Upgrading sons PC

[Quartz]

Err, that card can draw 350-400 watt. A 500-watt power supply will explode lol

@jigger appeared to be wanting to do just that.

 

[jigger]

I wouldn't run a 3080 off a 500W PSU. Remember that you need power for the CPU, the motherboard, and the storage devices.

Neither would I, it wasn’t meant to be taken seriously. Joxen contradicts himself again.

 

[jigger]

Err, that card can draw 350-400 watt. A 500-watt power supply will explode lol

Yeah.

No, it would be the most illogical upgrade.

OP, the 3080 is rather power hungry and doesn’t conform to industry spec. Nvidia pull dangerous amounts of power and produce incredible amounts of heat. This isn’t a product like the 1080 and you need to build a system around the card. Even forgiving the issues with the card the performance isn’t anything to write home about either.

You also need a very highend Ryzen 5000 system to get the advertised performance. The RTX 3080 isn’t a drop in and forget product for casual users.

 

[Joxeon]

Neither would I, it wasn’t meant to be taken seriously. Joxen contradicts himself again.

How did I contradict myself as I never recommended a 500w psu to the OP.

Assuming you are going to reuse the case?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £119.99
• 1 x Team Group 8Pack Edition 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £199.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core 4.7GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £382.99
• 1 x WD Black 1TB SN750 M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0C)= £119.99
• 1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer II A-RGB High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 360mm= £119.99
• 1 x Corsair RMx Series RMx750 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020179-UK)= £92.99

Total: £1,047.04 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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[Craig_d1]

The OP asked whether it was a good idea upgrading his gpu. I think it is. Lots of people have got FE cards and love them. I'm not reading any horror stories of them being ***p. Most saying large uplift compared to last year. And buying any of the cards I mentioned would either put money in his pocket, giving him an up to date gpu which will be worth more in a couple of years than a 4/5 year old card. How is selling a 1080ti for £400 and getting a 3060ti for £369 a bad deal, or a 3070ti for £529...if you don't want to put it in your system you can sell it for £300 profit anyway...
If prices revert back to normal(not likely any time soon, what price will he get for his 1080ti?...like swapping cars, you have to look at the cost of change, not the cost of what you're buying alone..
The OP also wants to upgrade his psu also, so what has power draw got to do with anything? He was recommended a 750w(I recommended a 850w..the rm850x, though offer at £109 is gone and it's back to £129, but worth looking around, prices go up and down regularly...just check warranties, if they have 10years on them, then they should have good components)
But, I respect you're opinion the 3000 series are ***p cards. I respectively disagree also.