|OT| The PC Hardware Thread -- Buy/Upgrade/Ask/Answer

I saw that my rtx 3070 even at 1080 is not going to play games at 144fps, so I'm upgrading the GPU. I was thinking about the 5070ti since it seems like the best of the bunch and it should last longer vs a 5070.

My question is, I keep reading about bottlenecks and stuff, will I encounter problems? Like actual worse performance than now? Or I will just be in a situation where nothing will be maxed out since it will be capped at 144?

I keep reading about bottlenecks but I don't understand if they could become a problem for me.

I understand a situation where the GPU could reach 300fps but the cpu is slower and at 100% usage it could only deliver half that, in that case it is bottlenecking and limiting performance to a half.

But if the framerate is limited at 144fps, I guess the only bottleneck comes in games where the CPU cannot deliver 144fps I guess? The rest should be fine?
 
Stevey said:
I'd upgrade that ASAP
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I'm tired lol, I meant: i5 12600K :ripblob:

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reading/asking online it seems the more sensible choice is to upgrade to a rtx5070 and use the saved money to upgrade the CPU too in the future.

Also, I'm running a 2022 Corsair 750w PSU. I was thinking about changing it to a 850W one with the 12vhpwr "port" integrated (instead of using an adapter cable). Now I'm wondering if it would be too much even with the 5070 and a i5 14600k and should stay with my 750w psu.
 
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