Upgrading 3600X + 1070Ti

Where there is one, there will soon be another I hope.

I've also realised my PSU is only 750W although I thought I remembered buying a 850W so not sure if it was up to it.
 
That's the problem with not upgrading very often, you tend to forget whats in there. Especially since I don't have a windowed case :D
 
Update!

Ended up grabbing a 4070 Super which is way overkill for my 1440p 70Hz screen...and then one of my friends gave me his first gen Acer X34 Predator (UWQHD 120Hz) which feels like a great pairing!

Currently playing Mafia: Definitive Edition which probably isn't the best test for the GPU, but will finally start playing RDR 2 soon.

I originally upgraded to the 1070Ti in an effort to play RDR 2 all the way back in 2019 but it wasn't running super well. Will be good to finally play the game after a 2nd GPU upgrade!
 
moppy89 said:
I guess the question I'm really trying to answer is: am I going to be severely bottlenecking a 6900xt with a 3600x at 4k?

If I am, then I might as well hold off on upgrading anything until GPU prices have dropped a fair bit and I can try and do GPU+CPU upgrade for £500 tops
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To answer my own question (and maybe for anyone else in the same boat): a 3600 will absolutely bottleneck a 4070s at 1440p UW

I've been playing RDR2 at the HU optimized settings and all was well until I hit Valentine. Could get 100-120 FPS with DLSS. As soon as there's a few NPCs, FPS dipping down to 70-80 with GPU usage at 75% or so and CPU usage above 70%

So I've caved and bought a 5700X3D, only £120 from China. Figured I'll probably upgrade to 32GB RAM at the same time. Sold my 1070Ti for £100 and once I sell off my 3600 and current 16GB LPX set, I figure I'll come in comfortably under the £500 budget I set myself.
 
moppy89 said:
To answer my own question (and maybe for anyone else in the same boat): a 3600 will absolutely bottleneck a 4070s at 1440p UW

I've been playing RDR2 at the HU optimized settings and all was well until I hit Valentine. Could get 100-120 FPS with DLSS. As soon as there's a few NPCs, FPS dipping down to 70-80 with GPU usage at 75% or so and CPU usage above 70%

So I've caved and bought a 5700X3D, only £120 from China. Figured I'll probably upgrade to 32GB RAM at the same time. Sold my 1070Ti for £100 and once I sell off my 3600 and current 16GB LPX set, I figure I'll come in comfortably under the £500 budget I set myself.
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if you get 32gb of ram early it'll be interesting to see your view there..not having enough ram can cause stutteringa dn slow downs too..be nice to see if you swap out whether you notice a difference before you stick the 5700x3d in
 
Craig_d1 said:
if you get 32gb of ram early it'll be interesting to see your view there..not having enough ram can cause stutteringa dn slow downs too..be nice to see if you swap out whether you notice a difference before you stick the 5700x3d in
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Unlikely...I have 1hdd, 2ssds and 5 fans crammed into a Nr200. If I'm taking it apart to fit something, I'm only doing it once!

Especially since I have a C14S cooler which makes accessing RAM tricky
 
Final update!

Have now updated system to a 5700X3D and 32GB of Kingston Fury Beast at 3600Mhz. Thankfully, the RAM seems to be running fine at the advertised speeds even though my B450 mobo (Asrock Fatality ITX) doesn't officially support that speed.

Have also set -30 on all cores on the CPU and seems to be absolutely fine.

My 1%lows are now ~70-80 which is a huge upgrade from that being the average FPS prior to the CPU & RAM upgrade! Absolutely love how smooth everything runs and I think I will be sticking to the current build for a few years now (~5 years if previous upgrade timing is anything to go by!)

Now to decide if I want to try and build a little NAS with the 3600 & 16GB or just sell on!
 
I actually use the computer as a NAS, but considering the cost of getting one up and running, the extra cost of just leaving this system running 24/7 seems a better option. When I need more storage (currently have 4TB HDD rammed in this tiny case) I guess I can reconsider
 
Thing is that the 3600 doesn't have an integrated GPU so youd have to add that to the cost of the build. So you're basically building a whole new pc. And if that's the case then you should've fully upgraded :p
 
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tamzzy said:
Thing is that the 3600 doesn't have an integrated GPU so youd have to add that to the cost of the build. So you're basically building a whole new pc. And if that's the case then you should've fully upgraded :p
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That's a great point, although surely you can set up a headless NAS right?
 
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