Aurora R7, need help, 1st time upgrading

Question

I am looking into upgrading my Aurora R7 but I am not sure about the compatibility of some components.

I want to swap to an RTX 3070 Asus TUF Gaming 8 GB(not sure if it will fit in the case without modifications). I have read that the stock PSU is not enough and saw that an EVGA supernova G3 850w would fit well in the system(Is it overkill for the system?). And looking into the temperatures on my GPU and CPU I saw that they are not great so I am not sure whether to upgrade my case fan or the CPU fan or both(any suggestions would be welcome)? Hopefully, the new GPU fans would be enough to cool it. I also have the stock network card and I am not sure if it worth upgrading to a better one?

My current setup:

Motherboard: Alienware 0VDT73

GPU: RTX1060

CPU: i7-8700

PSU: 460W

RAM:16GB

speedstep · Answer

You don't have Liquid cooling or VRM heat sinks or 1000w power supply so I don't think it will work well if at all.

RTX 3070 you're currently using an under powered PSU; not having enough power will usually lead to overall system instability and game crashes. NVIDIA recommends at least a 650W power supply.

12 PIN connector means GPU uses 375w by itself.

triva98 · Answer

Currently I am using a 1060 not a 3070. So an 850w PCU would be enough to power the new GPU and the rest of the system.

r72019 · Answer

' I also have the stock network card and I am not sure if it worth upgrading to a better one?' You can upgrade from AC to AX (wifi6 or 6e) but if you don't have an ax router it won't make any difference.  Another limiter is your internet speed.

r72019 · Answer

You might consider upgrading the 16GB optane stick to an NVME boot drive.

r72019 · Answer

'You don't have Liquid cooling or VRM heat sinks' The R7 shipped stock with the VRM heatsink on all configs.

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