Is a CPU upgrade worth it now?

Melvis · Sep 6, 2020

Will the motherboard even support the new GPU? since its from a prebuilt?

yotano211 · Sep 7, 2020

good luck finding a 3070, its going to sell out for months, even after Christmas.

bug · Sep 7, 2020

yotano211 said:
good luck finding a 3070, its going to sell out for months, even after Christmas.

That's what I'm afraid of, too. If these sell well (and they're good value for the money, despite their high prices), Nvidia will drag their feet releasing the 3060

System Name	Night Rider \| Mini LAN PC \| Workhorse
Processor	AMD R7 5800X3D \| Ryzen 1600X \| i7 970
Motherboard	MSi AM4 Pro Carbon \| GA-AB350H-D3 \| Gigabyte EX58-UD5
Cooling	Noctua U9S Twin Fan\| Stock Cooler, Copper Core)\| Big shairkan B
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 G.Skill 3600MHz\| 4x8GB Corsair 3000 \| 6x2GB DDR3 1300 Corsair
Video Card(s)	MSI AMD 6750XT \| Solo RTX 4060\| MSI RX 580 8GB
Storage	1TB WD Black NVME / 250GB SSD /2TB WD Black \| 250GB SSD WD/2TB SSD, 2x1TB, 1x750 \| WD 500 SSD
Display(s)	Gigabyte 27" 1440P 180Hz / 22" DELL\| MSI 27" 1080P 100Hz / 17" DELL \| 22" DELL / 19"DELL
Case	LIAN LI PC-18 \| Mini ATX Case (custom) \| Fractal
Audio Device(s)	Onboard \| Onbaord \| Onboard
Power Supply	Silverstone 850 \| Silverstone Mini 450W \| Corsair CX-750
Mouse	Coolermaster Pro \| Rapoo V900 \| Gigabyte 6850X
Keyboard	Corsair K90\| Ducky One \| Some POS Logitech
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 7 Pro 64

System Name	MSI GP76
Processor	intel i7 11800h
Cooling	2 laptop fans
Memory	32gb of 3000mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	Nvidia 3070
Storage	x2 PNY 8tb cs2130 m.2 SSD--16tb of space
Display(s)	17.3" IPS 1920x1080 240Hz
Power Supply	280w laptop power supply
Mouse	Logitech m705
Keyboard	laptop keyboard
Software	lots of movies and Windows 10 with win 7 shell
Benchmark Scores	Good enough for me

Processor	Intel i5-12600k
Motherboard	Asus H670 TUF
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 34
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 G.Skill Ripjaws V
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1060 SC
Storage	500GB Samsung 970 EVO, 500GB Samsung 850 EVO, 1TB Crucial MX300 and 2TB Crucial MX500
Display(s)	Dell U3219Q + HP ZR24w
Case	Raijintek Thetis
Audio Device(s)	Audioquest Dragonfly Red :D
Power Supply	Seasonic 620W M12
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core
Keyboard	G.Skill KM780R
Software	Arch Linux + Win10

Is a CPU upgrade worth it now?

Melvis

yotano211

bug