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i7-4790k with rtx 3080 for 4k 60?

LH747

I will be playing games like BFV and COD Cold War, and occasionally AAA games like the Tombraider series. Since I am more busy now I mostly game casually with a PS4 controller on the TV. I plan on upgrading to a 4k TV soon, and along with that a GPU upgrade crossed my mind. I cannot afford to build a new platform right now and I want to hold off and jump to a DDR5 platform when it launches in the next year or two. 

 

I understand that I could use the TV money to build a new system, but I am doing this upgrade so that it will also improve my media consumption experience after long days of work.

 

So, I have a system I built back in 2015. Specs are as follows:

 

CPU: i7-4790k @4.5 GHz all core

Mobo: ASUS B85- Pro Gamer

RAM: 16gb DDR3 1600MHz

GPU: Strix GTX 970 

PSU: CM G650M (3 years old)

SSD: x1 SATA boot rive

HDD: x2 10TB (this is also my home plex server machine)

Case: CM K380

 

Additional information:

The case airflow is handled by three high airflow CM JetFlo 120mm fans (fan noise is a non issue thanks to the placement of the system).

The system is running on it own individual circuit breaker in the home circuit.

The room is always kept at 25C

My requirement:

To game at 4k60 with all the pretty things turned on, and possibly even some Ray tracing!

My questions:

Will the 4790k handle 55-60 fps consistently ?

Is my PSU sufficient to handle the 3080?

 

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5 minutes ago, LH747 said:

Will the 4790k handle 55-60 fps consistently ?

At 4K, yes, it should work fine, at least for the time being.

5 minutes ago, LH747 said:

Is my PSU sufficient to handle the 3080?

Eh.. I'd get a new, better unit. 

The GM uses a double forward topology which will likely result in some bad, bad whining because of the 3080's current draw. I also wouldn't bet on it keeping up with the 3080's high transient spikes, but you could try it out. 

Do use two cables from the PSU though, instead of just one that goes to two 8-pins.

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There are a few rare exceptions (such as the last two Assassin's Creed games) where the 4790k won't quite cut it for 60fps, but for the most part it will be fine.

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Faster DDR3 wouldn't hurt, some people charge too much but a kit for 1866-2133 let alone 2400 is available to boost your minimums iE some drops wont be as worse than not having them there.

Reducing pipeline bottlenecks whereever you can on any system is good but takes some time and most don't have the time.

 

But a drop in RAM uograde, over time could OC the CPU to 4.7+ Allcore with an increased cache (cache default 4ghz, try 4.4Ghz-4 6Ghz with a 4.7Ghz coreclock..

 

Squeezing Naniseconds wherever possible. :)

It will always have a worse time on multicore aware engines than lightly threaded engines. But should still be ample for 4K 60fps values..

 

Level of Detail settings LOD, specifically in open world games can save a LOT of CPU processing and increase frames, reduce drops, and barrly notice the changes.

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Thank you for the tips.

I will definitely look into the CPU intensive LOD settings.

As for the reason I am running 4.5ghz is because I have no thermal head room that will keep it under 80, I am running 1.180V on a 212x. (The 212 is about all that will fit and the case doesn't have space for a 240mm rad)

Where I live fast DDR3 is hard to come by and if I ship off eBay then the price will sky rocket.

So I shall attempt to tighten my RAM timings ?

Also, I can set an OC that will maybe give 4.7 all core but at like 90C under game load. that sound good?

And what about my PSU ?

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2 minutes ago, LH747 said:

And what about my PSU ?

Ignore this, I saw the replies above now, sorry about that.

thanks again everyone !

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My 1866 cl 10 11 10 28 does 2133 11 12 12 35

Your 1600 could very well post and be happy on 1866Mhz auto timings and over time with research tune them...

AAA Games will still have you at very high CPU usages even just chasing 60-90fps

Trial and error + google + expectations low = maybe surprised.

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Doubt it will do well. Given how the card performs and how little that cpu can handle. 

Maybe with vsync and/or serious frame limitation you could get by on solo gameplay.

 

Not sure id trust the psu for the task, but thats something you can find out once you get it running.

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19 hours ago, SkilledRebuilds said:

Trial and error + google + expectations low = maybe surprised.

Indeed, I shall try thanks !

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I'd probably start looking into upgrading my CPU and doing a new build with a better PSU if I were you...

 

Like, IMHO when it comes to the 3080, if you're not running at the minimum AMD 2000-series or Intel 8th gen its time to upgrade that first, even at 4k thats just getting very long in the tooth. Also when it comes to PSU I'd definitely not try it on a 650W, especially not a 3 year old one

 

-edit- and I see you said BFV and I can tell you that was one game that smoothed out considerably when I moved from my OC'd 6700k to my 3900X (not that you need to go that far lol) Games that take advantage and benefit from >4 cores are getting way more common and with the new consoles about to drop I definitely see 6 cores being the new 4 going forward

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