[SOLVED] RTX 3070 question

[Djjilis]

Hello ,

Every 5 years I assemble a new PC. The RTX 30xx series is coming up, so it's a great time to upgrade. I'm know what goes where, but I'm an absolute newb when it comes to spec details.

I'm getting the Nvidia RTX 3070 Founders Edition, and have a question about the rest of the set-up.

The first 2 builds had i7's, €300 motherboards, fastest HDD's, high-end GFX, etc. etc.

Safe to say, I figured everything worked well together.

For the previous build I went for an i5-6600, €200 motherboard and same range for the other stuff, apart from GFX.

Everything still works fast AF but the GFX is not reaching Ultra settings for games from the last 2 years, hence the upgrade.

THE QUESTION:

Can I keep the downscale on other components other than SSD and GFX and still get the most out of my RTX 3070?

Planned specs:
Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO
Procc:Intel® Core i5-9600K, 3.7 GHz
RAM: Corsair 32 GB DDR4-3200
SSD:Samsung 970 EVO, 1 TB
PSU:be quiet! Straight Power 11 750W
GFX: Nvidia RTX3070 FE

Kind regards,

Me

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[Eximo]

Not sure I would be investing in a 9th gen CPU with 10th gen available. Additionally, you have AMD releasing their 5000 series chips in a few weeks. Early numbers look good for them to be direct competitors to Intel at less money per core.

Do you have a purpose for 32GB of memory?

Nothing says you can't just buy the GPU for now, when it comes out. Then upgrade the rest. i5-6600 would certainly hold you back if you were running 1080p or 1440p high refresh, but a lot is going to depend on your goals in terms of performance. RTX3070 is quite high end in reality, not really something you need unless you are looking at 1440p high refresh or 4K 60hz.

Either Z490 and a 10600k or an X570 motherboard and a Ryzen 5700X or the like when released. Not much a performance loss if you get an 3000 series AMD, prices on those should drop quickly after the launch of the new ones.

 

[Djjilis]

Not sure I would be investing in a 9th gen CPU with 10th gen available. Additionally, you have AMD releasing their 5000 series chips in a few weeks. Early numbers look good for them to be direct competitors to Intel at less money per core.

Do you have a purpose for 32GB of memory?

Nothing says you can't just buy the GPU for now, when it comes out. Then upgrade the rest. i5-6600 would certainly hold you back if you were running 1080p or 1440p high refresh, but a lot is going to depend on your goals in terms of performance. RTX3070 is quite high end in reality, not really something you need unless you are looking at 1440p high refresh or 4K 60hz.

Either Z490 and a 10600k or an X570 motherboard and a Ryzen 5700X or the like when released. Not much a performance loss if you get an 3000 series AMD, prices on those should drop quickly after the launch of the new ones.

Thanks for the reply.

I only go for 32gb RAM because it is on €30 more than 16gb.

I want the 3070 so i can play games at ultra settings for at least 2 years.

So is 9th gen enough?

And you suggesting that Z490 means the Z390 wont cut it?

 

[Eximo]

I just don't see the point in investing in a dead platform, though that has pretty much always been true any time you buy an Intel system, lucky to get two chip generations out of a board.

Z390 and Z490 use different sockets, so yes, 10th gen will need a Z490, or other LGA1200 socket chipset.

Probably a few percent between 9th and 10th gen when it comes to gaming, but they cost about the same...

 

[Djjilis]

I just don't see the point in investing in a dead platform, though that has pretty much always been true any time you buy an Intel system, lucky to get two chip generations out of a board.

Z390 and Z490 use different sockets, so yes, 10th gen will need a Z490, or other LGA1200 socket chipset.

Probably a few percent between 9th and 10th gen when it comes to gaming, but they cost about the same...

Ur absolutely right, I'm going for the Z490. Considering the better specs it costs virtually the same.

Thanks for the advice