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Out-of-touch old gamer looking for 3090-compatible components (self.pcmasterrace)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by PP_BOY_ to c/pcmasterrace

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Title pretty much tells you all you need to know about my situation. In a turn of events tonight I've been gifted a used but working EVGA 3090 card to replace my seven year old 1070.

My current system hardware specs are:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core (upgraded from Ryzen 5 last year)

GPU: MSI 1070

MoBo: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK

PSU - Corsair CX-550 550 Watt

x4 8GB Installed Memory

I also have a 2tb SSD drive with my OS and games installed, and 4 8tb HDD for media.

My main concern is with needing to replace my MoBo with a x3 PCi board and worries about my PSU not being powerful enough. I'm not particularly worried about my tower is a Phanteks Enthoo Pro PH-ES614PC_BK.

Thanks in advance!

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[–] owatnext 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Sorry for off topic, but I just had a little panic.

1070

seven year old

Am I old?

[–] PP_BOY_ 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha you should've seen the look of pity my brother in law gave me when I told him my PC's specs. I thought a 10-series was still a respectable card to have.! Oh well, I got a hand me down 3090 out of it, so can't complain

[–] SkyezOpen 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

10 series still hold up fairly well for a ton of things, and the 1080ti is good enough to still be relevant for even new games with fancy graphics.

[–] DanglingFury 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah i have no complaints with my old og build 1080ti and 4790k. I typically play 1440p 144hz and do have to drop the graphics a bit on some newer titles to keep my frames up in the 120-140 range, but otherwise i can crank them.

I built it so i could process the hair in Witcher 3

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh no, my first GPU is 23 years old now ...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I found my Riva TNT 1 in the attic the other day.

I am pretty sure I had a Riva 128 before that one, though.

Fortunately you go through this enough times and you just start to accept that yeah, you're pretty old. The constant joint pain helps.

[–] FireRetardant 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you think I feel still rocking my GTX 770.....

[–] owatnext 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use a laptop now, but my old rig that I use occasionally has a GT640 lol.

[–] FireRetardant 3 points 1 year ago

Honestly been impressed with this card. Started making a buzzing noise after mining doge coins but that was many years ago and it still buzzes away. I can't play modern AAA games on max but I can keep up with many good games and indie titles.