Upgrade Advice 1080Ti

hmihalis1 · 1 Jan 2019 at 09:58

Hi there,

I'm looking to upgrade my current build to include a 2tb ssd and a second gtx 1080ti. I was hoping to get some advice as to whether my power supply/motherboard etc are adequate to support this. Completely out of my depth when it comes to hardware and hesitant to spend money before I know what i'm doing so any advice is very much appreciated.

Here is my build:

Intel Core i9-7690X Processor (22MB Cache, up to 4.2GHz)
MSI X299 SLI PLUS Motherboard
32 GB 2133MHz DDR4 HyperX FURY (4x 8GB)
Samsung 500GB 960 EVO NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD
Samsung 250GB 960 EVO NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD
Seasgate Barracuda 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti 11GB PCI Express Graphics
850 Watt 80 Plus Power Supply

Many thanks,
H

Minstadave · 1 Jan 2019 at 10:08

You know SLI is a mess and scaling with the second card is all over the place?

hmihalis1 · 1 Jan 2019 at 10:11

no i have no expertise with hardware. are you saying that I should consider changing the motherboard before upgrading?

hmihalis1 · 1 Jan 2019 at 10:20

perhaps I should also clarify that I will be using it specifically for GPU rendering in 3d applications

orbitalwalsh · 2 Jan 2019 at 16:38

hmihalis1 said:
perhaps I should also clarify that I will be using it specifically for GPU rendering in 3d applications

Which Rendering apps ?

Most will scale 100% on GPU but some are CPU based etc

hmihalis1 · 2 Jan 2019 at 17:00

Primarily Redshift for Cinema4D, although I will still use Physical I imagine for some things which is cpu, but looking to try and jump over to gpu rendering for as much as possible.

lee32uk · 2 Jan 2019 at 18:15

The cost of a 1080 ti has gone through the roof as they are now discontinued. You don't want to be paying £899.99 for one

You can still pick up a Zotac Mini 1080 ti for around £650 if you google. Not the best option but certainly better than paying £900.