Upgrading 10 year old pc, is SSD and gtx 1080 ti worth keeping

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I have an an ancient motherboard which i've been trying to keep to update but I fear the time has come.

The only componant I have that might be worth keeping is the graphics card

gtx 1080 ti

is this worth keeping or should i upgrade that too?

The kind of level I'm aiming it, as I would like to be able to have option of playing Rocket League and Doom Eternal at 4k .

Would also be good to lower noise a bit, but not sure if that is GPU's fault at all.

TIA
 
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chorse said:
I have an an ancient motherboard which i've been trying to keep to update but I fear the time has come.

The only componant I have that might be worth keeping is the graphics card

gtx 1080 ti

is this worth keeping or should i upgrade that too?

The kind of level I'm aiming it, as I would like to be able to have option of playing Rocket League and Doom Eternal at 4k .

Would also be good to lower noise a bit, but not sure if that is GPU's fault at all.

TIA

PS bonus question, what are the rules for new members posting in speaker's forum etc?
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I've got a 1080ti on an old mobo and 4770k and it still plays doom eternal maxed out at 4k, it's not the most demanding game
 
Totally keep the 1080Ti - I'm using one at 3440x1440 and it runs most stuff above 90fps with good settings.

Even a 2080Ti is only about 30-35% faster and 3000 series is due in a few months so hang onto it and wait.

I recently upgraded a 9-year old 2600K and was amazed at the new lease of life it gave the 1080Ti, even at high res/settings.
 
What kind of budget am I looking at for relatively future proof base unit? In terms of being reasonably future proof for 5 years and upgradable?

I will be keeping the 2x 4k monitors, 2x SSD, external audio, the above GPU.

I'll throw the 10 year old stuff, 16GB of legacy ram, motherboard, case, power units.

So in my head I'm thinking about 6 or 700 for case, processor, motherboard, power, RAM. Is this a sensible budget? I've no idea honestly. I'm not on super tight budget, but also don't want to spend for sake of it.

Any tips on which motherboard and processors are good in this price range?

Thanks a lot
 
You should be able to keep the case. Keep the PSU too - I'm guessing it's not that old and there's a shortage of PSUs at the moment.

Basic build:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £410.43 (includes shipping: £10.50)​
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The motherboard is a placeholder: B550 boards are being released next week.

An 8 core Ryzen 3700 will cost you another £100 as will an upgrade to 32 GB RAM.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £635.43 (includes shipping: £10.50)​
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You may well want to add a CPU cooler but that will depend upon the case. If you do want a new case, look at the Fractal Design Meshify series.
 
Quartz said:
You should be able to keep the case. Keep the PSU too - I'm guessing it's not that old and there's a shortage of PSUs at the moment.

Basic build:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £410.43 (includes shipping: £10.50)
​

The motherboard is a placeholder: B550 boards are being released next week.

An 8 core Ryzen 3700 will cost you another £100 as will an upgrade to 32 GB RAM.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £635.43 (includes shipping: £10.50)
​


You may well want to add a CPU cooler but that will depend upon the case. If you do want a new case, look at the Fractal Design Meshify series.
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Thanks for the tips I’m leaning towards basket 2.
When you say placeholder, is it jut a case of delayed delivery for a week? You advise waiting ?
 
B@Th*nG said:
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Why would you go for slower ram that costs more money? Genuine question

B@
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It's Samsung B-Die, while it's clocked lower it's higher quality RAM. It'll do better speeds and timings than the Corsair RGB stuff above.

There's no doubt in my mind that at the very least it'll hit 3600 at C16 for example, and it'll probably do better. I've seen people hit 4000mhz on those sticks, although you need to balance out speed vs timings in order to get the best results.

If spending around the £200 mark on 32GB of RAM I'd say they're by far the best option.
 
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Gray2233 said:
It's Samsung B-Die, while it's clocked lower it's higher quality RAM. It'll do better speeds and timings than the Corsair RGB stuff above.

There's no doubt in my mind that at the very least it'll hit 3600 at C16 for example, and it'll probably do better. I've seen people hit 4000mhz on those sticks, although you need to balance out speed vs timings in order to get the best results.

If spending around the £200 mark on 32GB of RAM I'd say they're by far the best option.
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I haven't done any overclocking since my q6600 so things may have changed - but is there anything to be gained by overclocking these Ryzens? Or do you just mean an increase to the RAM speed alone? I understood that there wasn't really any benefit to be had by clocking the Ryzen 3000 series is all, because it kills single core performance.

B@
 
B@Th*nG said:
I haven't done any overclocking since my q6600 so things may have changed - but is there anything to be gained by overclocking these Ryzens? Or do you just mean an increase to the RAM speed alone? I understood that there wasn't really any benefit to be had by clocking the Ryzen 3000 series is all, because it kills single core performance.

B@
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You can gain quite a bit by tweaking/oc'ing your RAM with Ryzen.

This is a good read: https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3508-ryzen-3000-memory-benchmark-best-ram-fclk-uclock-mclock

If you look at the results you'll see 3800-4000mhz C18/C19 losing out to 3600 c16 as an example, the RGB Corsair above is 3600 C18. Given the £15 price difference between it and the 8 Pack/B-Die stuff I'd say it's a no brainer if you're willing to spend in that region on RAM. As I said, it'll easily do 3600 C16 and it'll probably do better.

Honestly, given the latency differences between the two above kits I wouldn't be surprised if the 8 Pack stuff was faster even without taking the time to oc and tighten timings.
 
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Gray2233 said:
You can gain quite a bit by tweaking/oc'ing your RAM with Ryzen.

This is a good read: https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3508-ryzen-3000-memory-benchmark-best-ram-fclk-uclock-mclock

If you look at the results you'll see 3800-4000mhz C18/C19 losing out to 3600 c16 as an example, the RGB Corsair above is 3600 C18. Given the £15 price difference between it and the 8 Pack/B-Die stuff I'd say it's a no brainer if you're willing to spend in that region on RAM. As I said, it'll easily do 3600 C16 and it'll probably do better.

Honestly, given the latency differences between the two above kits I wouldn't be surprised if the 8 Pack stuff was faster even without taking the time to oc and tighten timings.
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thank you!!
 
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