Upgrading current build

[Robbied]

Budget (including currency): ~500-1000$

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Warzone, Cyberpunk, WarThunder, Escape from Tarkov, RDR2, SonyVegas,

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

The situation is pretty grim as my 5 year old 1080 Ti has passed away last Friday. I have never overclocked it or put maximum stress for a long time. Never seen any signals either, no worse performance, no overheating, no artifacts(except when it died), blue screens, no nothing. It happened in a blink of an eye. It was truly one a kind GPU, put me through a lot of titles and hours providing performance I was satisfied with.
Sentiments aside, I need a new GPU.
I don't exactly have a limit, I'm willing to buy something more expensive granted it does make a significant difference.
With that in mind I was looking at different cards and almost fell off my chair when I saw the prices.
Originally I was looking for an upgrade to either RTX 3080 Ti or 4080 Ti but the prices are way above of what I'm willing to pay for them. From what I saw they really work fantastic but I don't need 400 fps on 1080p when I can enjoy the same game at 120-150 for half that price.
Then I saw an opportunity in RTX 3060 Ti, it's cheap and offers almost the same(if not slightly better) performance compared to the 1080 Ti I was using. I could also go for RTX 3070 which is apparently better than 3060 Ti at slightly higher price.
With either of those I'll need a new PSU as well which I'm going to purchase.

This is my current build:

CPU - I7 8086k

GPU - GTX 1080 Ti 11GB
Motherboard - Z370 Ultra Gaming 2.0
RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws 2x8GB DDR4
PSU - Be quiet! 600W 80+ Gold
Storage - NVMe M2 250GB
+ 2xSSD 870 QVO

And this would be the upgrade:

CPU - I7 8086k

GPU - RTX 3060Ti / RTX 3070
Motherboard - Z370 Ultra Gaming 2.0
RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws 2x8GB DDR4
PSU - Be quiet! 750W 80+ Gold
Storage - NVMe M2 250GB
+ 2xSSD 870 QVO

Essentially swapping old GPU and adding a better power supply for it.
My main questions are, Is RTX 3060 Ti a good choice here? What about 3070? How will they perform compared to my old gpu? Is 750W enough if I would want to overclock those cards?
It's a lot to ask but I wanna make sure I'm buying something worth it's price.
 

[DEADPOOLSMOM]

3 minutes ago, Robbied said:

My main questions are, Is RTX 3060 Ti a good choice here? What about 3070? How will they perform compared to my old gpu? Is 750W enough if I would want to overclock those cards?

 

I'd get a $309 6700xt

 

https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-6700-xt-rx6700xt-cld-12go/p/N82E16814930059?Item=N82E16814930059&Description=rx 6700 xt&cm_re=rx_6700 xt-_-14-930-059-_-Product

[Blqckqut]

3 minutes ago, Deadpool2onBlu-Ray said:

I'd get a $309 6700xt

 

https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-6700-xt-rx6700xt-cld-12go/p/N82E16814930059?Item=N82E16814930059&Description=rx 6700 xt&cm_re=rx_6700 xt-_-14-930-059-_-Product

 

the link is sad

 

 

but yea get a 6700xt, if u can find one for around same price id prefer 6750xt as its closer to 3070ti performance

[191x7]

6 minutes ago, Robbied said:

Budget (including currency): ~500-1000$

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Warzone, Cyberpunk, WarThunder, Escape from Tarkov, RDR2, SonyVegas,

