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Hiya! It's my first time upgrading a build and I'm definitely not tech savvy so I'd appreciate any help I can get :') - I currently have an RX 580 and wish to upgrade to a 4070 Super. Potentially use both of them in the future!
I've taken as much directionless initiative as I can before coming here and tried answering some questions I had x Please let me know if/where I went wrong, I really want to learn more! Sorry for the weird format :') specs at the bottom
Claims:
- The 4070 Super will work with my 650 Watt GPU considering the other components listed below.
- Though the 4070 Super is Gen 4, the PCIe 3.0 slots on the motherboard are forward and backwards compatible with different generations, including with the 4070 Super.
- The performance impact of using PCIe 3.0 slots for a gen 4 GPU is very small/negligible.
- I can still make use of the RX 580, where according to the manual I can connect my 4070 Super to the PCI_E1 (PCIe 3.0 x16 CPU) and my RX 580 to PCI_E3 (PCIe 3.0 x4 PCH) provided that I upgrade my power supply to a 850W one.
- With two GPUs, I can run Discord, chrome and so on using the RX 580 GPU, while running games and productivity programs on the 4070 Super GPU.
Specifications
Motherboard: MPG Z490 Gaming Edge WIFI
📖 Manual link: https://download.msi.com/archive/mnu_exe/mb/E7C79v1.1.pdf
⚡..50W?
- **CPU: i9-10900K **
⚡ 250W
CPU Socket
- Cooling
Noctua NH-D15 Dual-Tower ⚡ <2W
4x Fractal Meshify C Case fans ⚡ <24W
- NEW GPU: RTX 4070 Super
⚡ 220W
PCI_E1
OLD GPU: RX 580 ARMOR OC
Draws too much power! Upgrade PSU to use this one too
⚡ 185W
PCI_E3
- RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB (4 x 8 GB)
⚡ <5W
- Storage
M.2_1: Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB ⚡ 10W
M.2_2: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB ⚡ 10W
- Power Supply: Corsair RM650i
🔌 650W
Total ⚡ 571W
- Display:
1x ASUS VP280QG 28 inch 4K
1x Kamvas Pro 13
Whether you're able to help or not I'd like to thank you vm for your time! x :')
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