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I've pretty much finished Starfield, not sure if I will go into it again in the future for a 2nd playthrough. In terms of productivity I am not using CUDA as far as I know

Budget (including currency): £700 to £800 Country: UK Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming (Single player games only), Office work, CAD Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): CPU : Ryzen 7 5800X3D, 32GB RAM, RTX 3070 8GB, PSU Corsair RM850x, 2x nvme drives (PCIe 4.0), motherboard MSI X570a tomahawk, 1440p 144hz monitor (freesync) Hi All Looking to upgrade my GPU after Christmas. I am currently replaying cyberpunk and I have to say I couldn't care less for ray tracing and I have it turned off, however DLSS is greatly appreciated. I do not know if AMD's equivalent to DLSS is any good. So I was wondering if it worth it to pay extra for an nVidia card like the RTX 4070/ti or go for the RX 7800/7900 xt? Also, my PSU does NOT have the new PCIe power connectors that nVidia cards use, will that be an issue if I buy a new nvidia card or will an adaptor do? I am playing single player games mostly like Starfield, Cyberpunk, Borderlands etc at 1440p and my monitor is freesync (I currently have g-sync enabled)

Budget (including currency): £250 for CPU, £550 to £650 for GPU Country: UK Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming (single player), CAD/CAE (CATIA, Star CCM+, ANSYS, NX, Creo) Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Current system: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, 32 GB DDR4 3600, MSI X570 Tomahawk, RTX 3070, Corsair 850Watt PSU, 1440p 144hz monitor Hi All While Starfield is an outlier I can expect more and more games to be as demanding going forward. I don't want to build a full system as I have other more pressing expenses so I am stuck with the AM4 platform for now. I want this upgrade to keep my system relevant for the next 3 to 4 years When it comes to CPUs my options are the Ryzen 7 5800X, Ryzen 7 5800X3D or Ryzen 9 5900X, with the 5800X being £100 cheaper than the other two. When it comes to GPUs I honestly don't know. Is the Radeon 7800 XT a meaningfull upgrade to the 3070? I don't enable ray tracing when gaming but DLSS is cool. Is FSR from AMD comparable? If you had to upgrade ony the GPU or only the CPU which one would you go for if you were in my shoes. I am leaning towards the CPU as AM4 CPUs may become more scarce going forward, I can always get a GPU. Thanks

So if I am reading this list correctly a Corsair RM850x is tier A https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categories/Products/Power-Supply-Units/Power-Supply-Units-Advanced/RMx-Series-White/p/CP-9020188-UK What is your opinion on the Corsair PSU? I kind of want a white PSU as the build is white

My objections to this is simple. DO NOT TAMPER WITH HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT. Branded PSUs, as with every other branded electrical component and appliance, undergo strict testing to ensure that they are safe and will not kill you. The moment you open the case and start taking it apart, everything goes. If this thing kills you, the manufacturer can, and will be within their rights, deny any liability. As people mentioned above, airflow is also a major consideration.

Thank you for your answers

I have an XFX 750Watt XXX power supply that I bought back in 2016. It has been used initially in a system comprising of a core i7 6700k with a RX480 and later a Vega 56. https://www.scan.co.uk/products/750w-xfx-xxx-hybrid-modular-80plus-bronze-1x135mm-atx-v22-psu Back in August I upgraded to a Ryzen 7 3700x and a 2nd hand RTX 2080Super but kept the same power supply. I will be upgrading to an RTX 3070 soon and I wanted to know if it makes sense to change the PSU as well, mainly because it is getting old. The system also has one 2TB HDD, 1 SSD, 2x nVMe drives and 5x120mm fans

Every 2 to 3 years

Went with the corsair after all.

I agree with ProjectBox, no real difference there. Either keep your CPU and spend that money on a PSU or go for a 3000 series CPU or wait and gor for a 4000 series when they come out

I just finished playing the witcher III. Oh well, another 100 hours wasted I guess

I have recently done an upgrade on my system and tried to keep a white theme. Since the upgrade, the ambient temp was above 30°C for some days, even reaching at 35°C and the stock air cooler was strugling with temps reaching 75 to 80°C on the CPU. This means that the system is also loud. Now that the ambient temperatures are at 23°C the system is not very noisy but I would like to opt for a better cooling solution so I was looking at AIOs. I have 3 intake fans and 2 exhaust fans (Corsail LL120 RGB) The system is: CASE: Lian Li lancool one CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700x Mobo : MSI X570 Tomahawk GPU : Vega 56 (To Be Upgraded to 3070 or 3080 soon) RAM : 16 GB Corsair Vengeance I would like to go for an AIO that is ideally white, with the radiator placed at the top of the case I was looking at the Corsair H100i Platinum or the Lian Li Galahad. Do you have any other white AIOs to suggest?

