Will the RTX 3070 work my my system?

[NotABigGamer]

I am wondering if an RTX 3070 would work with my system. Would I need a new CPU and PSU? 

 

Here are my specs:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$139.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 AORUS M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$94.99 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$66.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$69.98 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card	$379.42 @ Amazon
Case	Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$54.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair VS 550 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$806.35
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-01 14:08 EDT-0400

 

[Prebuilt]

1 minute ago, NotABigGamer said:

I am wondering if an RTX 3070 would work with my system. Would I need a new CPU and PSU? 

 

Here are my specs:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$139.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 AORUS M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$94.99 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$66.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$69.98 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card	$379.42 @ Amazon
Case	Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$54.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair VS 550 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$806.35
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-01 14:08 EDT-0400

 

Recommended PSU wattage is 650W for a 3070. 

[Prebuilt]

Just now, FoldingToFightAnyDiseases said:

Recommended PSU wattage is 650W for a 3070. 

 

2 minutes ago, NotABigGamer said:

I am wondering if an RTX 3070 would work with my system. Would I need a new CPU and PSU? 

 

Here are my specs:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$139.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 AORUS M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$94.99 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$66.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$69.98 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card	$379.42 @ Amazon
Case	Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$54.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair VS 550 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$806.35
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-01 14:08 EDT-0400

 

Rest of your system seems ok. You can upgrade the CPU to something like a Ryzen 7 although bottlenecking and performance change may not be too noticeable.

[Freddymaster922]

1 minute ago, NotABigGamer said:

I am wondering if an RTX 3070 would work with my system. Would I need a new CPU and PSU? 

 

Here are my specs:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$139.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 AORUS M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$94.99 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$66.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$69.98 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card	$379.42 @ Amazon
Case	Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$54.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair VS 550 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$806.35
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-01 14:08 EDT-0400

 

Most likely, yes. It will definitely be functional, just might be slightly bottlenecked by the B450's PCI-E 2.0 support. I would suggest upgrading to a $120 B550 or X570 board to get the most performance. The X570 will also help future proof your system, and B550's don't have backwards compatibility, so you would need a new CPU if you decide you want a B550.

[SpookyCitrus]

I'd recommend a PSU upgrade for sure, you may see bottlenecking with the 2600 but we'll have to wait for benchmarks before we can know for sure.

[NotABigGamer]

1 minute ago, Freddymaster922 said:

Most likely, yes. It will definitely be functional, just might be slightly bottlenecked by the B450's PCI-E 2.0 support. I would suggest upgrading to a $120 B550 or X570 board to get the most performance. The X570 will also help future proof your system, and B550's don't have backwards compatibility, so you would need a new CPU if you decide you want a B550.

Do you recommend a certain motherboard? This will be a more expensive upgrade than I thought. 

[Prebuilt]

4 minutes ago, FoldingToFightAnyDiseases said:

Recommended PSU wattage is 650W for a 3070. 

I would get something slightly higher like a 700W-750W just to be sure you have enough. Or if you want to make future upgrades, 850W+ should be fine.

[St. Nick]

If you are doing M-ATX the B550 Aorus Elite might be a good mobo for you. It's only around 99 too i believe and both the x570 and b550 elite are pretty decent boards. Though there are some variables to this that you should really wait and see for. The 3000 series seems to have a feature to load directly from an SSD so it might be that CPU becomes less important, it might also be you need a fast nvme drive to get the best out of it. It might be a gimmick and you might not even need gen 4 pci-e we just don't know right now.

[Freddymaster922]

1 minute ago, NotABigGamer said:

Do you recommend a certain motherboard? This will be a more expensive upgrade than I thought. 

For around $120, I would probably go with an Open box Prime X570-P, but if you don't trust it, an MSI X570-A Pro will work.

On the higher end, around $140-160 you could go with a New X570-P, or for a more premium look, an ASUS TUF or TUF WIFI (open box) for around $160

[Origami Cactus]

What is going on over here?

He is not running a threadripper 3990x, 550w is perfectly more than enough for the rtx 3070 and even 3080.

 

B450's PCI-E 2.0 support??? What?

It has PCIE 3.0 the last time i checked, so no bottleneck here.

10 minutes ago, NotABigGamer said:

This will be a more expensive upgrade than I thought. 

No it won't be. These guys just don't know what they are talking about.

 

But as always, wait for the release, maybe the 3070 needs PCIE 4.0 for some new and fancy  feature? (most probably pcie 3.0 16x will still work fine tho)

[Haro]

10 hours ago, Freddymaster922 said:

just might be slightly bottlenecked by the B450's PCI-E 2.0 support.

what?

10 hours ago, FoldingToFightAnyDiseases said:

PSU wattage is 650W for a 3070. 

that always over estimates..

10 hours ago, Freddymaster922 said:

an MSI X570-A Pro will work.

What? that's a terrible board that uses 4 4C029N and 4C024N doubled with IR3598's iirc.

 

and OP does not need a new board, b450 is gen 3.

