Cpu Upgrade

tamzzy · 22 May 2021 at 21:32

cplnobbie said:
Got all the bits today so put It all In, took me ages to fit the new cooler as not much room, pc started It recognised the new CPU and went to bois screen where I went with defaults and all seems well.

Very nice.

cplnobbie said:
Now need to find a 2nd hand GPU better than mine now lol

Unfortunately GPU prices are all over the place at present... So might be in for a long wait...

Danny75 · 23 May 2021 at 01:20

Buy used system if it's got a GPU you want and is ok for the money, keep GPU sell the rest of the system (with your old card).

EsaT · 23 May 2021 at 15:20

tamzzy said:
Unfortunately GPU prices are all over the place at present... So might be in for a long wait...

They aren't all over the place, they're all at geosynchronous orbit.

And can't see any certain more permanent end to price situation, unless electricity&resource waste currencies get banned as crime against environment they are.

tamzzy · 23 May 2021 at 16:06

EsaT said:
They aren't all over the place, they're all at geosynchronous orbit.

EsaT said:
And can't see any certain more permanent end to price situation,

Well apparently the mining difficulty for ETH has dropped in the last 48h. Whether it's a blip or a trend remains to be seen.
Hopefully it's a trend...which means that miners are starting to dump hardware...

Plec · 23 May 2021 at 18:48

tamzzy said:
Well apparently the mining difficulty for ETH has dropped in the last 48h. Whether it's a blip or a trend remains to be seen.
Hopefully it's a trend...which means that miners are starting to dump hardware...

God, I hope it's a trend - my son wants a 6800/3070.

Perhaps some more carefully orchestrated tourette outbursts from Elon Musk will help seal the deal...

Danny75 · 23 May 2021 at 19:54

I've decided my next card's going to be something like a 3070 flogged by a desperate out-of-work miner for £0.99. Should probably sell my 1070 now and play solitaire for now.

cplnobbie · 3 Jun 2021 at 09:36

Ive been offered an GTX 1070 8Gb would this been a good upgrade on my 1050 ti and better for me on flt sim 2020

tamzzy · 3 Jun 2021 at 09:47

cplnobbie said:
Ive been offered an GTX 1070 8Gb would this been a good upgrade on my 1050 ti and better for me on flt sim 2020

The 1070 is over double the performance of the 1050ti. So a very nice upgrade. Depends on the price though...

cplnobbie · 3 Jun 2021 at 11:57

tamzzy said:
The 1070 is over double the performance of the 1050ti. So a very nice upgrade. Depends on the price though...

Not too bad as I sold all the bits I updated and some others but about £150
I take it the power supply will still be ok

tamzzy · 3 Jun 2021 at 12:11

cplnobbie said:
Not too bad as I sold all the bits I updated and some others but about £150
I take it the power supply will still be ok

£150 is good.
What is your power supply?

mickyflinn · 3 Jun 2021 at 12:19

cplnobbie said:
Not too bad as I sold all the bits I updated and some others but about £150
I take it the power supply will still be ok

tamzzy said:
£150 is good.
What is your power supply?

AeroCool® Integrator 500W

You need to get a quality psu do you have a budget ?

cplnobbie · 3 Jun 2021 at 12:37

mickyflinn said:
AeroCool® Integrator 500W

You need to get a quality psu do you have a budget ?

I take It that wont work then ?
What could I use as not being able to afford too much please.

Danny75 · 3 Jun 2021 at 12:51

cplnobbie said:
I take It that wont work then ?

If the 1070 has an 8-pin connector it will work. Can you use it? Yes. Should you get a better PSU anyway? Yes. If not now, pronto.

If it has more connectors it won't work as that PSU only has 8-pin (6+2).

mickyflinn · 3 Jun 2021 at 12:53

cplnobbie said:
I take It that wont work then ?
What could I use as not being able to afford too much please.

It will work.

its just not a good quality unit so a psu upgrade should be your next upgrade.

nlel1975 · 3 Jun 2021 at 13:04

My PSU in sig is a good budget one, comes with a 5 year warranty. Around £ 70 inc VAT

cplnobbie · 3 Jun 2021 at 13:15

mickyflinn said:
It will work.

its just not a good quality unit so a psu upgrade should be your next upgrade.

any idea's that would fit the current motherboard

cplnobbie · 3 Jun 2021 at 13:17

Danny75 said:
If the 1070 has an 8-pin connector it will work. Can you use it? Yes. Should you get a better PSU anyway? Yes. If not now, pronto.

If it has more connectors it won't work as that PSU only has 8-pin (6+2).

I think the 1070 card would fit the motherboard

Danny75 · 3 Jun 2021 at 13:20

cplnobbie said:
I think the 1070 card would fit the motherboard

You misunderstand. Nothing to do with the motherboard.

Some GTX 1070 come with a single 8-pin power connector. Others come with two connectors.

Your power supply only has one 8-pin (6+2) cable.

So you need to check which GTX 1070 model it is and how many connectors it has.

cplnobbie · 3 Jun 2021 at 13:45

Danny75 said:
You misunderstand. Nothing to do with the motherboard.

Some GTX 1070 come with a single 8-pin power connector. Others come with two connectors.

Your power supply only has one 8-pin (6+2) cable.

So you need to check which GTX 1070 model it is and how many connectors it has.

ok thanks for that as i'm learning as i go along

cplnobbie · 3 Jun 2021 at 13:50

Danny75 said:
You misunderstand. Nothing to do with the motherboard.

Some GTX 1070 come with a single 8-pin power connector. Others come with two connectors.

Your power supply only has one 8-pin (6+2) cable.

So you need to check which GTX 1070 model it is and how many connectors it has.

I would not be able to check it until i bought it from the highstreet