what upgrades do I need for a 3080

[Jacksacorn]

I was planning on purchasing a 3080 but I don't want to bottleneck this is my current pc with an extra 8 gb stick of ram and an ssd I have a budget of about 1000 (excluding tax) will my current build bottle neck? what do I need to upgrade?

[badreg]

5 minutes ago, Jacksacorn said:

what do I need to upgrade?

Start from scratch. Nothing in there is worthy of being paired with a 3080.

[Morrie Sells Wigs]

2 minutes ago, badreg said:

Start from scratch. Nothing in there is worthy of being paired with a 3080.

Ouch...that's a bit harsh.

[Jacksacorn]

2 minutes ago, badreg said:

Start from scratch. Nothing in there is worthy of being paired with a 3080.

ok should I just sell it?

[WunkusMcDunkus]

1 minute ago, Jacksacorn said:

ok should I just sell it?

If you choose to do a new build you can take the RAM and storage out of that PC and sell the other parts individually/as a bundle.

[Morrie Sells Wigs]

3 minutes ago, Jacksacorn said:

ok should I just sell it?

Thing is, from the images it looks pretty cramped in there and the 3080 is a big card.

[badreg]

1 minute ago, Maury Sells Wigs said:

Ouch...that's a bit harsh.

It's not. It's objective truth. OP would need a new CPU, new RAM, new motherboard and a new PSU. Which is an entirely new system.

 

I don't mean that the prebuild system is bad; it is just that nothing in that system is unsuitable for the purpose of being paired with a 3080.

 

Just now, Jacksacorn said:

ok should I just sell it?

It's not a bad system, so you don't have to sell it if you have another use for it. But don't try to plop a 3080 in it, because everything will need to be changed out, so you're better off starting from scratch.

[Morrie Sells Wigs]

2 minutes ago, badreg said:

It's not. It's objective truth. OP would need a new CPU, new RAM, new motherboard and a new PSU. Which is an entirely new system.

 

I don't mean that the prebuild system is bad; it is just that nothing in that system is unsuitable for the purpose of being paired with a 3080.

 

It's not a bad system, so you don't have to sell it if you have another use for it. But don't try to plop a 3080 in it, because everything will need to be changed out, so you're better off starting from scratch.

It's not about what's true, so much as how you say it.

 

I do agree with you, however, that a 3080 is unrealistic in that box.

[Energycore]

If you're going to use that 3080 for any resolution other than 4K, then a CPU (+ motherboard) upgrade would be very much beneficial.

 

For 4K though it'll probably work fine.

 

You will 100% need a new PSU. Something like a Corsair RM850x or any high quality 750-850W PSU.

 

Case airflow might be a concern looking at your current PC.

 

You don't need a whole new system I don't think (assuming you'll be using it for 4K).

 

If you don't care about playing the latest games at 1440p 144Hz or 1080p 240Hz then you don't need a 3080.

[Jacksacorn]

2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

If you're going to use that 3080 for any resolution other than 4K, then a CPU (+ motherboard) upgrade would be very much beneficial.

 

For 4K though it'll probably work fine.

 

You will 100% need a new PSU. Something like a Corsair RM850x or any high quality 750-850W PSU.

 

Case airflow might be a concern looking at your current PC.

 

You don't need a whole new system I don't think (assuming you'll be using it for 4K).

 

If you don't care about playing the latest games at 1440p 144Hz or 1080p 240Hz then you don't need a 3080.

ok what graphics card do you suggest for gaming at 240 hz at 1080p?

[Energycore]

19 minutes ago, Jacksacorn said:

ok what graphics card do you suggest for gaming at 240 hz at 1080p?

If what you're interested in is indeed 1080p 240hz, then you're going to need an i5-10600K or i9-10900K + RTX 3080 for the actual best gaming experience.

 

That's a pretty big upgrade though. You'd need this (you can keep your RAM).

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-10600K 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor	$287.99 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler	Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 Blue 74.34 CFM CPU Cooler	$24.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 UD AC ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$149.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$134.99 @ Corsair
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$597.96
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-26 18:36 EDT-0400

 This + 3080 will give you basically the best 1080p/240Hz setup you can have, that's not unreasonably costed. You can probably keep your RAM, and possibly your case.

 

The problem is this goes up to $1400 once you consider the additional cost of buying an AIB 3080, so it's not ideal.

 

You could grab this + a 3070, but we need to see how well that performs before I can recommend it. The 3070 is set to cost $200 less.

 

Alternatively you could look for a used GTX 1080 Ti + PSU  and spend around $500 for what will still be a very substantial upgrade.

 

What games do you plan to play?