Gpu advice

Phlex · 7 May 2022 at 21:10

May I just start by saying a huge thank you to the people that helped me with suggestions on upgrade advice for me to build a 1440p DIY system. I went with the suggestions, built it and the boot up time of my rig has gone from 10 minutes to 10 seconds so I am incredibly pleased. Games are much the same but that is likely due to my gtx 1060 limits.

People also gave me suggestions for a gpu but I decided to wait and read up a bit more. Sadly reading more has left me more confused as prices are apparently meant to now be at rrp but still seem high for here in the U.K.

I am basically asking for people's advice if you'd please. If I was looking at a 1440p gpu would you recommend getting 3060ti or 6070xt now or would you advise waiting for the whole new nvidia gen for end of the year?

Would people recommend a completely different gpu with current market prices in the u.k?

Many thanks

Phlex · 11 May 2022 at 15:47

Thank you loads guys again for your response. I got a 6750 red devil in the end as it ended up cheaper than the 6700 red devil and 3070 so thought that had the closest mrp.

The problem is now that checking over my psu it is a 500w bronze so I'm definitely going to need it swapped I think. I was looking at 650w ones but then realised that you guys are probably the best people to ask again. Are there any psus you'd recommend?

Thanks again as always.

Phlex · 12 May 2022 at 16:35

So thank you again guys for the suggestion - I got a 850w corsair in the end as it was actually cheaper than the 750 with a sale price on.

I have just fitted it and all seems OK so far except one thing. When I start up my PC it makes a slight click sound. I've checked temps and everything and all seems to be fine (23° cpu cores, 24° mb, 40° gpu) in idle and I don't seem to hear it when it is running or under load...just on boot up. Is this ok?

Phlex · 12 May 2022 at 18:34

Brill thank you again guys - sorry just one more thing. When I get my 6750 it has 2, 8 pin power slots. I noticed on the PCI cable that plugs into the power supply it has 2 six pin adapters on the cable with 2 small 2 pin adapters. Do I basically combine this all together and plug into the slots so it is the one pci cable powering the card or am I meant to use 2 seperate pci cables from the psu?....I hope that made sense XD

Phlex · 13 May 2022 at 22:05

Thank you again guys. GPU arrived today and have my 2nd pci cable connected to power supply so will have to see how it goes if I get chance to fit it over the weekend. I know I said just one more question and apologies as I just thought of something else pretty important that I am, again, ignorant about and need to ask. As I'm going from a gtx 1060 to an AMD card a friend told me that just uninstalling my Nvidia drivers won't really cut it. Does anybody have instructions on what else/ what I would have to do differently to transition to the new GPU?