Are these parts good for my purposes?
Posted by RoyFireplex@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 6 comments
So I play a lot of games and in 1440p. My current PC is about 5 years old, right around the time the 2070 Super's release. My current PC's specs are as follows, sorry if I don't have all the specs, I just don't really remember them. Also I mainly remember stuff like CPU, GPU, Motherboard, and RAM more than anything else since these are the primary things that determine performance iirc. So here are my current parts:
- 2070 Super
- i7-9700F
- ASRock B365 Pro4
- 16x2 (32) GB of DDR4 RAM (1333MHz)
Recently my PC has been struggling to keep up with more usual tasks, which makes sense after 5 years. My new PC specs are planned to be these:
- 4060 Ti (Hopefully in white, because I wanna make a white build)
- i5-14400F
- Gigabyte B760M G AX DDR5
- 32GB Lexar Thor RGB DDR5 6000MHz CL38 (16x2)
- 2TB Lexar NM790 Gen4 SSD (R: 7400 | W: 6500)
I just want to know what I should keep a look out for, like power supply minimum wattage, or maybe any bottlenecks I should try to optimize? Additionally, I heard that the 4060 Ti might not be so good for 1440p gaming, so I'd like to just double check that, even tho compared to benchmarks, it leagues ahead of my current 2070 Super.
Scarabesque@reddit
From what I've found the 2070 super to 4060ti is only ~20% increase at 1080p and ~35% in 1440p without and increase in VRAM. Not a huge upgrade, unless you want the features.
14400F with DDR5 is a waste of money, just get a 7500F/7600 with B650 and 6000cl30 RAM.
RoyFireplex@reddit (OP)
Could you please elaborate about the DDR5 and 14400F? I don't really understand why its a waste, so best if I know more.
Scarabesque@reddit
The 14400F is basically a 4 year old CPU (12400F with some minor tweaks) and only makes sense for a budget build with a cheap board and DDR4.
If you are buying 6000MT DDR5 anyway, spend a little more for a 7600 and cheap B650 board, assuming they are available where you live. Way faster and you can upgrade that platform in the future, which you cannot really with a B760.
RoyFireplex@reddit (OP)
Damn that's actually really helpful. I also looked into the 6000cl30 RAM, unfortunately I don't have any of that available to me easily, I can get my hands on some white 6400cl32 16x2 tho, which I think should be good too right?
Other than that, you think theres another GPU I should look at or is the 4060 Ti a good upgrade? Keep in mind I want it white but also that I don't really wanna drop a boat load of cash on a GPU.
Scarabesque@reddit
6400 doesn't always work well on AM5 (7600) so you might need to tweak it. 6000cl36 is also good if you can't find cl30.
Well if you are ok with having a 20-30% improvement without more VRAM sure. I would personally wait until the 5070 comes out and hope it's not as crazy expensive or as hard to find as everybody fears... that will be a lot faster and comes with 12GB.
White parts are usually hard to find and overpriced, so keep that in mind.
For gaming you can also look into AMD. 7800XT is a huge upgrade over a 2070super. Beautiful white models too (though also expensive).
What country are you in?
RoyFireplex@reddit (OP)
I live in Singapore, and frankly I am quite ok with the 20-30% improvement. But I am considering the 7800XT purely because it could be a huge upgrade and only costs like 50 SGD more than the white 4060 Ti.
Unfortunately tho it would disrupt the white build, which isn't the worst since I'm not maxing out the aesthetics with lights and all that, just making it white for the sake of it being the polar opposite to my current build and because it looks pretty imo.