 

10 hours ago, NotABigGamer said:

Here are my specs:

Check wattage consumption for that card but for the part, i'd be surprised if more wattage is needed, but the thing is, that psu isn't made for that type of system, it's a low end goupr reg unit, not a unit made to be paired with a 2600 and a 3070, wattage wise, it's likely more than enough, quality wise, it's a bit eh. 

[NotABigGamer]

3 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

what?

that always over estimates..

What? that's a terrible board that uses 4 4C029N and 4C024N doubled with IR3598's iirc.

 

and OP does not need a new board, b450 is gen 3.

 

Check wattage consumption for that card but for the part, i'd be surprised if more wattage is needed, but the thing is, that psu isn't made for that type of system, it's a low end goupr reg unit, not a unit made to be paired with a 2600 and a 3070, wattage wise, it's likely more than enough, quality wise, it's a bit eh. 

I was considering upgrading my psu and CPU in the future. Is now a good time to upgrade? I don't mind upgrading.

[dfsgsfa]

27 minutes ago, FoldingToFightAnyDiseases said:

Recommended PSU wattage is 650W for a 3070. 

9900k and 2080ti can run on 450w psu

[Haro]

10 hours ago, NotABigGamer said:

Is now a good time to upgrade? I don't mind upgrading.

you could wait for ampere and then upgrade the psu, as for the cpu, i'd say wait for zen 3 and check what it has to offer and decide what cpu you want to switch to.

as for psu's. pure power 11 500w/600w, rm550x/650x, tx650m/550m, straight power 11 550w/650w, MWE gold 550w/650w, ION+ 560w/650w (i think that's the wattage for that), AMP 550w, bitfenix whisper M 550w/650w, bitfenix forumla gold 550w/650w, revolution D.F 550w/650w. to name some, again check power consumption for these cards first but i doubt 550w wont be enough.

[NotABigGamer]

6 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

you could wait for ampere and then upgrade the psu, as for the cpu, i'd say wait for zen 3 and check what it has to offer and decide what cpu you want to switch to.

as for psu's. pure power 11 500w/600w, rm550x/650x, tx650m/550m, straight power 11 550w/650w, MWE gold 550w/650w, ION+ 560w/650w (i think that's the wattage for that), AMP 550w, bitfenix whisper M 550w/650w, bitfenix forumla gold 550w/650w, revolution D.F 550w/650w. to name some, again check power consumption for these cards first but i doubt 550w wont be enough.

Ok thank you for your help!

[Prebuilt]

6 minutes ago, dfsgsfa said:

9900k and 2080ti can run on 450w psu

I mean searching on NVIDIA itself now I am actually starting to... question if i can go lower. 

[NotABigGamer]

12 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

you could wait for ampere and then upgrade the psu, as for the cpu, i'd say wait for zen 3 and check what it has to offer and decide what cpu you want to switch to.

as for psu's. pure power 11 500w/600w, rm550x/650x, tx650m/550m, straight power 11 550w/650w, MWE gold 550w/650w, ION+ 560w/650w (i think that's the wattage for that), AMP 550w, bitfenix whisper M 550w/650w, bitfenix forumla gold 550w/650w, revolution D.F 550w/650w. to name some, again check power consumption for these cards first but i doubt 550w wont be enough.

I would need a new motherboard for Zen 3 right?

[Haro]

10 hours ago, NotABigGamer said:

I would need a new motherboard for Zen 3 right?

B450 can support zen 3 with a beta bios, it's down to the vendor if they'll release that or not.

[NotABigGamer]

1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

B450 can support zen 3 with a beta bios, it's down to the vendor if they'll release that or not.

Ok thank you. 

[NotABigGamer]

4 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

B450 can support zen 3 with a beta bios, it's down to the vendor if they'll release that or not.

I have been considering the Ryzen 7 3700X for a while now. Would that be worth it?

[Haro]

10 hours ago, NotABigGamer said:

Would that be worth it?

for now i would say no, wait for zen 3 and check what it has to offer and then decide. 

[Prebuilt]

@TofuHaroto, why does NVIDIA always overstate the PSU wattages I do not get it.

[Haro]

10 hours ago, FoldingToFightAnyDiseases said:

why does NVIDIA always overstate the PSU wattages I do not get it.

Because they expect the worst case scenario, maybe someone has a crap psu that is high wattage but can't even deliver the estimated wattage in the first place etc.

[Prebuilt]

Just now, TofuHaroto said:

Because they expect the worst case scenario, maybe someone has a crap psu that is high wattage but can't even deliver the estimated wattage in the first place etc.

Now it all makes sense...

[Burnerbeatz]

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Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor	£170.00 @ Currys PC World
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML360R RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	£129.16 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£145.25 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£67.98 @ Aria PC
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£114.95 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Seagate FireCuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive
Storage	Seagate FireCuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive
Case	Cooler Master MasterCase H500M ATX Mid Tower Case	£199.99 @ AWD-IT
Power Supply	Corsair HX Platinum 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£175.47 @ Scan.co.uk
Case Fan	Corsair 47.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack	£88.97 @ Laptops Direct
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1091.77
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I was wondering if the RTX 3070 Will work on mine properly?

I wanna use it for 4k editing mainly, some gaming and music