|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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MegaApple said:
Will RAM prices have any chance to cool off?
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They will cool of if (when) the AI bubble bursts. That is the current driver for the price hikes.
Perhaps the producers will build mote capacities...
But that takes time.
 
Snakethesniper said:
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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I have a 1500w PSU, it was a good price and it means I basically never have to worry if I have enough power :V
 
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Ok the laser printer is ordered a Brother L-2800DW, so there is that.
But the keyboard is a nightmare, the reviews always find some shit to put a stink about, and to top it all being azerty comes with its own supplement of shit.
Basically Keychron is nice, I could even have been craycray and bought a Q6, but the french keycaps seem to be missing a lot of symbols.

AND I’M NOT FUCKING BUYING A 130-230 KEYBOARD TO THEN IMMEDIATELY NEED FUCKING NEW KEYCAPS

…pardon my French.

I’m also unreasonably excited abput a grey-white matcha combo and they seemingly don’t do azerty keyboards with grey-white bodies.
 
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