[SOLVED] is my pc good enough for an RTX 2060 OR GTX 1660 SUPER?

[ShwaBdudle]

I still didn't decide on which GPU Upgrade should I go for. I want to go either for an RTX 2060 OR GTX 1660 SUPER. With this upgrade, I am also planning on getting a new Power Supply (500W-600W) & More Ram (16-32GB). I Mostly want to know if my MOTHERBOARD & My Cooling is suited for an RTX 2060 OR GTX 1660 SUPER. CURRENT SPECS: CPU: i5-8400 2.8Ghz, CURRENT GPU: GTX 1050 TI, COOLER: Arctic Freezer 13 CPU Cooler, MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte H370 HD3 LGA1151v2, Intel H370, DDR4, 2xPCI-E, VGA, DVI, HDMI, CURRENT POWER SUPPLY: Antec 450W Active PFC VP450P PSU. again from these specs, I will be changing my Power Supply, Ram & GPU.
I have made some 3DMARK Stress Tests:
TIME SPY BENCHMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/spy/12335739
TIME SPY STRESS TEST: https://www.3dmark.com/tsst/1107707
FIRE STRIKE STRESS TEST: https://www.3dmark.com/fsst/1493005
SKY DIVER STRESS TEST: https://www.3dmark.com/sdst/103460
all of the stress tests had between 65-70 GPU TEMP, 35-40 CPU TEMP, 99-100% GPU LOAD & Between 98%-99% Success.
Time Spy Stress Test Had an AVG of 15-20 FPS. Sky Diver Had an AVG of 100-120 FPS. Fire Strike Had an AVG of 30-40 FPS.

EDIT: I've had this system for two years. so every component is 2 years old.

 

[cdrkf]

I still didn't decide on which GPU Upgrade should I go for. I want to go either for an RTX 2060 OR GTX 1660 SUPER. With this upgrade, I am also planning on getting a new Power Supply (500W-600W) & More Ram (16-32GB). I Mostly want to know if my MOTHERBOARD & My Cooling is suited for an RTX 2060 OR GTX 1660 SUPER. CURRENT SPECS: CPU: i5-8400 2.8Ghz, CURRENT GPU: GTX 1050 TI, COOLER: Arctic Freezer 13 CPU Cooler, MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte H370 HD3 LGA1151v2, Intel H370, DDR4, 2xPCI-E, VGA, DVI, HDMI, CURRENT POWER SUPPLY: Antec 450W Active PFC VP450P PSU. again from these specs, I will be changing my Power Supply, Ram & GPU.
I have made some 3DMARK Stress Tests:
TIME SPY BENCHMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/spy/12335739
TIME SPY STRESS TEST: https://www.3dmark.com/tsst/1107707
FIRE STRIKE STRESS TEST: https://www.3dmark.com/fsst/1493005
SKY DIVER STRESS TEST: https://www.3dmark.com/sdst/103460
all of the stress tests had between 65-70 GPU TEMP, 35-40 CPU TEMP, 99-100% GPU LOAD & Between 98%-99% Success.
Time Spy Stress Test Had an AVG of 15-20 FPS. Sky Diver Had an AVG of 100-120 FPS. Fire Strike Had an AVG of 30-40 FPS.

I would say you should be fine with that motherboard - the main areas needing attention you are already looking at (specifically power supply and ram). A note on ram - I notice you currently only have a single ram module- this will really hurt performance as in modern machines ram can be run in dual channel mode, where the cpu can address two ram modules on separate channels resulting in twice the bandwidth. To enable dual channel you need to have a pair of matched modules, so make sure to buy either a 2 x 8gb kit or 2 x 16gb kit rather than a single larger module.

CPU wise, the 8400 should be fine for most games with a 2060 or 1660ti, especially if you are wanting to play at high settings. The only place where it might hold those cards back a little is if you are wanting to run e-sports type games (CS:GO, Fortnight etc) on low details to get very high frame rates, although even there the performance should still be decent.

Your current performance numbers are somewhat irrelevant as all that is showing you is the performance of your current 1050ti.

 

[ShwaBdudle]

I would say you should be fine with that motherboard - the main areas needing attention you are already looking at (specifically power supply and ram). A note on ram - I notice you currently only have a single ram module- this will really hurt performance as in modern machines ram can be run in dual channel mode, where the cpu can address two ram modules on separate channels resulting in twice the bandwidth. To enable dual channel you need to have a pair of matched modules, so make sure to buy either a 2 x 8gb kit or 2 x 16gb kit rather than a single larger module.

CPU wise, the 8400 should be fine for most games with a 2060 or 1660ti, especially if you are wanting to play at high settings. The only place where it might hold those cards back a little is if you are wanting to run e-sports type games (CS:GO, Fortnight etc) on low details to get very high frame rates, although even there the performance should still be decent.

Your current performance numbers are somewhat irrelevant as all that is showing you is the performance of your current 1050ti.

I submitted these stress tests mainly because I wanted to know if my cooler can handle a 2060 or 1660 super. with this upgrade I am planning on running more demanding titles like COD: Modern Warfare/Warzone, The outer worlds, journey to the savage planet & other more demanding games that I can't quite run as well on my current GPU. So will I be fine when I upgrade to an RTX 2060 or GTX 1660 Super with my current cooler? (Good Temperatures & No overheating)

EDIT: I've had this system for two years. so every component is 2 years old.

 

[cdrkf]

I submitted these stress tests mainly because I wanted to know if my cooler can handle a 2060 or 1660 super. with this upgrade I am planning on running more demanding titles like COD: Modern Warfare/Warzone, The outer worlds, journey to the savage planet & other more demanding games that I can't quite run as well on my current GPU. So will I be fine when I upgrade to an RTX 2060 or GTX 1660 Super with my current cooler? (Good Temperatures & No overheating)

EDIT: I've had this system for two years. so every component is 2 years old.

I don't really see what your cpu cooler has to do with the gpu? The gpu board will have it's own cooler integrated to deal with the gpu - so all your current cpu cooler has to do is keep your cpu cool, which isn't changing and being a locked 8400 doesn't produce much heat (hence your low cpu temps during stress tests). I don't think changing the gpu will change that.

 

[ShwaBdudle]

I don't really see what your cpu cooler has to do with the gpu? The gpu board will have it's own cooler integrated to deal with the gpu - so all your current cpu cooler has to do is keep your cpu cool, which isn't changing and being a locked 8400 doesn't produce much heat (hence your low cpu temps during stress tests). I don't think changing the gpu will change that.

ohhhhhh, Sorry, I don't quite understand this kind of stuff yet (I'm only starting too) so I thought that changing the CPU Cooler will have an effect on the GPU Temps. Thank you so much for explaining it to me!