The Power PC Thread [f*ck off consoles]

[hopgop1]

Going from a Gigabyte geforce RTX 4070 OC to a 5080 worth it for £1000vsPerformance gain?

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/msi-geforce-rtx-5080-16-gb-ventus-3x-oc-plus-graphics-card-10275135.html?__cf_chl_tk=QYqABzYPDml413JmmzM5nLsgd3oaHiqFCnHzymtiTqM-1760701519-1.0.1.1-Bx6N8kvkHTdRQarAkY8wdYBTnyyC6n.UB24g.OGRQ7g

Has to be this one as I get some technology benefit from work that is limited to £1000 from Currys.

Are you at 4K or something? Otherwise I can't imagine the £ to performance gain is worth it. Even at 4K I'd probably want more than 16GB of VRAM

 

[mace¬]

I looked at the 5080 and opted to wait for the 5080 super. Expected to be announced in Jan.

That would be ideal but would be over the £1000 budget, so looks like I'm tied to a standard 5080 or nothing

 

[mace¬]

Are you at 4K or something? Otherwise I can't imagine the £ to performance gain is worth it. Even at 4K I'd probably want more than 16GB of VRAM

No, just running my Philips Envia 49", 5120x1440 I think.

 

[.Joe]

Currently rocking a pair of 980ti hybrids in sli, would it be worth upgrading to a 2080/3080?

 

[McGherkin]

Currently rocking a pair of 980ti hybrids in sli, would it be worth upgrading to a 2080/3080?

Yes. Very yes. 3080 will probably be double the performance (I wouldn’t bother with 20 series), and SLI support these days is pretty poor and will get worse going forward.

However if your CPU is as old as the 980tis it may be your next bottleneck.

 

[.Joe]

Yes. Very yes. 3080 will probably be double the performance (I wouldn’t bother with 20 series), and SLI support these days is pretty poor and will get worse going forward.

However if your CPU is as old as the 980tis it may be your next bottleneck.

6700k is probably a smidgen younger.

it quite comfortably hits 60-70fps on a 21:9 on max settings.
i'm just finding it hard to justify the upgrade just for iracing

 

[Ray Gin]

That would be ideal but would be over the £1000 budget, so looks like I'm tied to a standard 5080 or nothing

Can't imagine it'll be too much higher than £1000

 

[Daz...]

That would be ideal but would be over the £1000 budget, so looks like I'm tied to a standard 5080 or nothing

If it’s the same as what my work do then you’ll get a voucher to use so whatever you get can be more than £1000.

 

[.Joe]

6700k is probably a smidgen younger.

it quite comfortably hits 60-70fps on a 21:9 on max settings.
i'm just finding it hard to justify the upgrade just for iracing

after nearly 10 years of a stable solid overclock it finally ate the dust with frame rates dropping as low as 15 at 1080p before completely giving up on me

 

[Geddes]

Well my new pc is getting built today, unfortunately I’m not there to see how it’s built and to lend a hand. Hopefully it all goes goes well. Think I ordered my first part very earlier in the year and last part few weeks ago.

 

[N0ddie]

Well my new pc is getting built today, unfortunately I’m not there to see how it’s built and to lend a hand. Hopefully it all goes goes well. Think I ordered my first part very earlier in the year and last part few weeks ago.

You not fancy building it yourself? I find as much enjoyment in building the thing as I do playing on it. The small form factor builds in particular are really enjoyable.

 

[Geddes]

You not fancy building it yourself? I find as much enjoyment in building the thing as I do playing on it. The small form factor builds in particular are really enjoyable.

Nah there’s nowhere in the house ideally to build it, I’m with the parents still so it’s a bit chaotic. If I had my own place I’d certainly give it a go. got my old pc boxed up not sure what I want to do with the bits, smash it all up or take bits from it and keep in the drawer. New pc is sweet, getting use to windows 11. Not signed into Microsoft but need to to install the newer version of office 21 if i remember corretly

 

[charltjr]

Might have left it a bit too long to clean my keyboard 🤮

 

[Ray Gin]

Might have left it a bit too long to clean my keyboard 🤮

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[charltjr]

Yeah…. Longer than I thought…. Had the keyboard for six years now, first clean 😂

 

[Matt Cup]

Sorry for the vagueness in my post but I really fancy a gaming pc, mainly to play Automation/Beamng along with ACC and maybe a bit of BF6 but have no real idea what I’m looking for it seems a complete minefield. Any recommendations for a reputable place to build me such a machine? I’ve thought about building myself but no doubt I’d mess it up.

 

[Wilkeh]

Sorry for the vagueness in my post but I really fancy a gaming pc, mainly to play Automation/Beamng along with ACC and maybe a bit of BF6 but have no real idea what I’m looking for it seems a complete minefield. Any recommendations for a reputable place to build me such a machine? I’ve thought about building myself but no doubt I’d mess it up.

What's your budget pal and do you need everything like monitor & peripherals etc?

 

[Matt Cup]

What's your budget pal and do you need everything like monitor & peripherals etc?

I’d like to keep it all under £1.5/£2k if possible but with the ability to upgrade in future. The less the better to be honest starting out.

 

[Matt Cup]

This one cropped up in my searches.

Is the spec any good for the money?

3XS Core 5070 Ti RGB Gaming PC - NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Ti, AMD Ryzen™ 7, 1TB SSD - Black

This 3XS-162774 3XS gaming desktop has an AMD Ryzen™ 7 8700F processor, 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and GeForce® RTX™ 5070 Ti 16GB graphics.

ao.com

 

[jenic]

This one cropped up in my searches.