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

The situation is pretty grim as my 5 year old 1080 Ti has passed away last Friday. I have never overclocked it or put maximum stress for a long time. Never seen any signals either, no worse performance, no overheating, no artifacts(except when it died), blue screens, no nothing. It happened in a blink of an eye. It was truly one a kind GPU, put me through a lot of titles and hours providing performance I was satisfied with.
Sentiments aside, I need a new GPU.
I don't exactly have a limit, I'm willing to buy something more expensive granted it does make a significant difference.
With that in mind I was looking at different cards and almost fell off my chair when I saw the prices.
Originally I was looking for an upgrade to either RTX 3080 Ti or 4080 Ti but the prices are way above of what I'm willing to pay for them. From what I saw they really work fantastic but I don't need 400 fps on 1080p
when I can enjoy the same game at 120-150 for half that price.
Then I saw an opportunity in RTX 3060 Ti, it's cheap and offers almost the same(if not slightly better) performance compared to the 1080 Ti I was using. I could also go for RTX 3070 which is apparently better than 3060 Ti at slightly higher price.
With either of those I'll need a new PSU as well which I'm going to purchase.

This is my current build:

CPU - I7 8086k

GPU - GTX 1080 Ti 11GB
Motherboard - Z370 Ultra Gaming 2.0
RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws 2x8GB DDR4
PSU - Be quiet! 600W 80+ Gold
Storage - NVMe M2 250GB
+ 2xSSD 870 QVO

And this would be the upgrade:

CPU - I7 8086k

GPU - RTX 3060Ti / RTX 3070
Motherboard - Z370 Ultra Gaming 2.0
RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws 2x8GB DDR4
PSU - Be quiet! 750W 80+ Gold
Storage - NVMe M2 250GB
+ 2xSSD 870 QVO

Essentially swapping old GPU and adding a better power supply for it.
My main questions are, Is RTX 3060 Ti a good choice here? What about 3070? How will they perform compared to my old gpu? Is 750W enough if I would want to overclock those cards?
It's a lot to ask but I wanna make sure I'm buying something worth it's price.
 

That 6-core 12-thread CPU might bottleneck the 3060Ti/3070 if you're still on 1080p.

Also, replacing the PSU for that GPU upgrade isn't needed.

AMD GPU-s are easier to drive then nVidia, you could get a stronger Radeon, for example, the 6700 10GB, 6700XT 12GB, or 6750XT.

[PDifolco]

5 minutes ago, Robbied said:

Budget (including currency): ~500-1000$

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Warzone, Cyberpunk, WarThunder, Escape from Tarkov, RDR2, SonyVegas,

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

The situation is pretty grim as my 5 year old 1080 Ti has passed away last Friday. I have never overclocked it or put maximum stress for a long time. Never seen any signals either, no worse performance, no overheating, no artifacts(except when it died), blue screens, no nothing. It happened in a blink of an eye. It was truly one a kind GPU, put me through a lot of titles and hours providing performance I was satisfied with.
Sentiments aside, I need a new GPU.
I don't exactly have a limit, I'm willing to buy something more expensive granted it does make a significant difference.
With that in mind I was looking at different cards and almost fell off my chair when I saw the prices.
Originally I was looking for an upgrade to either RTX 3080 Ti or 4080 Ti but the prices are way above of what I'm willing to pay for them. From what I saw they really work fantastic but I don't need 400 fps on 1080p
when I can enjoy the same game at 120-150 for half that price.
Then I saw an opportunity in RTX 3060 Ti, it's cheap and offers almost the same(if not slightly better) performance compared to the 1080 Ti I was using. I could also go for RTX 3070 which is apparently better than 3060 Ti at slightly higher price.
With either of those I'll need a new PSU as well which I'm going to purchase.

This is my current build:

CPU - I7 8086k

GPU - GTX 1080 Ti 11GB
Motherboard - Z370 Ultra Gaming 2.0
RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws 2x8GB DDR4
PSU - Be quiet! 600W 80+ Gold
Storage - NVMe M2 250GB
+ 2xSSD 870 QVO

And this would be the upgrade:

CPU - I7 8086k

GPU - RTX 3060Ti / RTX 3070
Motherboard - Z370 Ultra Gaming 2.0
RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws 2x8GB DDR4
PSU - Be quiet! 750W 80+ Gold
Storage - NVMe M2 250GB
+ 2xSSD 870 QVO

Essentially swapping old GPU and adding a better power supply for it.
My main questions are, Is RTX 3060 Ti a good choice here? What about 3070? How will they perform compared to my old gpu? Is 750W enough if I would want to overclock those cards?
 

