Questions about Upgrade

[Tena]

Hello Everybody!

Im planning on upgrading my pc a little bit. I recently bought a RTX 3080Ti more specifically this model: AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Master 12G. To replace my old GeForce 1080. Im just curious to see if my motherboard is able to handle the new GPU. The full specs of my pc are the following:

Current GPU: GeForce 1080

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3700x 3.6 Ghz, 8 Core

Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4, 3200Mhz 2x8 Gb

Motherboard: Asus ATX ROG Strix B450-F Gaming.

PSU: dont remember the exact specs but im buying a new one, an EVGA Supernova 850 G5 80 plus Gold certified.

Im also planning on buying some mouting brackets since the GPU is really big and heavy.

Thanks for your time! Im still a noob in this kind of stuff.

 

[_Omega_]

2 minutes ago, Tena said:

Hello Everybody!

Im planning on upgrading my pc a little bit. I recently bought a RTX 3080Ti more specifically this model: AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Master 12G. To replace my old GeForce 1080. Im just curious to see if my motherboard is able to handle the new GPU. The full specs of my pc are the following:

Current GPU: GeForce 1080

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3700x 3.6 Ghz, 8 Core

Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4, 3200Mhz 2x8 Gb

Motherboard: Asus ATX ROG Strix B450-F Gaming.

PSU: dont remember the exact specs but im buying a new one, an EVGA Supernova 850 G5 80 plus Gold certified.

Im also planning on buying some mouting brackets since the GPU is really big and heavy.

Thanks for your time! Im still a noob in this kind of stuff.

 

With the current spikes of the RTX 3000 cards your PSU could act up but it should be fine... Your Mobo is fine I think a 3080Ti I just about fine with a PCIe 3.0 x16 connection 

[Ryuikko]

It'll be fine. Worst thing its that it'll be restricted to a pcie 3 bandwidth but that only makes a  noticable difference in lower end cards like the 6500xt 

[jones177]

You will not get the frames you would if you had a 5800x and a B550 but the card will run on your system with a 850 watt PSU.

 

The issue I found with 3080 tis is keeping them cool. They are silly hot compered to GTX 1080 tis and 2080 tis. 

All my cases either had to be modified or replaced to keep them as cool as those older GPUs.

 

Good luck with your new GPU.

 

 

 

[Tena]

2 minutes ago, jones177 said:

You will not get the frames you would if you had a 5800x and a B550 but the card will run on your system with a 850 watt PSU.

 

The issue I found with 3080 tis is keeping them cool. They are silly hot compered to GTX 1080 tis and 2080 tis. 

All my cases either had to be modified or replaced to keep them as cool as those older GPUs.

 

Good luck with your new GPU.

 

 

 

So just like @_Omega_ , would you recommend getting a higher PSU? I dont mind spending more for it, also, with all the comments about the card running hot I will probably get more fans as well to keep it cool.

[Ryuikko]

11 minutes ago, Tena said:

would you recommend getting a higher PSU?

An 850 watt psu should run a 3080ti just fine.

[jones177]

3 minutes ago, Tena said:

So just like @_Omega_ , would you recommend getting a higher PSU? I dont mind spending more for it, also, with all the comments about the card running hot I will probably get more fans as well to keep it cool.

I usually buy 1000 PSUs but I get them on sale for about the price of a 850 watt PSUs.

My last one was 1300 watt G+ from EVGA for $170.

[Dedayog]

4 minutes ago, jones177 said:

I usually buy 1000 PSUs but I get them on sale for about the price of a 850 watt PSUs.

My last one was 1300 watt G+ from EVGA for $170.

They're still $170, but I'd stay away from EVGA customer service if you have an issue.  

 

I'd look at a higher tier PSU for a 3080 IMO.

[Tena]

32 minutes ago, Ryuikko said:

It'll be fine. Worst thing its that it'll be restricted to a pcie 3 bandwidth but that only makes a  noticable difference in lower end cards like the 6500xt 

So in the future it would be good the upgrade the motherboard and the processor? A guy told me that it may have a bottleneck with the cpu, so I can look to upgrade it in a couple of months.

[Bad5ector]

4 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

They're still $170, but I'd stay away from EVGA customer service if you have an issue.  

Really? I've only heard good things about their customer service. But personally never had to deal with them, so wouldn't know first hand.

[Dedayog]

15 minutes ago, Bad5ector said:

Really? I've only heard good things about their customer service. But personally never had to deal with them, so wouldn't know first hand.

My 650 P2 was tripping and restarting often.  I sent it in on RMA, they proceeded to send me not one, but 2 confirmed non-working PSU's during that process.  It took me 3 more confirmed refurb units to get them to send me a new in box unit. 

