Need advice Old PC upgrade to run RT minimum setting Cyberpunk

Grizzlywood

Grizzlywood

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Seeing as how its practically impossible to get your hands on a RTX 3700 cards right now, I've decided to settle for the Cyberpunk RT minimum requirements experience. Need help picking parts. I plan on building new PC February of next year so these will be placeholders to run the game.

Cyberpunk official system requirements (Hoping to run Ray Tracing minimum): https://imgur.com/MAek4YJ

Here is my current desktop part list:
-Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor
-Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
-Corsair Vengeance 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR3-1600 CL9 Memory
-Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB AMP Video Card
-XFX 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
-Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 OEM 64-bit
-Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive


Not entirely sure about RAM, CPUZ screenshot https://i.imgur.com/HFUbRO6.png

I'm thinking along the lines of upgrading my GTX 1060 to GTX 2060, no clue if my CPU will cut it though or even operating system for that matter?

I will be running the game on 1080p monitor.

What would you recommend to hit those RT minimum settings?
 
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Not sure what features are supported under DX12 on Windows 7 - the game apparently takes advantage of DX12 feature level on Windows 7 via the MS update but not for all rendering features and possibly RT features require Windows 10.
 
Honestly, the 1060 6GB should be perfectly fine to play it IMO @1080p.

You may as well wait for stock and prices to settle.

The first thing you should be doing is getting a larger SSD ( which you can reuse as game storage when you do a full rebuild with an NVME ) and doing a fresh install with windows 10 pro. If you don't care about more SSD storage then just do the fresh install.

You can buy a 'legit' windows 10 pro key for around a tenner.

You don't mention an overclock on that CPU, if it's not then overclock it.

When stocks settled upgrade to a 5600(x) / board / DDR4 RAM and then eventually upgrade the GPU when you can afford a better monitor and stocks settled.
 
Alright that sounds like a good plan of action, just ordered new SSD. Where can I actually grab Windows 10 pro for that cheap?

I've yet to overclock anything not familiar with process, ill start looking into it.
 
Grizzlywood said:
Alright that sounds like a good plan of action, just ordered new SSD. Where can I actually grab Windows 10 pro for that cheap?

I've yet to overclock anything not familiar with process, ill start looking into it.
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I normally use opium pulses but there is something similar elsewhere. Overclockers sell the retail version too.

Yeah, you should definitely be running overclocked on that CPU as it's a good overclocker so you'll probably find with a fresh install and then getting a overclock in place everything will run smoother anyhow.
 
Fantastic, could I just wipe my current SSD for windows 10 fresh install now, so I can use the new SSD for games and storage. Or is it not recommended to wipe old SSD for new OS, instead wait for new SSD?

Any specific recommendations which motherboard and RAM I could grab off ebay for now until big upgrade next year?
 
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Grizzlywood said:
Fantastic, could I just wipe my current SSD for windows 10 fresh install now, so I can use the new SSD for games and storage. Or is it not recommended to wipe old SSD for new OS, instead wait for new SSD?

Any specific recommendations which motherboard and RAM I could grab off ebay for now until big upgrade next year?
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Yeah you certainly can, just preference one which your boot OS is on really.

You should buy the CPU, RAM board together. 5600x is the way to go. Stick with your current components until then.
 
Can't find any stock for 5600x right now in UK, would alternative combo be comparable, anything you would change?

Intel Core i5-10600K
ASRock B460M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard
Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory
 
Grizzlywood said:
Can't find any stock for 5600x right now in UK, would alternative combo be comparable, anything you would change?

Intel Core i5-10600K
ASRock B460M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard
Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory
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Personally, I would just wait until it's in stock but if you are desperate to upgrade then it's not a bad choice.

With a fresh install and overclock you would be fine IMO, most of your problem currently is you are running an old window 7 install and a non-overlocked CPU.

You should be running that CPU at around 4.3ghz minimum. Currently, it'll only boost up to 3.9. With that and a fresh install your experience should be night and day different.
 
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Personally, I would just wait until it's in stock but if you are desperate to upgrade then it's not a bad choice.

With a fresh install and overclock you would be fine IMO, most of your problem currently is you are running an old window 7 install and a non-overlocked CPU.

You should be running that CPU at around 4.3ghz minimum. Currently, it'll only boost up to 3.9. With that and a fresh install your experience should be night and day different.
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Okay It took a bit of tinkering on my part but I've now got my system running Windows 10 and overcloked at 4.1Ghz not quite sure about temperatures but it seems to be running fine, 40-50 during gaming and 70 during stress test.

Its such a smoother experience! Thank you!
 
Grizzlywood said:
Okay It took a bit of tinkering on my part but I've now got my system running Windows 10 and overcloked at 4.1Ghz not quite sure about temperatures but it seems to be running fine, 40-50 during gaming and 70 during stress test.

Its such a smoother experience! Thank you!
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No problem, temps are fine so you should be able to get that clock higher I imagine.

Honestly, you'll think you'll be fine waiting until everything in stock and prices especially for older GPUs have dropped.
 
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