Question Bottleneck or overkill any of these?

[gabecz]

Hi
my current setup is due to a full upgrade. Gigabyte Z370P D3, I7-8700k and an rtx3070 with 2x16gb 3600mhz ddr4 ram.
my plan would be MSI PRO Z790-S WiFi ProSeries, I7-12700K, 2x16gb 6000mhz ddr5, and rtx5070 (if i'm lucky enough to get one of those)
My question is if it's a balanced quartett or i'm having something out of balance?
4K gaming (on 65" QN90D) on ultra settings, but must add, i'm not an fps junkie.

without the RTX50 series i wouldn't get much improvement upgrading mobo-ram-cpu though right? i mean i can do the upgrade but the vga then wait for a good deal on it.

i have aTX850 80 plus bronze. and a spare RM750x

 

[Lutfij]

The GPU is going to be available in February, I'd wait to see the car din reviewers hands before you decide on pulling the trigger for a purchase and by that, hold off your entire upgrade path for now.

 

[gabecz]

yeah that's probably a good idea, however... and i'm not. trying to forcefully burn money here, but it'd maybe better to do one part of the upgrade (spending $400) now and the other part of $500+ a month or two later instead of dropping a grand at once. I know same amount of money etc but psychologically probably would be a less painful move.
but logically yes what if the RTX50 series will deliver garbage and to deliver significantly better quality i have to buy a $1000+ GPU because of that, i must consider waiting.

anyhow the supporting hardware (mobo-cpu-ram) has to be upgraded at some time this year and i don't really see the point of going higher than 12th gen as of today. for my needs.

i sit n wait a month though. that won't hurt.

 

[Why_Me]

yeah that's probably a good idea, however... and i'm not. trying to forcefully burn money here, but it'd maybe better to do one part of the upgrade (spending $400) now and the other part of $500+ a month or two later instead of dropping a grand at once. I know same amount of money etc but psychologically probably would be a less painful move.
but logically yes what if the RTX50 series will deliver garbage and to deliver significantly better quality i have to buy a $1000+ GPU because of that, i must consider waiting.

anyhow the supporting hardware (mobo-cpu-ram) has to be upgraded at some time this year and i don't really see the point of going higher than 12th gen as of today. for my needs.

i sit n wait a month though. that won't hurt.

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[geofelt]

No question, the i7-8700 part needs the first upgrade. RTX3070 is still a competent card.
Z790 is a good platform upgrade, and 12700k is a fair cpu upgrade.
You might find a good deal on a new 13700k. Because of 13/14 gen fears, those processors are under pressure.
If one updates motherboard bios to currency and does not play with voltages you are safe.

Then, you will have a good idea of what the graphics capability may need to be.
If you are not into fast action gaming, you may not even need a new card at all.

 

[gabecz]

i'm not a fan of amd but is RX 7800 XT standing up against RTX 5070? probably not but their price is the same. but i won't be able to get a nvidia for a while. even the used market price will stay higher than the original price which is ridiculous as it is already... in some numbers the amd is even better than the latter. i'm getting confused mixing in amd into the pool

 

[gabecz]

how about ASUS PRIME Z790-V WIFI supports 14th gen, ddr5 up to 7200mhz oc, pcie5.0 x16, has 3x m.2 so... i don't see no flaw for my use case.
i pop in 2x16 of the 6000 which seems like the most popular one.
and will see if i can get a good deal on a 14th gen but i probably stick to 12th for now. maybe just maybe a 13th. i7 with K in it.. just saying that i'm semi-ok with my 8700k 32gb of 3600 ddr4 and rtx 3070 so i'll be happy with the new setup no matter what so spending 450 on a cpu instead of 150... why?

 

[bill001g]

When you are running 4k even if you were running a 5090 it is hard to see much difference between cpus. This is why they test at 1080. Not sure that would be true in extreme cases like if you were to keep your 8700k rather than buy a 12th-14th gen cpu.

If GPU prices were not as nuts as they currently are you might consider throwing a couple extra dollars at the cpu just because. With the price of GPU you buy the best you can afford and then use whatever is left over to buy a cpu.