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5 minutes ago, SirBoomalot said:

Hey all,

 

First time poster here.  I just finished a new AM5 build.  Bought parts over a few months here in Canada.  I picked up a 4070 (regular ole' 4070) for 650$ (CDN) back in February to upgrade my 1660 Super in my old AM4 build.  What an upgrade for me.  At that point I decided to build a new AM5 system.  Now that I have it all built as of a few weeks ago, I am having a little bit of buyers remorse on the 4070 as I have seen Supers and TI's in stock at some Canadian outlets for not a whole lot more.  If I upgraded to a 4070TI or even went team red with a 7900xt, would I have to upgrade my 7600X as well?  Gaming at 1440p currently with 7600x (OC to 5300MHZ), MSI B650 - S Pro WIFI, 32gb DDR5 and of course my 4070.  My CPU does not seem to be chugging along at all and is never fully utilized during gaming.  I like playing at quality settings as I am not a serious FPS gamer or anything. (Not complaining to much.  A 4070 from a 1660 super was an amazing upgrade... but just feels a little lacking)  

The Ryzen 7600x is a fantastic 1440p gaming CPU and it can handle GPU's much faster than the 4070 🙂 

I personally ran a 7700x ( same gaming performance as a 7600x ) and a overclocked RTX 4080 for 2 years and I had an amazing time gaming.

 

You can upgrade the GPU without feeling like you are being limited by the CPU.

 

 

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Hey all,

 

First time poster here.  I just finished a new AM5 build.  Bought parts over a few months here in Canada.  I picked up a 4070 (regular ole' 4070) for 650$ (CDN) back in February to upgrade my 1660 Super in my old AM4 build.  What an upgrade for me.  At that point I decided to build a new AM5 system.  Now that I have it all built as of a few weeks ago, I am having a little bit of buyers remorse on the 4070 as I have seen Supers and TI's in stock at some Canadian outlets for not a whole lot more.  If I upgraded to a 4070TI or even went team red with a 7900xt, would I have to upgrade my 7600X as well?  Gaming at 1440p currently with 7600x (OC to 5300MHZ), MSI B650 - S Pro WIFI, 32gb DDR5 and of course my 4070.  My CPU does not seem to be chugging along at all and is never fully utilized during gaming.  I like playing at quality settings as I am not a serious FPS gamer or anything. (Not complaining to much.  A 4070 from a 1660 super was an amazing upgrade... but just feels a little lacking)  

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5 minutes ago, SirBoomalot said:

Hey all,

 

First time poster here.  I just finished a new AM5 build.  Bought parts over a few months here in Canada.  I picked up a 4070 (regular ole' 4070) for 650$ (CDN) back in February to upgrade my 1660 Super in my old AM4 build.  What an upgrade for me.  At that point I decided to build a new AM5 system.  Now that I have it all built as of a few weeks ago, I am having a little bit of buyers remorse on the 4070 as I have seen Supers and TI's in stock at some Canadian outlets for not a whole lot more.  If I upgraded to a 4070TI or even went team red with a 7900xt, would I have to upgrade my 7600X as well?  Gaming at 1440p currently with 7600x (OC to 5300MHZ), MSI B650 - S Pro WIFI, 32gb DDR5 and of course my 4070.  My CPU does not seem to be chugging along at all and is never fully utilized during gaming.  I like playing at quality settings as I am not a serious FPS gamer or anything. (Not complaining to much.  A 4070 from a 1660 super was an amazing upgrade... but just feels a little lacking)  

The Ryzen 7600x is a fantastic 1440p gaming CPU and it can handle GPU's much faster than the 4070 🙂 

I personally ran a 7700x ( same gaming performance as a 7600x ) and a overclocked RTX 4080 for 2 years and I had an amazing time gaming.

 

You can upgrade the GPU without feeling like you are being limited by the CPU.

 

 

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15 minutes ago, SirBoomalot said:

Hey all,

 

First time poster here.  I just finished a new AM5 build.  Bought parts over a few months here in Canada.  I picked up a 4070 (regular ole' 4070) for 650$ (CDN) back in February to upgrade my 1660 Super in my old AM4 build.  What an upgrade for me.  At that point I decided to build a new AM5 system.  Now that I have it all built as of a few weeks ago, I am having a little bit of buyers remorse on the 4070 as I have seen Supers and TI's in stock at some Canadian outlets for not a whole lot more.  If I upgraded to a 4070TI or even went team red with a 7900xt, would I have to upgrade my 7600X as well?  Gaming at 1440p currently with 7600x (OC to 5300MHZ), MSI B650 - S Pro WIFI, 32gb DDR5 and of course my 4070.  My CPU does not seem to be chugging along at all and is never fully utilized during gaming.  I like playing at quality settings as I am not a serious FPS gamer or anything. (Not complaining to much.  A 4070 from a 1660 super was an amazing upgrade... but just feels a little lacking)  

I would keep the 4070 till the next generation or till the prices and supply stabilize.

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A 4070 is still fine to be honest, the GPU market is a mess right now, going to an again a bit faster GPU might just make your CPU a bottleneck ?It very much depends on the game. You say it has some headroom, so yeah, you might be able to swing a better GPU, but again, the GPU market is a mess right now, i would consider this a "do not buy any GPU unless you HAVE to" time.

 

I'd stick to the 4070 for now.

I run a 7600X and 3060 12Gb (non-Ti) because i couldn't swing more (the 4060 was just out i think but cost 1,5x) and my old system died due to a major power issue from the PSU.

Honestly, i was a bit surprised at what it can still do @1440p that i too run.

What you run is quite a bit better already.


Frankly, if i had to build a new system for myself or a friend right now i would try everything to get my hands on an AMD laptop APU they basically only sell OEM installed, which sucks balls, because it's a nice CPU and from what i hear 4060 comparitive GPU performance, but it depends on the budget.

 

With how NVidia handled the 40xx and 50xx series so far i just do not want to give them any of my money.

AMD all the way, 9070 or 9060 depending on budget maybe ?

 

 

 

 

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