Ryzen 3700X GPU

[SexySuperVillain]

So, I just built my 1st PC. I have a Ryzen 3700X w/ Wraith Prism fan, ASUS TUF x570 MOBO, 32Gb of G.Skill Trident Z Neo RAM, 1Tb 970 EVO SSD M.2 NVMe, 2x 3TB HDD, Corsair RMX 750 Watt 80+ Gold Fully Modular, 4 stock fans (3 front 120 and 1 back 140) and 3 Deep Cool CF120 3-in-1 Addressable RGB 120mm PWM at the top, and a EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Super Sc Ultra in a ASUS TUF GT501 case. I cheeped out on the GPU because I'm just now getting into PC gaming but am in college so don't have much free time right now and because I didn't have the money to get a better one. I do plan on using this rig to record music and do some music production via an audio interface. I've recently come across some extra cash and want to upgrade. What GPU should I get? Should I consider getting 2 and using SLI? Can you recommend something for under $2000 and another for under $1500 and under $1000? Thank you so very much!

[MartinKweh]

you have an existing PC and you have that much budget for a GPU?, then max out. you can already get the 2080Ti or 2080Super at that point. heck you might even get the RTX titan at that price(im gonna check)

 

edit: Nvm you cant buy an RTX Titan at that price (oof)

 

if you are only planning on gaming, i dont think SLI is that much of a good thing. Just go for what GPU you can afford. A single powerful GPU is always better than a 2 less powerful GPU in SLI/Crossfire

[Ixionn]

Well I will say SLI is considered pretty useless nowadays, nobody really does it anymore, there's not many games that support it well. I would go with a single card and shoot for something like a 2070, really though is you're happy with the 1660 I would keep it for awhile.

[SexySuperVillain]

1 minute ago, Ixionn said:

Well I will say SLI is considered pretty useless nowadays, nobody really does it anymore, there's not many games that support it well. I would go with a single card and shoot for something like a 2070, really though is you're happy with the 1660 I would keep it for awhile.

I heard the same thing about SLI. So, does that mean there's no real reason to purchase 2 cards then?

[Ixionn]

1 minute ago, SexySuperVillain said:

I heard the same thing about SLI. So, does that mean there's no real reason to purchase 2 cards then?

As far as gaming goes yep. Only advantage I can really think of is running some sort of workload (Folding At Home for example) and having a second card to be able to get more performance that way. If your goal here is just a gaming and music mixing machine then I would put all the money towards one GPU. I did skim over the fact you said you had a 2000 dollar budget, in that case max it out. Get a 2080 Super and be happy.

[SexySuperVillain]

2 minutes ago, Ixionn said:

As far as gaming goes yep. Only advantage I can really think of is running some sort of workload (Folding At Home for example) and having a second card to be able to get more performance that way. If your goal here is just a gaming and music mixing machine then I would put all the money towards one GPU. I did skim over the fact you said you had a 2000 dollar budget, in that case max it out. Get a 2080 Super and be happy.

I was leaning toward the 2080 Super. Any particular brand I should go with? I was looking at the EVGA GeForce 2080 Ti Ftw 3 Ultra for $1500.

[Ixionn]

Just now, SexySuperVillain said:

I was leaning toward the 2080 Super. Any particular brand I should go with? I was looking at the EVGA GeForce 2080 Ti Ftw 3 Ultra for $1500.

I've always been an EVGA guy myself, but generally I would go for whatever brand has the best price available at the time. The cards themselves are all generally the same Nvidia design so it shouldn't make a huge difference, if you have a 2080 Ti you have a 2080 Ti. Never really heard of any major issues with EVGA, Asus, MSI so I would just price around, the EVGA cards are some of the best looking in my opinion.

[SexySuperVillain]

1 minute ago, Ixionn said:

I've always been an EVGA guy myself, but generally I would go for whatever brand has the best price available at the time. The cards themselves are all generally the same Nvidia design so it shouldn't make a huge difference, if you have a 2080 Ti you have a 2080 Ti. Never really heard of any major issues with EVGA, Asus, MSI so I would just price around, the EVGA cards are some of the best looking in my opinion.

Makes sense. That said, is it better to try and stick with a similar brand across components? I've got an ASUS case and MOBO, so would an ASUS GPU be preferable?

[Ixionn]

1 minute ago, SexySuperVillain said:

Makes sense. That said, is it better to try and stick with a similar brand across components? I've got an ASUS case and MOBO, so would an ASUS GPU be preferable?

From a technical standpoint I doubt it really makes a difference. If you want to have a nice aesthetic build having just one brand may help your parts match up better in that way, other than that I can't really see a reason to stick strictly with one brand, other than maybe having most of the parts in your system have their warranty through ASUS.

[Jurrunio]

$1500 will be 2080ti, $1000 will be 2070S since 30 series will come this year, making the worse value 2080 and 2080S among 20 series less preferable.

 

3 minutes ago, SexySuperVillain said:

That said, is it better to try and stick with a similar brand across components?

This gives you a better experience with customer service (so different companies can't blame each other for issues, even though they usually don't) and can match styles in appearance, but the hardware is not designed to require matched brands.

[SexySuperVillain]

11 minutes ago, Ixionn said:

From a technical standpoint I doubt it really makes a difference. If you want to have a nice aesthetic build having just one brand may help your parts match up better in that way, other than that I can't really see a reason to stick strictly with one brand, other than maybe having most of the parts in your system have their warranty through ASUS.

Awesome. Thank you for all the info!

[Rybo]

6 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

$1500 will be 2080ti, $1000 will be 2070S since 30 series will come this year, making the worse value 2080 and 2080S among 20 series less preferable.

I've been wondering about that.  I'm thinking about getting a new PC, but the one thing stopping me is this fact -- a new series will likely come out soon and push down the price of the current gen products. 

Having said that, I believe MSI has a 2080 Ti for $1100. 

But unless you're doing 4k gaming, the Ti appears to be overkill for the task.  The previous tier of cards (i.e., 2080 Super, plus a few other cards in that tier) seem to match it within a few percentage points at 1440p and especially 1080p gaming.  So if you have a 4k monitor or plan to do VR, definitely go with the Ti, otherwise get the Super, IMO. 

[SexySuperVillain]

12 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

$1500 will be 2080ti, $1000 will be 2070S since 30 series will come this year, making the worse value 2080 and 2080S among 20 series less preferable.

 

This gives you a better experience with customer service (so different companies can't blame each other for issues, even though they usually don't) and can match styles in appearance, but the hardware is not designed to require matched brands.

So, should I wait for the 30 series?

[Jurrunio]

16 minutes ago, SexySuperVillain said:

So, should I wait for the 30 series?

Depends on your needs. How hard is the 1660S struggling?