g707-gaming-computer

I've only added HD's & ram since!
CASE - Lian Li ATX 205
PSU - 750W PSU
MOTHERBOARD - ASRock X570 Pro 4
CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6GHz CPU 8-Core (Matisse)

VIDEO CARD:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6 - ASUS GA-104-300 Rev A1 (per CPU-Z)

HARDDRIVE 1 - 1TB SSD - Western Digital Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2
HARDDRIVE 2 - 6TB Western Digital BLACK SATA 7200 RPM (Games 1 + DATA)
HARDDRIVE 3 - 6TB Western Digital BLACK SATA 7200 RPM (Games 2 + DATA DUPE)

MEMORY - 64GB total
- GSKILLL 32GB DDR4-3200 RAM
- PNY 32GB DDR4-3200 RAM

OS - Win 10 Pro

Can I beat this box with $1,500 in JAN 2027?
Do I need to save cash for a few months & spend $2K - or will a "better box" in 2027 cost $3K?

PS: I use a 58" x 4K x 60hz TV & play typical big name games @ 4K ultra or max & get 50~100 FPS

I like to use pcpartpicker.com for ballpark specs, but don't know what the hot spot parts are these days.

BOTTOM LINE:
Can you give me a pcpartpicker.com list @ $1,500~$2K that beats my current box?
 
Last I looked - that CPU (max for my mobo) was $440 & (now) $340 with a gain of 20% & might be my best move.

The RTX-3070 8GB vs RTX-5070-Ti 16GB is about $1,100 for a vid-card gain of 95%.

The RTX-3070 might be able to trickle down to my "old box" with proper power cables - gotta' CK my PCI-e SLOT version.

I used to think this was fun - now it's kind of a PITA!
 
depending on what youre playing, a 9070xt is a couple hundred less than a 5070ti and trades blows with it...
 
usa all day said:
I want to swap video editing / encoding chores between 2 PC's, so they both have to be nVidia or both AMD
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What videos are you editing? H264, H265, AV1, what resolution, FPS, and bitrate?

usa all day said:
YIKES! Paradigm change! That CPU appears to be 34% faster than mine, but I need to chew on that.
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Yeah, some Mini-PC's are very underrated. The next big jump in performance would be an overclocked i5-13600K (DDR5), or an i7-14700T (DDR5), which is in the Ryzen 7 9800X3D/9850X3D, or i9-14900K (DDR4) territory. If you're doing video editing, you'll want to get another 1x16GB DDR5 stick. It comes with a 1x16GB DDR5 5600MHz SODIMM.
 
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El_Capitan said:
What videos are you editing? H264, H265, AV1, what resolution, FPS, and bitrate?

Yeah, some Mini-PC's are very underrated. The next big jump in performance would be an overclocked i5-13600K (DDR5), or an i7-14700T (DDR5), which is in the Ryzen 7 9800X3D/9850X3D, or i9-14900K (DDR4) territory. If you're doing video editing, you'll want to get another 1x16GB DDR5 stick. It comes with a 1x16GB DDR5 5600MHz SODIMM.
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Game capture using OBS (I'm not a wedding videographer or new daddy).
3840x2160 *.mkv H264 30FPS (60+ FPS in games but can't capture that) bitrate 6000-ish?
Honestly, don't do much of that anymore, just want the options.

Mini's are interesting, but I have more hobbies and interests than money.

I'd still like to see the LEGO PC model succeed, with stackable interlocking components.
It doesn't need to be mini - a bigger footprint (same as ATX) would offer more options.
There could be "gap" layers to separate hot sections with fans / radiators in between, etc.
Power connectors are an issue, but engineers might be able to do better now.

The used "layer" market would boom! PSU, CPU, VID, HD
Joe Sixpack starts small and upgrades layers every few months.
Cooling layers could be excellent quality & able to stay for other upgrades.

This was a slick looking stackable, but I don't care about looks.
https://www.cnet.com/reviews/acer-revo-build-m1-601-preview/

I know - NEVER GONNA' HAPPEN.
 
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