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Kuldar_Joel
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I'm looking to upgrade just the GPU in my PC, I currently have an i5 9400f and a Rx570.

My max budget is about 500€.

I've been thinking about getting: RTX 3070 (456€), RX 6750XT (400€), RX 6800 (510€).

If you were in my situation then which one would you get and why?

 

Thanks in advance!

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2 minutes ago, Kuldar_Joel said:

I'm looking to upgrade just the GPU in my PC, I currently have an i5 9400f and a Rx570.

My max budget is about 500€.

I've been thinking about getting: RTX 3070 (456€), RX 6750XT (400€), RX 6800 (510€).

If you were in my situation then which one would you get and why?

 

Thanks in advance!

I'd get a 6700 xt, not a 6750 xt

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Damn this space can fit a 5090 (just kidding, it needs more)

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1 minute ago, Kuldar_Joel said:

I'm looking to upgrade just the GPU in my PC, I currently have an i5 9400f and a Rx570.

My max budget is about 500€.

I've been thinking about getting: RTX 3070 (456€), RX 6750XT (400€), RX 6800 (510€).

If you were in my situation then which one would you get and why?

 

Thanks in advance!

I would grab the 6750 XT and then put some more money together and upgrade the CPU.

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16 minutes ago, Kuldar_Joel said:

I'm looking to upgrade just the GPU in my PC, I currently have an i5 9400f and a Rx570.

My max budget is about 500€.

I've been thinking about getting: RTX 3070 (456€), RX 6750XT (400€), RX 6800 (510€).

If you were in my situation then which one would you get and why?

 

Thanks in advance!

That CPU with a low clock and only 6 cores without hyperthreading is not capable of properly feeding any of the mentioned GPU-s.

 

You should get an used i7 8700(K), i7 9700K or i9 9900K.

Then a Radeon RX 6600XT or 7600 or 6650XT.

Should be doable.

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21 minutes ago, Kuldar_Joel said:

Why?

price and performance

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For £175.00) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (Purchased For £144.99) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (Purchased For £89.99) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Kingston A400 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (Purchased For £448.99) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (Purchased For £82.98) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £99.00) 
Total: £1040.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Damn this space can fit a 5090 (just kidding, it needs more)

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1 hour ago, Kuldar_Joel said:

I'm looking to upgrade just the GPU in my PC, I currently have an i5 9400f and a Rx570.

My max budget is about 500€.

I've been thinking about getting: RTX 3070 (456€), RX 6750XT (400€), RX 6800 (510€).

If you were in my situation then which one would you get and why?

 

Thanks in advance!

9400F will be bottlenecked to hell even by a 6700XT imo

A better upgrade path imo would be to upgrade the CPU to a Ryzen5500 with a cheap B450/B550 board, keep your RAM, and get a 6600XT (which is already 4x faster than the RX570...), for less than $500

 

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 GAMING X V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Phantom Gaming D OC Radeon RX 6600 XT 8 GB Video Card  ($269.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $461.32
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1 hour ago, Kuldar_Joel said:

Why?

How much is a 6700xt?

 

Ofteh  the 50 is a decent bit more for like 2% higher performance

 

I'd also look into getting a used i7 8700(k) or 9900(k) if the price isnt above 120. As your i5 isnt enough for modern games and none of the stuttery behaviot will go away with a gpu upgrade

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