What do I need to upgrade?

[DannyG]

Hi all,

I'm looking to upgrade my pc in time for Cyberpunk 2077 ideally.

I want to be able to run it on max if possible. 

Not wanting to buy a new monitor, not looking to run 8K or anything like that.

Was thinking of a RTX3080 but not sure if my CPU will bottleneck it?

New higher wattage PSU is inevitable.

 

See my current build below.

Look forward to see what suggestions you lot have, I am in no way technical with parts hence asking for advice  

 

EDIT: Would rather stick with Intel/Nvidia.

 

Budget (including currency): No more than £1,000

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Cyberpunk 2077, Watch Dogs Legions, Call of Duty.. that kind of stuff.

Other details 

Current build:

Monitor - Asus Rog Swift PG278Q, 27 inch, 1440p, 144hz, 1ms

CPU - Intel i7-6700k @ 4.00ghz (not overclocked)
GPU - Nvidia GeForce GTX 980ti
Motherboard - ASUS Maximus VIII HERO
RAM - 16GB @ 2400mhz
PSU - Corsair 550w (I think it's 550w)
Corsair Liquid Cooled CPU
Samsung EVO SSD - 500GB
Hybrid HDD - 1TB

[SupaKomputa]

You system, apart from the GPU is still good enough if you want to pair it with 3080.

You can get a newer CPU + Motherboard, but using the 3070.

CPU : AMD 3600 ($180)

Motherboard : B550 ($150)

GPU : 3080 or 3070 (according to budget)

[DannyG]

1 minute ago, SupaKomputa said:

You system, apart from the GPU is still good enough if you want to pair it with 3080.

You can get a newer CPU + Motherboard, but using the 3070.

CPU : AMD 3600 ($180)

Motherboard : B550 ($150)

GPU : 3080 or 3070 (according to budget)

Thanks, just edited original post.

Would rather stick with Intel / Nvidia setup.

 

So my CPU wouldn't be a bottleneck with 3080?

[boggy77]

i would keep the system, but overclock the cpu. that should give you a 10-15%free performance boost

as for bottlenecking, of course you could get more out of the gpu by using a 10900k, but that doesn't mean you won't have a good experience with your current set up.

you'll probably get 20-30% less fps than you would get from the 3080 with a 10900k

[DannyG]

4 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

i would keep the system, but overclock the cpu. that should give you a 10-15%free performance boost

as for bottlenecking, of course you could get more out of the gpu by using a 10900k, but that doesn't mean you won't have a good experience with your current set up.

you'll probably get 20-30% less fps than you would get from the 3080 with a 10900k

Sounds good, as long as I can get 60fps for CP2077. 

Reckon that's possible for max or at least very high settings for 3080 with my CPU.

 

Recommended settings that they released say i7-4790 for recommended so I should be fine right?

[boggy77]

7 minutes ago, DannyG said:

Sounds good, as long as I can get 60fps for CP2077. 

Reckon that's possible for max or at least very high settings for 3080 with my CPU.

 

Recommended settings that they released say i7-4790 for recommended so I should be fine right?

yeah 60 fps should be doable with your cpu.