The 2070 Super will be a massive upgrade for you. And it's a fantastic card. The rest of your system is fine.
That's the card I would get if I was in your situation.
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Best Sub 1k Graphics Card?
- Thread starter adam1v
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The 2070 Super will be a massive upgrade for you. And it's a fantastic card. The rest of your system is fine.
That's the card I would get if I was in your situation.
Thanks for all your input guys, I've gone with:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Along with a new Corsair RMX850W PSU. Appreciate 850W is massively overkill, but RMX650 and 750 wasnt in stock.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £669.89 (includes shipping: £9.90)
Along with a new Corsair RMX850W PSU. Appreciate 850W is massively overkill, but RMX650 and 750 wasnt in stock.
Soldato
Blimey that's an expensive 2070S????
Mine was 479 quid.
Mine was 479 quid.
You've genuinely just spent £660 on a 2070S? You could get a 2080S for less than that, I'd never pay more than £450-500 for a 2070S, and personally speaking I'd still pick up a 5700XT for £330 and enjoy near identical performance. There was even a guy on the first page that specifically told you to not get the card you've went for:
Even the PSU is massive overkill, you'd have been fine with a good 450-550W on that system, I can see getting a 650W to give you plenty of room but 850W is almost double your power requirements.
For the extra money you've spent you could have got a 2070S, a new PSU, and an upgrade to a Ryzen 3000 platform.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Same system but with a 3700X:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
If you reused your current RAM and sold your motherboard and CPU you would have came in under what you've just spent and would have a better system.
If you really wanted to go for a higher wattage PSU:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Even the PSU is massive overkill, you'd have been fine with a good 450-550W on that system, I can see getting a 650W to give you plenty of room but 850W is almost double your power requirements.
For the extra money you've spent you could have got a 2070S, a new PSU, and an upgrade to a Ryzen 3000 platform.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £499.99
- 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GM-500 500W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £74.99
- 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £89.99
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £199.99
Total: £864.96 (includes shipping: £0.00)
Same system but with a 3700X:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £499.99
- 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GM-500 500W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £74.99
- 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £89.99
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £299.99
Total: £964.96 (includes shipping: £0.00)
If you reused your current RAM and sold your motherboard and CPU you would have came in under what you've just spent and would have a better system.
If you really wanted to go for a higher wattage PSU:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £89.99 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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The graphics card has come courtesy of the tax man, so I dont feel too bad throwing a bit more at the higher end 2070S series.
Appreciate money can be better spent in other areas. PSU was £120 including delivery which was ok....
There's literally 2080S, decent models, available for £600-650 if you look around.
Spending £170 + more on one 2070S over another 2070S where the performance difference will be a couple of percent if there's any at all is not a 'bit more' tbh.
It's your money, but you've spent more for less.
Spending £170 + more on one 2070S over another 2070S where the performance difference will be a couple of percent if there's any at all is not a 'bit more' tbh.
It's your money, but you've spent more for less.
Dunno man. That's like saying you paid Audi money for a Dacia...because it's a higher end Dacia...
Makes zero sense at all.
I would agree if I ended up with an Dacia, but I've bought a decent Audi.... just overspent on the extras.
Alright.
You've bought a mid range Audi and overspent by more than 25% to get fancy floor mats when you could have had a Porsche for less money.
Don't forget the roof rails
Oh and the black pack...
And the go-go-faster stripes
At least he didn't buy a top tier 2080ti I suppose.
Would be like that roof-box Koenigsegg released a few years back.
For when you REALLY need to get to the caravan park.
struggling to find a 2080S anywhere around the 650 mark in stock anywhere. Are you referring to the Palit Gamerock?
Right order cancelled... I want a 2080S and will upgrade mobo/CPU later in the year
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@adam1v have a read: https://www.techspot.com/review/1861-rtx-2060-budget-vs-premium-graphics-card/
applies to all models of graphics cards
applies to all models of graphics cards
From what I can see 2080s mainly start at over £700
I'm literally looking at the models I mentioned above in another tab for the prices I've stated with the exception of the MSI.
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Buying at that price makes zero sense at all.
Soldato
Crazy price for a 2070S at least £150 more than should have paid. Either the Windforce or ASUS Super Dual would have done the job around £150 cheaper from OCUK. That sort of money (and the sub £1k subject header) you might as well have got the 2080S.
Yep Gray2233 just seen Windforce 2080S at around that price. Also the MSI Super near me for £676
Yep Gray2233 just seen Windforce 2080S at around that price. Also the MSI Super near me for £676