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DasSnoopy48
By DasSnoopy48
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Hey everyone!

 

I'm looking into upgrading my computer and after watching hours of youtube videos, I still don't know what to do. So mainly I would like to upgrade my GPU as I have an older GTX 960 FTW and was looking into a 1070 maybe even a 1080. However, I ran into some videos talking about bottlenecking and I'm worried that my CPU might be outdated. So, basically what I'm looking for is advice on if I should go for the 1080(because it's performance will last longer) or go with a cheaper 1070(because my CPU will bottleneck the higher end graphics card) and invest in a CPU as well. Please find listed below my hardware and let me know what I should actually replace.

 

CPU- AMD FX 8350 4000 MHz

RAM- Dominator Platinum 16 GB

GPU- EVGA GTX 960 FTW

Motherboard- Not sure where to find this info its an ASUS

 

If you guys need more information please let me know where to find it and ill happily provide it.

 

Thanks in advance for some help!

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12 minutes ago, DasSnoopy48 said:

Hey everyone!

 

I'm looking into upgrading my computer and after watching hours of youtube videos, I still don't know what to do. So mainly I would like to upgrade my GPU as I have an older GTX 960 FTW and was looking into a 1070 maybe even a 1080. However, I ran into some videos talking about bottlenecking and I'm worried that my CPU might be outdated. So, basically what I'm looking for is advice on if I should go for the 1080(because it's performance will last longer) or go with a cheaper 1070(because my CPU will bottleneck the higher end graphics card) and invest in a CPU as well. Please find listed below my hardware and let me know what I should actually replace.

 

CPU- AMD FX 8350 4000 MHz

RAM- Dominator Platinum 16 GB

GPU- EVGA GTX 960 FTW

Motherboard- Not sure where to find this info its an ASUS

 

If you guys need more information please let me know where to find it and ill happily provide it.

 

Thanks in advance for some help!

There is no point of upgrading if you're not upgrading the CPU as well.

 

I'd try to sell those as a bundle first and THEN buy something with the money. new i5 would do you nicely or R5 1600. That with 1070 or 1080 will crush.

Main PC:

CPU: Intel Core i9 13900KS SP 116 (124P-102E) (6.1Ghz P-Cores 4.8Ghz E-cores) MC SP 88

CPU Voltage: LLC8 1.525V (real voltage 1.425V + - Temps 85-90 P-Cores, 70-73 E-cores)

Cooled by: Supercool Direct Die 14th gen full nickel

Motherboard: Z790 ASUS Maximus Apex Encore

RAM: GSkill TridentZ 2x24GB DDR5 8600Mhz CL38 (OC from 8000Mhz CL40)

GPU: RTX MSI 4090 Suprim X with EKWB waterblock

Case: My own case fabricated out of aluminium and wood

Storage: 4x 2TB Sarbent Rocket Plus Gen 4.0 NVMe, 1x External 2TB Seagate Barracuda (Backup)

WiFi: BE202 WiFi 7 Tri-Band card module

PSU: Corsair AX1600i with custom black and red cables with 2x Corsair 5V+ Load Balancer

Display: Samsung Oddysey G9 240Hz Ver. 5120x1440 with G-Sync and Freesync Premium Pro 1008 Firmware Ver, and 1x Electriq USB C 1080p 15'8 inch IPS portable display for temperature and stats, MSI 23'8 144Hz G-Sync

Fan Controllers:  6x AquaComputer Octo with 5 temperature sensors

Cooling: Three Custom Loops:

1st Loop: 5x 480mm XE CoolStream radiators with 1x Revo D5 RGB pump and 1x Rajintek Antila D5 Evo RGB pump for GPU only cooling with 2x Koolance QDC3, red coolant

2nd Loop: 5x 480mm XE CoolStream radiators with 1x Revo D5 RGB pump and 1x Rajintek Antila D5 Evo RGB pump for CPU only cooling with 2x Koolance QDC3, purple coolant

3rd Loop: 1x 240mm PE CoolStream radiator with 1x EKWB Revo D5 pump (RAM ONLY)

Total: 5x pumps and 13x radiators 50x 3000RPM Noctua Industrial fans

Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow V3 RGB - Green switches

Sound: Logitech Z680 5.1 THX Certified 505W Speakers

Mouse: Razer Basilisk Ultimate Wireless with charging dock

Piano: Yamaha P155

Phone: Oppo Find X5 Pro

Camera: Logitech Brio Pro 4K

VR: Oculus Rift S

External SSD: 256GB Overclocking OS

Laptop: MSI Titan GT77HX V13, RTX 4090 175W, i9 13980HX OC: P-Cores 5.8Ghz 3 cores and 5.2Ghz 5 cores and E-Cores 4.3Ghz, 192GB of RAM @5600Mhz @3600 (chipset limit),

12TB (3x4TB) of NVMe, 17'3 inch 4K 144Hz MiniLED screen, 4x 17'3 ASUS portable USB-C Monitors 240Hz, Creative Sound Blaster G6 Sound Card, Portable 16TB NVMe in TB4 enclosures (8x2TB), Razer Basilisk Ultimate Wireless with charging dock gaming mouse, Keychron K3 gaming keyboard with blue switches low profile, Logitech Brio 4K Webcam.

Hand held: ROG Ally with XG Mobile RTX 3080 with Keychron K3 low profile keyboard (Blue Switches) and Razer Hyperspeed V3 mouse and 4TB NVMe upgrade (WDBlack SN850X), with 100W 20000Mah power bank and portable monitor ROG XG17AHP 17'3 inch 240Hz with built in battery, and 518Wh Power station for Camping.

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I would need to get a new motherboard then wouldn’t I? I think I have an AM3 socket

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