Should I upgrade my 3060 ti FE to a 4070?

gam3r · 6 Oct 2023 at 11:21

I can get a 4070 for around £520 and probably sell my 3060 ti and recoup some cash.
My CPU is the 5600x and I have 32GB of RAM.

The reason I am pondering this upgrade is that I have a VR headset on the way (Pico4) and want to get better performance. I have read that the 4070 is around a 40-50% performance increase on the 3060 ti.
Is it worth the upgrade?

Also, just to add, I am size bound for the card. The max I can fit into my SFF case is a card of similar size to the 3060ti FE (<250mm). So a 4070 ti may be a better upgrade path, but it just won't fit in my case so I have to rule it out. I have seen MSI have a dual fan variant, but I don't think we can get it in this country (+ it's really expensive).

Ayahuasca · 6 Oct 2023 at 11:26

£200 for a 40-50% improvement in your use case isn't too shabby.

tamzzy · 6 Oct 2023 at 11:51

Ayahuasca said:
£200 for a 40-50% improvement in your use case isn't too shabby.

it's probably more like £280-300
OP listed his 3060ti on MM well overpriced...FE versions are not even going for that kind of pricing on the bay

gam3r · 6 Oct 2023 at 11:59

tamzzy said:
it's probably more like £280-300
OP listed his 3060ti on MM well overpriced...FE versions are not even going for that kind of pricing on the bay

Fair, what is the correct going rate for them?

tamzzy · 6 Oct 2023 at 12:07

gam3r said:
Fair, what is the correct going rate for them?

unfortunately can't price check outside of the MM
post here and i'll reply: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/community/price-checks.102/

RavenXXX2 · 6 Oct 2023 at 12:08

Yes, I did.

Ayahuasca · 6 Oct 2023 at 12:11

tamzzy said:
it's probably more like £280-300
OP listed his 3060ti on MM well overpriced...FE versions are not even going for that kind of pricing on the bay

Ah, I hadn't realised they'd dropped in value that much.

gam3r · 6 Oct 2023 at 15:03

Ayahuasca said:
Ah, I hadn't realised they'd dropped in value that much.

Given the upgrade will probably cost me more like £250 is it still worth it?

MCFC_ANDY · 6 Oct 2023 at 15:28

tamzzy said:
it's probably more like £280-300
OP listed his 3060ti on MM well overpriced...FE versions are not even going for that kind of pricing on the bay

tbh ive seen 3070 go for less than 300 on MM

tamzzy · 6 Oct 2023 at 15:31

MCFC_ANDY said:
tbh ive seen 3070 go for less than 300 on MM

i saw that thread. that was very nice of the seller tbh, and probably more of a one-off than the norm.

MCFC_ANDY · 6 Oct 2023 at 15:33

you never know tbh, gradually lower price and see, or the highest prices is fleabay, but that a risk, ive never had issue selling my gpu on there, but you hear so many horror stories

tamzzy · 6 Oct 2023 at 15:41

MCFC_ANDY said:
you never know tbh, gradually lower price and see, or the highest prices is fleabay, but that a risk, ive never had issue selling my gpu on there, but you hear so many horror stories

Yeah personally would never sell items on the bay. Too many scammers around. Would rather sell for £10-20 less on MM and be sure the transaction is headache-free

Joxeon · 6 Oct 2023 at 18:39

A 4070 has around a 43% performance increase for 50% more money, I mean it’s not great especially when you can snag a used 3080 which is over 10% faster at 4k for around £350.

MCFC_ANDY · 6 Oct 2023 at 20:13

thats what i was thinking 3080's seem to crop up a lot on MM at around the 350 ish mark, sort of devalues everything below

gam3r · 9 Oct 2023 at 14:59

MCFC_ANDY said:
thats what i was thinking 3080's seem to crop up a lot on MM at around the 350 ish mark, sort of devalues everything below

I would do this if I had the option, but a 3080 would not fit in my case (Metis Plus)

Joxeon · 9 Oct 2023 at 15:57

gam3r said:
I would do this if I had the option, but a 3080 would not fit in my case (Metis Plus)

That case says you're limited to a 170mm card so I doubt even a 4070 is going to fit unless you can find a single fan variant.

gam3r · 9 Oct 2023 at 18:00

Joxeon said:
That case says you're limited to a 170mm card so I doubt even a 4070 is going to fit unless you can find a single fan variant.

It does fit, just unofficially (with the drive cage removed and the front IO panel removed). Right now I am running a 3060ti which is much longer than 170mm.

bash factor · 9 Nov 2023 at 02:36

Can someone tell me what webisite is MM? Thanks

Rroff · 9 Nov 2023 at 02:53

bash factor said:
Can someone tell me what webisite is MM? Thanks

It isn't a web-site, it is a section of these forums - see Members Market here: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/help/boardusage/ only for users who've been around awhile.