Should i Upgrade or wait?

Trollid · September 12, 2020

I wanna start out by saying im not soo big tech guy so any technical information you can give helps. I'm looking to upgrade my GPU as many of you guys probably are. the new RTX 30-series will have PciE 4.Gen as i could see and my motherboard has PciE 3.Gen, does that mean that a 30-series won't fit in my motherboard or does it man that i won't be able to use it's full features?

Another thing is that my CPU is not that big so im gonna bottleneck somewhat even on a 20-series card. But i read on some forums that the bottleneck also just means at you won't get access to the full power, but i couldn't see anywhere that it would damage either the CPU or GPU if one is bottlenecking the other. I couldn't read anywhere exactly what bottlenecking does but more that some say it doesn't matter some say it depends on what you wanna work/play so to clarify more i'll write some of my specs.

CPU: Intel Core i5 7600K @ 3.80GHz
Motherboard: Asus Strix z270f Gaming (LGA1151)

Current GPU: GTX 960

My plan was to either upgrade to 30-series or buy a used 20-series when hopefully the price drops a little.

So would i be better of upgrading to 20-series and then buy a whole new set when time is right? Or can i buy a 30-series and after a little time upg CPU and Motherboard.

Notice some forums where people say it depens on what game you wanna play and im looking for to game 1440p 100hz+ hope that helps

Sorry if i ask dumb questions, and any answers will help :)

Jurrunio · September 12, 2020

7 minutes ago, Trollid said:

I'm looking to upgrade my GPU as many of you guys probably are. the new RTX 30-series will have PciE 4.Gen as i could see and my motherboard has PciE 3.Gen, does that mean that a 30-series won't fit in my motherboard or does it man that i won't be able to use it's full features?

only difference is you get half the bandwidth on PCIe 3. Functionally they are the same and will work (performance can only be told by reviews)

8 minutes ago, Trollid said:

Another thing is that my CPU is not that big so im gonna bottleneck somewhat even on a 20-series card. But i read on some forums that the bottleneck also just means at you won't get access to the full power, but i couldn't see anywhere that it would damage either the CPU or GPU if one is bottlenecking the other. I couldn't read anywhere exactly what bottlenecking does but more that some say it doesn't matter some say it depends on what you wanna work/play so to clarify more i'll write some of my specs.

No damage, you just dont get to use every bit of performance the graphics card can offer at the moment.

10 minutes ago, Trollid said:

So would i be better of upgrading to 20-series and then buy a whole new set when time is right? Or can i buy a 30-series and after a little time upg CPU and Motherboard.

30 series supply should settle down in late October or November, prices depends on demand so it's harder to judge. It depends on how long you can wait

12 minutes ago, Trollid said:

Notice some forums where people say it depens on what game you wanna play and im looking for to game 1440p 100hz+ hope that helps

From 3070's estimated performance you should be aiming at R5 3600 or i5-10600k at least if you're replacing the CPU. Could spend more for more cores if you want the system to stay relevant for longer but the priority should still go to the GPU