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[Spoonsfc]

Hi

I will be getting a 3070ti in about a month from a friend and wanted to build a pc around it.

I currently have a 1080GTX, Ryzen 1600, B450 Aorus Pro & 16g RAM, 1440p monitor.

Been advised to get 5700x3d, B550 MB & 32GB RAM

I mainly play AAA RPGs and also MMOs/arpgs

I would like to play now 2k at high-ish setting and then upgrade in 12-18months to play 4k. Happy to use dlss in both scenarios

My thinking though is if I am going to upgrade again later, it might be better for me to wait a while and get CPU, MB that is more future proof (AM5) and 4k monitor. But then how bad will my current setup be..


So questions are

- Is it worth waiting to get next gen CPU/MB or are they not that important in order to be able to have a 4k setup after that?

- How realistic is it to get 2k high if I just swapped GPUs.. guessing my CPU may be an issue here? what is the minimum CPU needed to achieve this with 3070?

- Is 4k Medium-High possible with 3070 or is that going to need to be upgraded as well?

 

[Spoonsfc]

If you're wanting to play AAA RPG's at 4K you're going to struggle with the 3070ti, while it's a decently quick card it's also VRAM limited. You'll get away with mixed settings and DLSS in some titles, but there's others that you're really going to struggle with. You should be alright with med-high settings depending on the game at 2K, although unfortunately for AAA games there's still going to be the odd scenario where you might run into VRAM problems, I did on a 3060ti at that res and that's a slower card than yours. I'd certainly say it's manageable as long as you're realistic with your expectations and settings.

You used to be able to get a 5700X3D for around £120-150, at that price point I'd say it's worth it so that is a good shout if reusing your existing B450. If you're planning on switching motherboard you might as well move to AM5, you're really not gaining anything worthwhile with B550 over B450. Regardless, your Ryzen 1600 at 1440P is going to hold back your 3070ti, so much so even a jump to a cheap 5600 with your existing motherboard should see a healthy uplift.

This is what I would do:

- Grab a 5700X3D now if you can get one for the prices I suggested and use your current motherboard, if not the cheapest 5600 you can find (should be easily possible for under £100), do not get the 5600G as it has half the L3 cache which cripples gaming performance.
- Upgrade to 32GB of RAM, ideally 2x16GB sticks as AMD can be finicky at times with 4x8.
- Do a full platform upgrade in 12-18 months to AM5, or the Intel equivalent assuming they can release a competitive product.

Thanks for reply. That sounds like the wise choice. Although looking at the prices 5700x3d is £220 and 5600 is like a £100 so would prefer the latter if it would do the job until I upgrade again in a year or so