FloEFD (CFD) ANSYS Fluent (CFD) ANSYS Mechanical (FEA) Creo Simulate (FEA) I could use all the cores you have! Set up a VM to use one of the XEONs run Fluent on one and FloEFD on the other

In Games no improvement. I knew that already. However in other workloads I will be doing (engineering stuff) there are huge gains by doubling the amount of cores I have available.

I know. I went from no RGB to RGB almost everything in no time. The old system had the same case, GPU and PSU. Motherboard was an ASUS Z170-A, CPU a core i7-6700k and RAM was 16 GB or Corsair vengeance 2666Mhz

So I upgraded my Motherboard, RAM and CPU today. I kept the same PSU, drives, case and, for now the same GPU (will upgrade when 30series and RDNA 2 are out). The system is CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X Motherboard: MSI X570 Tomahawk RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 CL16 GPU: AMD Vega 56 PSU: XFX 750Watt semi modular 80+ Bronze Case : Lian Li Lancool One digital M.2: AData 250GB nvme SSD: Crucial 250GB sata3 HDD: WD Green 2TB Monitor 1 : AOC Agon 32" 1440p 144Hz Monitor 2 : Acer 27" 1080p 144Hz And it went from this: to this:

UPDATE: I ordered a set of white extensions anyway as I wanted the cables to suit the build The motherboard worked fine with only the 8 pin but the CPU would not boost to 4.4GHz. I added the 4pin and everything works fine now.

Thank you guys. I did find an adaptor from silverstone that breaks an 8pin to a 4+4. I will order the motherboard and if it doesn't boot I will order the adaptor.

Thanks

Both 8pins are solid 8pins, they do not break in to 4+4 The PSU is left over from my previous system. I will be powering a Ryzen 7 3700X, 16GB ram, 5 fans, 3x drives (1x M.2, 1x SSD, 1x HDD) and a Vega 56 temporarily until the new GPUs are out

Hi all I am planning to get the MSI X570 Tomahawk motherboard, which has a 8pin and a 4pin pwer connection for the CPU My power supply has two 8 pins. Do I need to buy an extension that will split one of the 8 pins to a 4+4? My PSU: https://www.eteknix.com/xfx-pro-750w-xxx-edition-power-supply-review/ The Motherboard https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MAG-X570-TOMAHAWK-WIFI.html

I don't have a controller attached (I used to have one attached but not anymore) and I am not running on a VM. This doesn't happen in any other game or application, just this one.

So I got lifeless planet from Epic this weekend for free and I am having an issue. Without any input on my part I am running in circles. This only happens on my desktop. My laptop runs it just fine. I have a link to a video I took below. Any ideas? https://youtu.be/Y5flCSu7OEU

Thank you for your answers guys. The only reason I am even thinking to upgrade the CPU is potential bottlenecks with future GPUs and for increased core counts for engineering work.

So hear me out. I have a system that has a core i7 6700k, 16GB ram, Radeon Vega 56, XFX 750W PSU. I use it for gaming (duh) at 1440p, general office work and web browsing and engineering work (CAD, Simulations). Engineering work tasks benefit both from closk speeds (CAD) and from core count (CFD, FEA) My options are: 1. Go for a new GPU now, looking for a 5700xt (preferably as my monitor is freesync) or 2070 super and postpone building a new system for a couple of years. 2. Wait until new GPUs are out and look for the 5700xt/2070 super equivalents and postpone building a new system for a couple of years. As my system is PCIe gen 3 and the cpu is 5-6 years old now I am a bit worried about bottlenecking the GPU. 3. Go for a full system based on Ryzen 3 (won't really have the budget for it this year but I might be able to sort something out). In this case only the SSDs and the PSU would be salvagable. What would you guys recommend?