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#Hey guys i have a 4 year old pc specialist rig with a 30 series gpu and need help
wet latch
hot star
at 1080p, the CPU is more important than the GPU, the 10700 is getting long in the tooth at this point, and just upgrading the CPU would be kind of like lipstick on a pig, since all you can upgrade to is the intel 11th gen, and you won't see huge gains, new PC would serve you better at this point, if you want to stay on 1080, then the 3070 is fine and can easily be transplanted, and while the 3070 is no beast, it will do fairly well at 1440, but it will be sweating depending on your settings
hot star
yeah, frankly the amount of upgrades needed to make 1440 work on your PC would cost so much a new PC is the better option
Case
CORSAIR 3500X ARGB TEMPERED GLASS MID-TOWER (BLACK)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Six Core CPU (4.7GHz-5.3GHz/38MB CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 6E)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4070 SUPER - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 3325MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 360 Series ARGB High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NONE OR ONBOARD Wi-Fi (MOTHERBOARD DEPENDENT)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
Norton 360 inc. Game Optimizer - Free 90 Day License
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 6 working days
Price: £1,822.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/p35cHfvJBd/
here's a system, about in the middle of your budget, with solid 1440 performance, and lots of upgrade potential
the cooler and PSU are technically over specced, but if you want to upgrade those are nice to have in advance
the motherboard also can be called overkill, but with the 50 series GPUs on the horizon, the PCIe 5 capability will make sure later GPUs aren't held back by the board itself
dull eagle
yeah, frankly the amount of upgrades needed to make 1440 work on your PC would c...
A new pc ain’t the better option
He can stick to the components of his current pc and upgrade components
He doesn’t have to upgrade case, psu, ssd and cooler
He just need a motherboard, cpu and gpu upgrade
wild trench
...and RAM
At this point I know I would invest into a complete new build
hot star
550W leaves no room to upgrade, the RAM is limp at best for these days, a motherboard costs a fair bit, it's basically a whole new PC at that point
dull eagle
But he can stick with hi so case and cooler
If he bought a new pc he would need to buy a new case and cooler
Which would cost more
scarlet lodge
Case and cooler is onlya small amount of the build
dull eagle
Yeh but it’s still cost
hot star
yeah, case and cooler are 100-250GBP, and with a new PC the parts and PC overall has a new warranty
dull eagle
A good case and cooler can be 100-200 £
scarlet lodge
Also we cannot discuss self-builds in here at which point the thread would be moot
wild trench
Let's put it this way...
You're not wrong
But a new PC, provided they can afford it, would just make more sense. Especially when given the opportunity to move into current gen supporting DDR5
dull eagle
He can stick with the i7 10th hen and make a gpu upgrade to the 4070 super and psu upgrade to 750 watts
Ik the cpu might need an upgrade but the i7 10700 and 4070 super make a good 1440p combo
plucky vector
to the OP: since you already got the monitor, just plug it into your PC and see how the performance is!
dull eagle
to the OP: since you already got the monitor, just plug it into your PC and see ...
… dam … didn’t think of that … ur smart
But if ur pc can’t run gud in 1440p then u can go for a gigabyte etc 4070 ti super and a cooler master 850 watt gold psu for around 925 £
I’m from India and I’m converting the price of the components in India to pounds, so the price might waver a little bit