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I am currently waiting on Wootware to get restocked with Scythe Fuma 3 coolers. I have no idea whether they will bring in new stock, and word have it that the Rev. B model may only release in 2025. I have a super mod on an old lab PC I am working on, and it is the only cooler, which is not an AIO, which have the appropriate RAM clearance. All I do now is hitting “F5” on Wootware’s website until I have a date. Lol.

For some time I have been messing around with mods. At this point I think that I will kill both the CPU and RAM. Will see.
 
Hi,

I`m upgrading my rig somewhat, wanting to get the 4090 24GB GPU. Who is the cheapest supplier in ZA? These cards are not cheap goddaaaamn but I also need to upgrade my RAM and maybe motherboard so am trying to shave costs where I can. Thanks all.

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Fairy Nuff said:
Hi,

I`m upgrading my rig somewhat, wanting to get the 4090 24GB GPU. Who is the cheapest supplier in ZA? These cards are not cheap goddaaaamn but I also need to upgrade my RAM and maybe motherboard so am trying to shave costs where I can. Thanks all.

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A 4070 Super for R12k is enough for gaming nowadays. Get one of those and wait for the 5000 series of cards to launch next year.
 
I wouldn't buy a 4090 now. Anyway, check Wootware, Progenix, TitanIce, DreamWareTech, Rebeltech and Takealot.

Filter by price, lowest to highest, pick one.

@Fairy Nuff - You're saying upgrade your RAM and motherboard though...this leads me to believe you are not a tech expert, which is fine, but maybe we can offer some useful advice.
Can you list your current parts please?
 
Fairy Nuff said:
Thanks for replying, I`m using the card for ComfyUI, gaming is secondary here :)
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4070 super has 12Gb of DDR6X and decent cores to run ComfyUI.

Perhaps look at the Arc series if you need better non-gaming graphics performance.
 
UrBaN963 said:
I wouldn't buy a 4090 now. Anyway, check Wootware, Progenix, TitanIce, DreamWareTech, Rebeltech and Takealot.

Filter by price, lowest to highest, pick one.

@Fairy Nuff - You're saying upgrade your RAM and motherboard though...this leads me to believe you are not a tech expert, which is fine, but maybe we can offer some useful advice.
Can you list your current parts please?
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I feel like I need some advice, this is all very confusing considering my shituation.

Specs are :

Mobo: Asus PRIME H610M-E D4
Current GPU: 1060Ti 4GB
RAM: 16GB
CPU: I think its 19 something, I dont have the full name here now
PSU: 600W
HDD: 250Gb NVME
Screens: 3 Dell 24 inch

So I basically want to throw in a 3090 24Gb, or a 4090 24GB, the 3090 is cheaper than 4090 but stocks are low possibly I think because its an older card.
This is not for gaming, this is for rendering videos/animations etc. Some gaming will occur.

On memory I want to push the board to max, with 64Gb. Power supply will need to go up to 750W I believe for the 3090 or 4090

Not sure if you need anything else..thanks.
 
Aghori said:
4070 super has 12Gb of DDR6X and decent cores to run ComfyUI.

Perhaps look at the Arc series if you need better non-gaming graphics performance.
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I`m currently running a 12Gb VRAM card with 16Gb RAM, the workflows fall apart at the 3rd upscale phase with OOM errors. The ARC cards look good on price but I`ve been advised NVidia tech is the best for AI models
 
Fairy Nuff said:
I feel like I need some advice, this is all very confusing considering my shituation.

Specs are :

Mobo: Asus PRIME H610M-E D4
Current GPU: 1060Ti 4GB
RAM: 16GB
CPU: I think its 19 something, I dont have the ful nameherer now
PSU: 600W
HDD: 250Gb NVME
Screens: 3 Dell 24 inch

So I basically want to throw in a 3090 24Gb, or a 4090 24GB, the 3090 is cheaper than 4090 but stocks are low possibly I think because its an older card.
This is not for gaming, this is for rendering videos/animations etc. Some gaming will occur.

On memory I want to push the board to max, with 64Gb. Power supply will need to go up to 750W I believe for the 3090 or 4090

Not sure if you need anything else..thanks.
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Okay cool. I'm not that familiar with video editing so we probably need some advice from someone with more experience in that field as I'm not sure how much the CPU relates to performance in that regard.

You would probably want to go for an 850W PSU to be safe, especially if you go 4090. Not sure how much faster the 4090 is than the 3090 when it comes to video editing.

What software are you using?
 