Well, your 1080Ti cost $700 5 years ago, so with the huge recent inflation prices didn't increase that much...

3060Ti/3070 aren't a great idea : they're just a bit faster than a 1080Ti (20%), so no whoah experience, and they only have 8GB VRAM where you had 11... Not that much of an issue at 1080p but can become a problem et 1440p

I'd advise you to dump NGreedia  and get a 6800XT ($520) or 6950XT ($600), they have significantly better performance, and 16GB VRAM

Or spend more for a 7900XT or a 4070Ti ($800)

[Robbied]

14 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

3060Ti/3070 aren't a great idea : they're just a bit faster than a 1080Ti (20%), so no whoah experience, and they only have 8GB VRAM where you had 11... Not that much of an issue at 1080p but can become a problem et 1440p

I'd advise you to dump NGreedia  and get a 6800XT ($520) or 6950XT ($600), they have significantly better performance, and 16GB VRAM

Or spend more for a 7900XT or a 4070Ti ($800)

I played on 1080p with med/max settings and it was fine, I never chased after higher resolutions or overclocking(mainly because I couldn't) and those extra fps here and there. Performance of 1080 Ti was enough so I want either the same or slightly better performance. I wouldn't mind a performance jump if price is justified though.
I should also say that I wasn't a fan of Radeon cards, I guess mainly because I always had Nvidia cards. I was satisfied with their performance and general negativity for Radeon couple of years back makes me somewhat hesitant to give it a try.
From what I see they're pretty long and wouldn't fit in my case anyway, I can fit a gpu of 290mm or less in length.
Anyway, what's your opinion on Radeon cards, are they really that much better than Nvidia's?

[PDifolco]

2 minutes ago, Robbied said:

I played on 1080p with med/max settings and it was fine, I never chased after higher resolutions or overclocking(mainly because I couldn't) and those extra fps here and there. Performance of 1080 Ti was enough so I want either the same or slightly better performance. I wouldn't mind a performance jump if price is justified though.
I should also say that I wasn't a fan of Radeon cards, I guess mainly because I always had Nvidia cards. I was satisfied with their performance and general negativity for Radeon couple of years back makes me somewhat hesitant to give it a try.
From what I see they're pretty long and wouldn't fit in my case anyway, I can fit a gpu of 290mm or less in length.
Anyway, what's your opinion on Radeon cards, are they really that much better than Nvidia's?

If you was the kind of guy who got a 1080Ti five years ago you could be te one getting a high end GPU now, but for 1440p !

AMD cards are fine now, there's been negativity some years ago with drivers issues, but in 2 months with my 7900XTX I didn't had any (and I was using NVidia cards since 2013 , GTX770, RTX2060S and RTX3080)

The Adrenalin software is even miles better than the NVidia "suite", with a single software to manage the graphic settings, OC, fans, hardware monitoring...

Their weak point is inferior RayTracing and FSR instead of DLSS

Their main pro is price, at equivalent  performance they cost around -20% than NVidia

[Robbied]

29 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

That 6-core 12-thread CPU might bottleneck the 3060Ti/3070 if you're still on 1080p.

Also, replacing the PSU for that GPU upgrade isn't needed.

AMD GPU-s are easier to drive then nVidia, you could get a stronger Radeon, for example, the 6700 10GB, 6700XT 12GB, or 6750XT.

Bottlenecking is what I keep in mind, I asked some people and run a few test online where it shows it should be either under 1% or non existent.
Are you sure the PSU upgrade isn't necessary even if I will want to overclock the gpu? It says I either need 700 or 750W PSU for a 3060 Ti to be comfortable.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

19 minutes ago, Robbied said:

Bottlenecking is what I keep in mind, I asked some people and run a few test online where it shows it should be either under 1% or non existent.
Are you sure the PSU upgrade isn't necessary even if I will want to overclock the gpu? It says I either need 700 or 750W PSU for a 3060 Ti to be comfortable.

