Question Advice on upgrading my GPU

[CluelessSilence]

PC specs:

Motherboard: Jingsha B75-HM PLUS
Bios version/date: American megatrends Inc. 4.6.5, 2023-01-31
CPU: i7-3770 3.40GHz
RAM 32 GB
PSU 700W

My current GPU is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB. I would like to upgrade to 8Gb card. I'm looking at something like RTX 3060, RTX 3060-Ti, RTX 4060, RTX 4060-Ti. Could my PC even handle these newer cards? How bad would be bottleneck? What best to date video card could I run without any issues?
In other words I would like to know my systems limitations when it comes to GPU selection (presuming there is no budget limit).

Thank you in advance.

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

PSU 700W
700W is the advertised wattage of the unit. What is the make and model of the PSU and it's age?

Could my PC even handle these newer cards?
Why do you need to upgrade the GPU to something with 8GB's of VRAM on it?

Ideally you should upgrade the rest of your platform with something concurrent in order to take advantage of either of the GPU's you've listed above. If you can't migrate to another platform, you should look into an RTX2060 instead, provided the PSU is up to par.

 

[CluelessSilence]

700W is the advertised wattage of the unit. What is the make and model of the PSU and it's age?

Aigo Warrior AK 700PRO. It has been in use for about a year.

Why do you need to upgrade the GPU to something with 8GB's of VRAM on it?

I want to be able to play newest video games for at least few upcoming years. I don't need to run them on maximum graphics, i just want to be able to play them. As of now there are quite few games I can't play at all and I'm not happy with this predicament.

 

[Eximo]

Basically a 600W PSU, if we believe the label. You have a very light system now, upgrading to a recent graphics card is going to be a significant power increase.

Some of the newest games have CPU requirements beyond what you have. Some of the OS and security required for multiplayer games require a newer platform. Newer CPUs also have higher power requirements than was typical of older Intel quad cores.

I don't see why an RTX 4060 wouldn't work, but that money would be better spent on a new platform.

1050Ti is roughly the performance of some of the higher end integrated graphics solutions. So there is potential for you to make a sideways move to something like a Ryzen 8600G and then getting a GPU later.

Used GTX1070 or GTX1080 wouldn't be too bad either as a stopgap while you save up money for a complete system replacement. For their performance these are relatively low power GPUs. GTX1080 is a little slower than a new RX6600.

As for the CPU. A cheap 10th gen i3 is faster but essentially the same rough performance category you have now.

i5-12400 / i5-12400F is not much more expensive and a massive upgrade. Paired with a DDR4 motherboard you can get 32GB of memory for as low as $40-50. Total would be around $250, if bought new. Leaving the potential to still pick up a used 3060 12GB and still be under the price of a 4060Ti.