So I've got a spare PC that I built several years ago that is collecting dust. I've sort of got a use for it again though but it needs a new video card because the one in it is pretty dated. I'm wondering if it is worth throwing in a 3060 or 6600 XT or if that much of an upgrade will cause the CPU to throttle at 100% so it would basically end up being wasted money. I don't really want to sink a lot of money into upgrading this machine beyond the GPU since I have a much newer Ryzen 7 + 3080 RTX system I use as my primary rig.
Current Specs:
What do fellow PC builders think I should do here?
Current Specs:
- i7 4790k + Z97 chipset
- 32GB of RAM
- 970 GTX
- Several older SATA SSDs
- Usually hooked up to a 1440p monitor but I don't care about running games in 1440p vs 1080p when this machine is in use.
- 3060 Ti or 6600XT
- 2060 Super
- 1660 Super
What do fellow PC builders think I should do here?
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