Upgrading to an RTX 3080. What other parts of my rig do I need to upgrade?

[GreenToxon]

Alright guys so I've been meaning to upgrade to an RTX 3080, wasn't interested in buying one until I got that dumb virus that's going around so I'm gonna have a lot of free time.

 

I've been on the hunt to buy one for about 4 days and I managed to snag an EVGA FTW3 3080 from Amazon.

 

Now to the details, I built my rig about 2 years ago and upgraded my graphics card last year September when I got the new monitor

 

CPU: Ryzen 7 2700X

CPU Cooler: Dark Rock Pro 4

Mobo: Asus B450-F GAMING

RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 3000MHZ

PSU: Corsair 860AXi Platinum 

Storage: 1TB 970 EVO NVME 

Video Card: EVGA XC3 RTX 2070 Super

 

3440x1440 120HZ Ultrawide Alienware monitor.

 

The RTX 2070 Super is great for this resolution, just struggles a bit with the newest games to push the higher refresh rates. Will my current PC hold back the RTX 3080 enough to where it's worth upgrading? Or can I pop in a Ryzen 3800X/3900X and avoid all of the other upgrades.

 

I feel like I need to upgrade to about a Ryzen 7 5800X, for the newest architecture. But it's only $100 extra to get a Ryzen 9 5900X which is 4 cores/8threads more. 

If I need a new motherboard/CPU/RAM/ should I just rebuild a new PC and part out my old build? 

 

I'm gonna have to replace the mobo for the newer CPU, to get more features, then the RAM since newer Zen makes use of faster memory, I also need more storage so I can use this SSD as a game drive so I'm basically just a PSU/case from a new rig. 

 

Thanks for any of the input guys

[mahyar]

a more powerful cpu would be better but newer title are starting to take advantage of more core so 2700x is still ok

if you want to upgrade your cpu 3900x or 5800x are good options

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

2 minutes ago, GreenToxon said:

Or can I pop in a Ryzen 3800X/3900X and avoid all of the other upgrades.

This. Everything else in the build looks fine.

3 minutes ago, GreenToxon said:

I feel like I need to upgrade to about a Ryzen 7 5800X, for the newest architecture. But it's only $100 extra to get a Ryzen 9 5900X which is 4 cores/8threads more.

Also yes. The price of the 5800X makes it a strange middle. The 5600X and the 5900X are both better choices. 5600X for pure gaming, 5900X for mixed gaming/productivity.

4 minutes ago, GreenToxon said:

I'm gonna have to replace the mobo for the newer CPU, to get more features

B450 supports Zen 3 with a BIOS update. So you can hold off on this if you want.

[Prodigy_Smit]

Ok ok ok calm down. That pc is far from end of life you can upgrade to a 3080 and get a very significant performance upgrade there is no need to upgrade the whole thing just yet. If you want an upgrade to a Ryzen 9 3900x would also be possible.

[Aakash_Ram]

6 minutes ago, GreenToxon said:

Alright guys so I've been meaning to upgrade to an RTX 3080, wasn't interested in buying one until I got that dumb virus that's going around so I'm gonna have a lot of free time.

 

I've been on the hunt to buy one for about 4 days and I managed to snag an EVGA FTW3 3080 from Amazon.

 

Now to the details, I built my rig about 2 years ago and upgraded my graphics card last year September when I got the new monitor

 

CPU: Ryzen 7 2700X

CPU Cooler: Dark Rock Pro 4

Mobo: Asus B450-F GAMING

RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 3000MHZ

PSU: Corsair 860AXi Platinum 

Storage: 1TB 970 EVO NVME 

Video Card: EVGA XC3 RTX 2070 Super

 

3440x1440 120HZ Ultrawide Alienware monitor.

 

The RTX 2070 Super is great for this resolution, just struggles a bit with the newest games to push the higher refresh rates. Will my current PC hold back the RTX 3080 enough to where it's worth upgrading? Or can I pop in a Ryzen 3800X/3900X and avoid all of the other upgrades.

 

I feel like I need to upgrade to about a Ryzen 7 5800X, for the newest architecture. But it's only $100 extra to get a Ryzen 9 5900X which is 4 cores/8threads more. 

If I need a new motherboard/CPU/RAM/ should I just rebuild a new PC and part out my old build? 

 

I'm gonna have to replace the mobo for the newer CPU, to get more features, then the RAM since newer Zen makes use of faster memory, I also need more storage so I can use this SSD as a game drive so I'm basically just a PSU/case from a new rig. 

 

Thanks for any of the input guys

 

Just now, mahyar said:

a more powerful cpu would be better but newer title are starting to take advantage of more core so 2700x is still ok

if you want to upgrade your cpu 3900x or 5800x are good options

Yea I agree the only thing that needs upgrading is cpu to 5800x or 5600x and if you want an upgrade right now that u should get a ROG b550 f or e gaming case bios update. E gaming will be easier to bios update

[GreenToxon]

OK cool, thank you guys for your input. I know the 2700X is starting to show it's age with gaming, but being under the big cooler it gets to clock itself up a good amount.

 

I think I'm going to look for a 3900X around me so I can some IPC increase and a couple of extra cores/threads which would make the upgrade even more worth it.

 

Then just wait a couple of years for future Ryzen/RTX cards and then do a whole new system upgrade.