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Looking to upgrade, compatibility question (anarchist.nexus)

submitted 3 days ago by Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

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Hi! As the title says, I am thinking about upgrading my system for the last time to max out the current build.

Mainboard: Asrock AB350 Pro4 with a PCIE4.0 16x slot
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Ram: 64BG DDR4-3200 Current GPU: Nvidia 3070Ti 8GB
PSU: 800W, more than enough.
Storage: 1 TB M.2, 2TB M.2 SSD /w extra controller in a PCIE 4x slot, a fuckton of HDD storage

I am thinking about switching out the 3070TI with it's measly 8GB VRAM that is simply not doing it for 1440p Gaming with a AMD RX 9060XT 16GB, which is pretty cheap and available right now, esp when i take the resale value of my 3070TI into account, which would account for a bit over 100€ for the upgrade, which is quite substantial in performance.

I cannot for my life find any compatibility information between my Mainboard and the AMD Card. I know i lose a little bit of performance because it's a PCIE5 Card in a PCIE4 Slot, which to my knowledge shouldn't be too much of an issue, but i wanted to ask if anyone has knowledge if there are issues with compatibility here.

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[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

While I don't know specifically of any compatibility issues, have you checked PC Part Picker? You can enter all your components into the site and it'll tell you if there's any potential compatibility problems.

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I didn't know about that site, thanks! it even mentioned both the necessary bios update for the cpu and that one pcie 4x slot gets deactivated when the M.2 slot is used - i knew that, but i'm impressed they implemented that.

That makes me pretty optimistic about my chances, thank you!

[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

No problem! Glad I could help!