Out-of-touch old gamer looking for 3090-compatible components - eviltoast

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!

    • mommykink@lemmy.worldOP
      5·
      11 months ago

      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@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        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@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          11 months 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

        • FireRetardant@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          11 months 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.

      • MudMan@kbin.social
        1·
        11 months 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.