Is the spec any good for the money?

3XS Core 5070 Ti RGB Gaming PC - NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 Ti, AMD Ryzen™ 7, 1TB SSD - Black

This 3XS-162774 3XS gaming desktop has an AMD Ryzen™ 7 8700F processor, 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and GeForce® RTX™ 5070 Ti 16GB graphics.

ao.com

I got mine via HUKD, check out this thread - https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/a-...halloween-edition-rtx5070-below-ps900-4706101

This jumped out at me for a similar spec, but I didn't look too closely - https://www.awd-it.co.uk/awd-it-120...ce=webgains&siteid=116019&utm_source=webgains

 

[Matt Cup]

I got mine via HUKD, check out this thread - https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/a-...halloween-edition-rtx5070-below-ps900-4706101

This jumped out at me for a similar spec, but I didn't look too closely - https://www.awd-it.co.uk/awd-it-120...ce=webgains&siteid=116019&utm_source=webgains

Nice one for that.

Would I need to upgrade the ram on the one linked as 16gb seems a bit low doesn’t it ? oh and opt for a bigger ssd?

 

[jenic]

Nice one for that.

Would I need to upgrade the ram on the one linked as 16gb seems a bit low doesn’t it ? oh and opt for a bigger ssd?

I would probably upgrade the ram, bigger SSD is personal preference. I find 1TB enough.

 

[Matt Cup]

Does the spec of the one from awd linked above seem ok? I’ve upgraded the memory to 64gb and the ssd to 1gb. It certainly seems the cheapest way into a 5070ti

Case: MSI MAG FORGE 120A RGB Gaming Case

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8 Core, 16 Thread, 4.6Ghz TURBO

CPU Cooler: MSI MAG COREFROZR AA13 ARGB Tower Intel/AMD CPU Cooler 240W TDP- BLACK

Motherboard:MSI A520M PRO Micro ATX Motherboard

Graphics card: ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SOLID SFF 16GB GDDR7 Graphics Card

PSU: Gigabyte GP-P750BS 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Power Supply - Black

Memory: Dual DDR4Crucial Pro 64GB (2x32GB) 3200MHz CL22 DDR4 Memory Kit - CP2K32G4DFRA32A +£141.66 (Incl. Tax +£169.99)

ARGB Graphics Card BracketNone

Primary SSD Storage Drive: Kingston NV3 1TB NVME M.2 GEN 4 SSD - Read 6000MB/s , Write 4000MB/s +£41.66 (Incl. Tax +£49.99)

Additional Hard Drive Storage: No Drive

Braided Cable Extension Kit: None - Standard PSU Cables

 

[SharkyUK]

Does the spec of the one from awd linked above seem ok? I’ve upgraded the memory to 64gb and the ssd to 1gb. It certainly seems the cheapest way into a 5070ti

Case: MSI MAG FORGE 120A RGB Gaming Case

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8 Core, 16 Thread, 4.6Ghz TURBO

CPU Cooler: MSI MAG COREFROZR AA13 ARGB Tower Intel/AMD CPU Cooler 240W TDP- BLACK

Motherboard:MSI A520M PRO Micro ATX Motherboard

Graphics card: ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SOLID SFF 16GB GDDR7 Graphics Card

PSU: Gigabyte GP-P750BS 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Power Supply - Black

Memory: Dual DDR4Crucial Pro 64GB (2x32GB) 3200MHz CL22 DDR4 Memory Kit - CP2K32G4DFRA32A +£141.66 (Incl. Tax +£169.99)

ARGB Graphics Card BracketNone

Primary SSD Storage Drive: Kingston NV3 1TB NVME M.2 GEN 4 SSD - Read 6000MB/s , Write 4000MB/s +£41.66 (Incl. Tax +£49.99)

Additional Hard Drive Storage: No Drive

Braided Cable Extension Kit: None - Standard PSU Cables

It's not a bad spec, mate. It gets silly expensive as the spec goes higher, more so now with hardware pricing! I would suggest a 2TB SSD though if the budget allows.

 

[hopgop1]

Does the spec of the one from awd linked above seem ok? I’ve upgraded the memory to 64gb and the ssd to 1gb. It certainly seems the cheapest way into a 5070ti

Case: MSI MAG FORGE 120A RGB Gaming Case

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8 Core, 16 Thread, 4.6Ghz TURBO

CPU Cooler: MSI MAG COREFROZR AA13 ARGB Tower Intel/AMD CPU Cooler 240W TDP- BLACK

Motherboard:MSI A520M PRO Micro ATX Motherboard

Graphics card: ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SOLID SFF 16GB GDDR7 Graphics Card

PSU: Gigabyte GP-P750BS 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Power Supply - Black

Memory: Dual DDR4Crucial Pro 64GB (2x32GB) 3200MHz CL22 DDR4 Memory Kit - CP2K32G4DFRA32A +£141.66 (Incl. Tax +£169.99)

ARGB Graphics Card BracketNone

Primary SSD Storage Drive: Kingston NV3 1TB NVME M.2 GEN 4 SSD - Read 6000MB/s , Write 4000MB/s +£41.66 (Incl. Tax +£49.99)

Additional Hard Drive Storage: No Drive

Braided Cable Extension Kit: None - Standard PSU Cables

All seems fine, but be aware that going with 5th gen Ryzen means you're on a dead end AM4 platform, so if you want to upgrade your CPU properly in a few years, it'll be new motherboard and RAM as well. I'd also consider a different PSU if you have the option, 80+ bronze is a bit crap these days.
Just something to think about, I'd consider going lower end Ryzen 7th gen for an easier upgrade later.