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Qwertin
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Hello guys, 

 

I have  5 years old PC  and I want upgrade RAM and GPU, can you please reccomend something to me (something that will not be bottlenecked) ?  I use pc for graphic design( Affinity Photo/Designer, Sketch) and gaming(Apex, PUBG etc..)

I also dont like new  AMD crimson software so I would preffer nVidia :)

Current PC Specs: 

Cpu: Intel i5 3570k + cooler GELID Tranquillo rev. 2 

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45

RAM: Geil DDR3 8GB (2x4GB) 1866MHz EVO CORSA CL9 GOC38GB1866C9DC 

PSU: Seasonic SS-650HT 80+ F3 A.PFC

GPU: Sapphire HD 7870 OC

 

 

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34 minutes ago, Qwertin said:

Hello guys, 

 

I have  5 years old PC  and I want upgrade RAM and GPU, can you please reccomend something to me (something that will not be bottlenecked) ?  I use pc for graphic design( Affinity Photo/Designer, Sketch) and gaming(Apex, PUBG etc..)

I also dont like new  AMD crimson software so I would preffer nVidia :)

Current PC Specs: 

Cpu: Intel 3570k + cooler GELID Tranquillo rev. 2 

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45

RAM: Geil DDR3 8GB (2x4GB) 1866MHz EVO CORSA CL9 GOC38GB1866C9DC 

PSU: Seasonic SS-650HT 80+ F3 A.PFC

GPU: Sapphire HD 7870 OC

 

 

are you sure that you dont need a cpu upgrade?

 

gaming system: Intel core I9 12900ks / biostar Z690A valkyrie / 4x8gb corsair Vengeance @3333Mhz ram / RX 7900XTX pulse gpu / Thermalright peerless assassin 140 /Coolermaster Qube 500 case / Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 12 1500w power supply

 

laptop: Dell xps 9510, 3.5k OLED, i7 11800h, rtx 3050 ti, 2x16gb DDR4 @ 3200Mhz, 1TB main drive, 2TB add in ssd

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check how much 8GB of used DDR3 will cost you and also comparing to DDR4 prices first, if your region doesnt have good deals here, it's better to just start over on a DDR4 platform.

 

49 minutes ago, Qwertin said:

Seasonic SS-650HT 80+ F3 A.PFC

old enough to go when changing platforms

 

52 minutes ago, Qwertin said:

GPU: Sapphire HD 7870 OC

RX 570/580 because 1060 6gb are too darn costly in most places, except when it isn't of which you should go Nvidia

 

52 minutes ago, Qwertin said:

I also dont like new  AMD crimson software so I would preffer nVidia :)

not a problem tbh since you can manage the hardware side of things with OC tools like Afterburner. Nvidia's Control Panel is as bad if not worse than AMD Wattman

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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The Affinity programs have only minimal requirements. Is Sketch the same as SketchUp? If so, the SketchUp recommended hardware is:

 

Recommended hardware

  • 2+ GHz processor
  • 8+ GB RAM
  • 700MB of available hard-disk space
  • 3D class video card with 1 GB of memory or higher and support for hardware acceleration. Please ensure that the video card driver supports OpenGL 3.0 or higher and is up to date.
    SketchUp's performance relies heavily on the graphics card driver and its ability to support OpenGL 3.0 or higher. To test your graphics card's compatibility, please download and run the SketchUp Checkup application. Historically, people have seen problems with Intel-based cards with SketchUp. We don't recommend using these graphics cards with SketchUp at this time.

 

It looks like the gaming requirements will dictate your recommended hardware.

 

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Yes I meant SketchUP,  if its possible to avoid building new pc ... I will avoid it, but I also dont want scenario that gpu will be bottlenecked ... ? I dont spend too much time gaming now ... and as I said  I play mostly Apex, PUBG, DOTA 2 .... but there is also dilema "is it worth to invest in graphic card to this PC ? "  from economic side of thing....  to be honest am confused   ?.

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