 

The Customer Service people covered it up and it wasn't until I talked to the tech in the RMA department that they admitted it.  Then I had to go back to Customer Service and talk to a Manager and throw a fit for them to send the new.

 

Was a whole lot of wasted time, as in weeks without a working machine, time spent unnecessarily hooking PSUs up and redoing cables, going to FedEx, and time on the phone.

 

Just didn't need to happen, and it really soured me on EVGA.  From what I hear that's a one off case, since they seem to have great customer service around the forums.  *shrug* 

 

Not sure why that one says Amazon on the purchase or all their purchase dates but these are all the PSU's they sent me that didn't work, a few confirmed NOT WORKING by their tech in RMA.  WTF?!

 

Edit: I should add the last one they sent me new works flawlessly and has for years, so I can't complain their.

 

 

 

[jones177]

3 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

They're still $170, but I'd stay away from EVGA customer service if you have an issue.  

 

I'd look at a higher tier PSU for a 3080 IMO.

The 1000 watt version is $130. 

 

I am using 5 EVGA PSUs with no issues. Two are running 3090 tis and two have 3090s. 

Two replaced Corsair 850s that I was having issues with.

 

I think it is luck of the draw whether you get a good one or not.

8 minutes ago, Bad5ector said:

Really? I've only heard good things about their customer service. But personally never had to deal with them, so wouldn't know first hand.

I have done 2 GPU RMAs with them but never a PSU.  They may deal with them differently.

[Bad5ector]

1 minute ago, Dedayog said:

Just didn't need to happen, and it really soured me on EVGA.  From what I hear that's a one off case, since they seem to have great customer service around the forums.  *shrug* 

Oh I hear ya, I understand all too well on it only takes one bad experience... I especially hate when you have to take on the role of irate customer just to get regular service.

[Dedayog]

7 minutes ago, jones177 said:

The 1000 watt version is $130. 

 

I am using 5 EVGA PSUs with no issues. Two are running 3090 tis and two have 3090s. 

Two replaced Corsair 850s that I was having issues with.

 

I think it is luck of the draw whether you get a good one or not.

I have done 2 GPU RMAs with them but never a PSU.  They may deal with them differently.

Completely agree.  Their products seem to be top notch, it was just this limited experience with Customer Service and PSU's. 

 

I can recommend the PSU's but I'm not a fan of their CSR.

[_Omega_]

1 hour ago, Tena said:

So just like @_Omega_ , would you recommend getting a higher PSU? I dont mind spending more for it, also, with all the comments about the card running hot I will probably get more fans as well to keep it cool.

In theory it should be fine, but the RTX 3000 cards show small (millisecond) spikes of high current draw, I would just test it... Buy the new GPU and if you get crashes or blackscreens under load, buy a new one.

To your later questions if the 3700X bottlenecks the 3080ti, it depends on the game, the resolution and the games settings... Csgo on 1080p the 3700X is gonna be a bottleneck ( you probably still get 400+ fps), cyberpunk in 4k or with rt the 3080ti is gonna be the bottleneck 

[Tena]

23 minutes ago, _Omega_ said:

In theory it should be fine, but the RTX 3000 cards show small (millisecond) spikes of high current draw, I would just test it... Buy the new GPU and if you get crashes or blackscreens under load, buy a new one.

To your later questions if the 3700X bottlenecks the 3080ti, it depends on the game, the resolution and the games settings... Csgo on 1080p the 3700X is gonna be a bottleneck ( you probably still get 400+ fps), cyberpunk in 4k or with rt the 3080ti is gonna be the bottleneck 

I dont really play in any other resolution than 1080p, I got an asus 144hz Monitor full hd, dont really planning on buying a 4k monitor

[_Omega_]

3 minutes ago, Tena said:

I dont really play in any other resolution than 1080p, I got an asus 144hz Monitor full hd, dont really planning on buying a 4k monitor

The 3700X should be enough to geht over 144 fps in almost all games...

[Tena]

5 minutes ago, _Omega_ said:

The 3700X should be enough to geht over 144 fps in almost all games...

Sounds good!

 

Thank you all for your help!

[Dedayog]

25 minutes ago, Tena said:

I dont really play in any other resolution than 1080p, I got an asus 144hz Monitor full hd, dont really planning on buying a 4k monitor

You bought a 3080Ti and only play 1080p?  Why not save money and buy a 3060?

 

 

[jones177]

2 hours ago, Dedayog said:

Completely agree.  Their products seem to be top notch, it was just this limited experience with Customer Service and PSU's. 

 

I can recommend the PSU's but I'm not a fan of their CSR.

I think we need a "Why we don't buy X product from X company" post.  

It would be really interesting.