You do not need that much psu for a 3060ti where the hell you getting that number from

 

Psu calculators are generally kinda trash so best off just looking at power consumption in gpu + cpu reviews to see what the componets you got and want to buy consume at stock settings

 

Oc shouldnt add that much power draw anyways esp when voltage is locked on the gpu so extra gpu power draw is next to non existant and cpu power draw depends on how much you oc it but probs not over 150w on that 8086k

[Robbied]

4 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

If you was the kind of guy who got a 1080Ti five years ago you could be te one getting a high end GPU now, but for 1440p !

AMD cards are fine now, there's been negativity some years ago with drivers issues, but in 2 months with my 7900XTX I didn't had any (and I was using NVidia cards since 2013 , GTX770, RTX2060S and RTX3080)

The Adrenalin software is even miles better than the NVidia "suite", with a single software to manage the graphic settings, OC, fans, hardware monitoring...

Their weak point is inferior RayTracing and FSR instead of DLSS

Their main pro is price, at equivalent  performance they cost around -20% than NVidia

Technically I could but back then I bought it "for once and for all" kinda thing. I saved cash and made sure it's gonna be worth the money and it was.
Like I said, I don't really have a limit but I'd rather not go all out once again considering I already have solid, though old, parts.
If I was to switch into one of the Radeon cards would I have to invest into a completely new setup? With the cards you recommended I'd have a huge bottleneck even at 1440p. I would have to get a new CPU and maybe new motherboard as well?
What if I was to buy older versions like RX 6700 / 6750 XT? Are they comparable in performance with 3060 Ti?
 

[Robbied]

23 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

You do not need that much psu for a 3060ti where the hell you getting that number from

 

Psu calculators are generally kinda trash so best off just looking at power consumption in gpu + cpu reviews to see what the componets you got and want to buy consume at stock settings

 

Oc shouldnt add that much power draw anyways esp when voltage is locked on the gpu so extra gpu power draw is next to non existant and cpu power draw depends on how much you oc it but probs not over 150w on that 8086k

I saw 750W on one gpu, I think it was from Gigabyte, that was the highest number. Local stores I went to were solid with saying that "it's better safe than sorry" and saying either 700 or 750W is needed for a comfortable work especially when overclocking.
I ran some calculations and technically my current build never went above 500W either.
What's interesting is that whenever I tried to overlock the gpu just by a little it shut off my pc within 5-10minutes. I asked few people about it and they said I might have too little power in my PSU. They gave me some stable numbers but even those made it shut off and I never figured out the cause of this.
With that in mind I thought I'd need a more powerful power supply, especially for overclocking the new card.

[191x7]

1 hour ago, Robbied said:

Bottlenecking is what I keep in mind, I asked some people and run a few test online where it shows it should be either under 1% or non existent.
Are you sure the PSU upgrade isn't necessary even if I will want to overclock the gpu? It says I either need 700 or 750W PSU for a 3060 Ti to be comfortable.

Well, I had the Ryzen 5 3600 in my system, that's pretty much an i7 8700 or 8080 equivalent. My GPU was the Radeon 5700XT and that's a 6600XT equivalent.

And I was using it on 1440p. I know how it would bottleneck on 1080p.

[Robbied]

1 hour ago, Blqckqut said:

 

the link is sad

 

 

but yea get a 6700xt, if u can find one for around same price id prefer 6750xt as its closer to 3070ti performance

Do you think that either of those would run good with my current setup? Do you think I could just buy either card and forget about upgrading psu?

[Why_Me]

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CPU: *Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Assassin X 120 Refined SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($19.89 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: *ASRock B660 Steel Legend ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($56.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: *Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($50.99 @ Amazon) 
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