Question about GPU swap

Ergroilnin · March 17

Hello,

I am currently in the process of buying parts for my new PC (so far I have a case, mobo, 1 case fan) for which I am buying new parts every month or every other month but I will have all needed parts other than GPU before the end of the year.

I will be moving from prebuilt Omen with 3060ti to completely new custom PC once I make the switch (I won't be reusing any parts of the old Omen, not even SSDs since my new build will only use 2x NVME drives and I currently use sata ssds).

My question is if there is any possible problem or hickup if I finish the new PC by switching out the 3060ti from the Omen until I can afford buying the new GPU, which I will do as a last part, since I am aiming at 5080 or if I should just make the switch with the GPU and replace it once I have the money for the 5080?

I don't think there should be a problem doing so especially if I run DDU to install fresh drivers once I make the switch and even more so when the switch won't be crossplatform but it has been a long time since I done building a new PC and I do not want to hinder my experience just by being not patient enough. If there are any possible problems doing so, I will just wait since my biggest bottleneck is the GPU anyway so switching early won't really make much practical difference (other than fan noise) at all.

Thanks.

Blue4130 · March 17

1 hour ago, Ergroilnin said:

Hello,

I am currently in the process of buying parts for my new PC (so far I have a case, mobo, 1 case fan) for which I am buying new parts every month or every other month but I will have all needed parts other than GPU before the end of the year.

I will be moving from prebuilt Omen with 3060ti to completely new custom PC once I make the switch (I won't be reusing any parts of the old Omen, not even SSDs since my new build will only use 2x NVME drives and I currently use sata ssds).

My question is if there is any possible problem or hickup if I finish the new PC by switching out the 3060ti from the Omen until I can afford buying the new GPU, which I will do as a last part, since I am aiming at 5080 or if I should just make the switch with the GPU and replace it once I have the money for the 5080?

I don't think there should be a problem doing so especially if I run DDU to install fresh drivers once I make the switch and even more so when the switch won't be crossplatform but it has been a long time since I done building a new PC and I do not want to hinder my experience just by being not patient enough. If there are any possible problems doing so, I will just wait since my biggest bottleneck is the GPU anyway so switching early won't really make much practical difference (other than fan noise) at all.

Thanks.

No, there is no problem. BUT you are really doing things in a dangerous/bad way. You should buy everything (at least everything to make a working machine) at once. Not one piece at a time. At the very least, test the parts as they get to you. The last thing you want is to stuck with a dead part that you didn't know was dead 8 months from now when you build.

Ergroilnin · March 17

9 minutes ago, Blue4130 said:

No, there is no problem. BUT you are really doing things in a dangerous/bad way. You should buy everything (at least everything to make a working machine) at once. Not one piece at a time. At the very least, test the parts as they get to you. The last thing you want is to stuck with a dead part that you didn't know was dead 8 months from now when you build.

Thank you for the response, however there is no danger in buying part by part doing this since I do have at the minimum of 2 years warranty for each part by living and buying in EU. The only problematic thing is that each parts warranty will run out at different time but as for DOA it does not matter. Also while I am not happy about it, I am not able to save such a high amount of money before spending it all. I do need to spend and have some hapiness from each component every so often.

EDIT: And since I am moving from one machine to the other, I have no problem having to spend 2-4 weeks dealing with warranty claims if something does indeed not work out of the box. I won't be stuck without PC.