The Nvidia 3070 FE (4.4" x 9.5") will fit fine in an R7 and is compatible.
If you have the 460w psu you will need to upgrade it first.
It really depends on what games you play and the use you put it (e.g. gpu vs cpu intensive) to see which component will bottleneck which. For example you switch off hardware acceleration the cpu may be the bottleneck, turn it on and it may be the gpu. Or same deal gor example going from 1080 to 4k, that will put much more load on the gpu. There's always going to be one component limited by the speed of another, that's just the nature of a pc. I wouldn't worry about it too much with an 8th gen i7 and 3070.
Also, note that the 8700 is locked and cannot be overclocked but it should be fine. You're maxed out at an 8700k / 8086k (discontinued) max upgrade and its not a worthwhile upgrade from an 8700.
Ok thank you for the replies, but can you tell me how high a gpu I can go while achieving harmony with my cpu? I was looking at some RTX 3070's but after reading on the concept of "bottlenecking" last night I'm not sure if this would be a good purchase or not? Also if this card is viable, would it be compatible with my motherboard?
Ok thanks again for the help. Ill look more into it but you've helped ease my biggest worries. I do like my current card because it has allowed me to play open world games like Red Dead 2, GTA5, Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, Kingdom Come, Shadow of War, etc. but these last few months I've had to drop to 720p and to the lowest settings and sometimes that doesn't cut it like in Arma 3 which is the game I bought the PC for . I can also play some VR but I've only played a few carnival games like Pierhead Arcade, some Racing games and some theme park type stuff but shooters are pretty much out of the question. I tried playing Onward yesterday and it was a absolutely brutal experience. I could have turned down the graphical settings but what good would that have done if you cant see anything to begin with. Thanks again for the help and happy coming New Year to you and Family!
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December 28th, 2020 11:00
The Nvidia 3070 FE (4.4" x 9.5") will fit fine in an R7 and is compatible.
If you have the 460w psu you will need to upgrade it first.
It really depends on what games you play and the use you put it (e.g. gpu vs cpu intensive) to see which component will bottleneck which. For example you switch off hardware acceleration the cpu may be the bottleneck, turn it on and it may be the gpu. Or same deal gor example going from 1080 to 4k, that will put much more load on the gpu. There's always going to be one component limited by the speed of another, that's just the nature of a pc. I wouldn't worry about it too much with an 8th gen i7 and 3070.
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Hi @Gizmossis welcome to this user to user forum.
Please go to Search this Board and type in Aurora R7 Upgrade to see if solution posted provides a fix for your system.
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December 28th, 2020 07:00
Also, note that the 8700 is locked and cannot be overclocked but it should be fine. You're maxed out at an 8700k / 8086k (discontinued) max upgrade and its not a worthwhile upgrade from an 8700.
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@Gizmossis
The 1050ti is holding you back. It is also below the minumum system requirements for VR with the HTC VIVE
https://www.vive.com/us/support/wireless-adapter/category_howto/vive-wireless-system-requirements.html
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Ok thank you for the replies, but can you tell me how high a gpu I can go while achieving harmony with my cpu? I was looking at some RTX 3070's but after reading on the concept of "bottlenecking" last night I'm not sure if this would be a good purchase or not? Also if this card is viable, would it be compatible with my motherboard?
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December 28th, 2020 20:00
Ok thanks again for the help. Ill look more into it but you've helped ease my biggest worries. I do like my current card because it has allowed me to play open world games like Red Dead 2, GTA5, Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, Kingdom Come, Shadow of War, etc. but these last few months I've had to drop to 720p and to the lowest settings and sometimes that doesn't cut it like in Arma 3 which is the game I bought the PC for . I can also play some VR but I've only played a few carnival games like Pierhead Arcade, some Racing games and some theme park type stuff but shooters are pretty much out of the question. I tried playing Onward yesterday and it was a absolutely brutal experience. I could have turned down the graphical settings but what good would that have done if you cant see anything to begin with. Thanks again for the help and happy coming New Year to you and Family!