[SOLVED] Help!!! 4k - RTX 2060 Super - i5 3450 - GA-H61M-S2P Rev 2 : is this a Bad idea?

[kambrj]

System
Mb: Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2P Rev 2.1
CPU: i5 3450
Ram: 2x8GB (1600)
SSD: 500GB
HDD: 1TB
Curruntly runninng on Windows 7

Hi all,
I'm new here and want some help with you guys.

Recently I bought LG 27UK650 - 4k Monitor and I have the above components and planning to buy Nvidia RTX 2060 Super GPU. I just wanted to know whether this is a bad idea to put all these together and will have no issues performance wise.

Thanks

 

[Gmoney06ss]

It's not the best pairing, but should still perform ok. Just don't expect great fps at 4k with that GPU. It's a great 1080/entry level 1440 GPU, but not all that good for 4k gaming.

 

[Phaaze88]

RTX 2060 with i5-3450 benchmarks at Medium Quality settings (the 4k results are almost half-way down the page)
^This should give you an idea of what to expect at 4k medium settings.
[Those are benchmark results. Your in game experience will not be the same. Likely worse, actually.]

 

[FurryVengence]

Depending upon the game you play bottlenecks maybe a concern. Depends on how important texture quality VS resolution will be for you. Many people claim being able to boost resolution can be default clean up the picture in some cases.

As a rule of thumb for me, when the discussion of UHD gaming comes into play, I generally try to throw small budgets out the window. You want to play in the UHD realm and spend some money, you minus well spend a bit more money and ensure your getting a more proper experience. Otherwise it comes out a wash in many cases.

While GPUs are certainly most important fact, CPUS still do play a serious role. Keep in mind many games even with 1080TIs and RTX 2080s still only push in the low 60s in some instances with some resolutions using i9 9900k's

My advice is pick a target window in terms of overall resolution, graphics quality setting and pick a price range you are comfortable with. Then weigh out what PC parts you can add that can meet those demands. If I were you I would seriously consider upgrading to a 300-350 cpu along with the graphics card. Maybe even look at the new RX radeon cards or possibly keep an eye on RTX 2700's as their price falls.

Personally I just upgraded my setup, originally I was ONLY looking to upgrade my motherboard and CPU from an i5 to an i7. Fast forward two weeks with a few issues thanks to a bad PSU and Im at a pretty much whole new computer. And part of the decision came from what I wanted to do, and what information I got back from benchmarks. I determined for what I wanted my current setup wasn't enough. I needed more parts. So I bit bullet.

Not everyone can afford to and I always say stick with what your comfortable with. But understand that certain areas of pc building when falling into the enthusiast realm come at a higher cost. And unless your willing to take said cost it may not be worth it in the end.

And 4k Resolution is most definitely in the enthusiast realm.

::EDIT:: and not to push aside the RTX2060, the standard and super a great cards, and I picked a 2060 Super this week. So its definitely a good card in its own right.

 

[kambrj]

Hi Guys thanks a lot for a quick response, It's my bad that I forgot to mention I'm gonna be doing Less Gaming but more focusing towards Adobe Suit and 3D applications, Rendering etc.

So if this combination could perform well or I have to upgrade some parts please mention what could perform well as I'm on a tight budget I can spend around $220(Excluding GPU money).

Thanks.

 

[FurryVengence]

Personally I think your Super would do fine here, If cash was tight I would recommend slowly adding stuff over time. I would see if you could go to 16 GB of ram, maybe see if you could up in speed a bit there? Then maybe in a few months or a year push up to one of the ryzen series CPU ? Higher resolutions will still cause some slowing loading times. Its going to depend on your patients for loading really. Graphic Design tends to be intensive on PCs too.

 

[kambrj]

Yeah man you are right, anyways I have 16gb ram for now later on will see to add few upgrades to the build slowly slowly. My only concern was this will work fine or not but I get the idea.
Thanks guys for the help.