Fairy Nuff said:
I`m currently running a 12Gb VRAM card with 16Gb RAM, the workflows fall apart at the 3rd upscale phase with OOM errors. The ARC cards look good on price but I`ve been advised NVidia tech is the best for AI models
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Upgrading system RAM may help with OOM errors. CPU looks a bit dated too so you will need a new CPU and mainboard.

16Gb is a bit less. Nowadays 32Gb is the norm.
 
UrBaN963 said:
Okay cool. I'm not that familiar with video editing so we probably need some advice from someone with more experience in that field as I'm not sure how much the CPU relates to performance in that regard.

You would probably want to go for an 850W PSU to be safe, especially if you go 4090. Not sure how much faster the 4090 is than the 3090 when it comes to video editing.

What software are you using?
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I belive from what I read that the card with the most CUDA cores is best, the 4090 has 16384 whereas the 3090 has only 10496. I could be talking out my butthole here because this is not something I`ve had to understand before so maybe I got it wrong.

The software is ComfyUI.
 
Fairy Nuff said:
I belive from what I read that the card with the most CUDA cores is best, the 4090 has 16384 whereas the 3090 has only 10496. I could be talking out my butthole here because this is not something I`ve had to understand before so maybe I got it wrong.

The software is ComfyUI.
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You're right about the 4090 being better, it is the fastest GPU available for purchase today. It's also extremely expensive and I'm not sure the difference in performance to the 3090 so I don't know whether it's a good option. Theoretically it's the fastest so if that's what you want then get that.
Not sure of the benefits of a faster CPU and more RAM.

There are people here who are more knowledgeable on this topic, let's see what they say.
 
Fairy Nuff said:
I belive from what I read that the card with the most CUDA cores is best, the 4090 has 16384 whereas the 3090 has only 10496. I could be talking out my butthole here because this is not something I`ve had to understand before so maybe I got it wrong.

The software is ComfyUI.
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For ComfyUI, you can get by with an RTX3060 12gb VRAM - it's what I use. Obviously, more VRAM is better, but personally, I can't justify spending over R30k on an RTX4090 or 3090 - I am tempted to upgrade to a 4070 16gb, but I reckon I'll wait until the RTX5000 series launches to wait and see what happens from a cost perspective. As an interim solution if I really needed to push super high resolution graphics or video, I'd look at using one of the many ComfyUI-cloud services.
 
OnlyOneKenobi said:
For ComfyUI, you can get by with an RTX3060 12gb VRAM - it's what I use. Obviously, more VRAM is better, but personally, I can't justify spending over R30k on an RTX4090 or 3090 - I am tempted to upgrade to a 4070 16gb, but I reckon I'll wait until the RTX5000 series launches to wait and see what happens from a cost perspective. As an interim solution if I really needed to push super high resolution graphics or video, I'd look at using one of the many ComfyUI-cloud services.
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I`m currently using a 12Gb 3060 with 16Gb system RAM. On the ipiv morph workflow it hits the 3rd upscale and throws OOM with all resources used to the max, so I was wondering if getting 64Gb system RAM would make it better. Perhaps also get a 16Gb instead of the 24Gb to save costs.

I`ve also looked at various cloud providers for this, ThinkDiffusion, RunComfy etc and whilst they offer great services I`m afraid of dumping more credits every month as I have found myself doing with all the other AI resources I pay for every month.

I figured getting my own rig could also save me around R1.2k a month on subscriptions. With the 5000 series coming out I wonder by how much the other cards will drop, if at all.
 
UrBaN963 said:
You're right about the 4090 being better, it is the fastest GPU available for purchase today. It's also extremely expensive and I'm not sure the difference in performance to the 3090 so I don't know whether it's a good option. Theoretically it's the fastest so if that's what you want then get that.
Not sure of the benefits of a faster CPU and more RAM.

There are people here who are more knowledgeable on this topic, let's see what they say.
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Thanks for all the advice so far, it has helped
 
Fairy Nuff said:
I`m currently using a 12Gb 3060 with 16Gb system RAM. On the ipiv morph workflow it hits the 3rd upscale and throws OOM with all resources used to the max, so I was wondering if getting 64Gb system RAM would make it better. Perhaps also get a 16Gb instead of the 24Gb to save costs.

I`ve also looked at various cloud providers for this, ThinkDiffusion, RunComfy etc and whilst they offer great services I`m afraid of dumping more credits every month as I have found myself doing with all the other AI resources I pay for every month.

I figured getting my own rig could also save me around R1.2k a month on subscriptions. With the 5000 series coming out I wonder by how much the other cards will drop, if at all.
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More system RAM would be good for future proofing, but 32GB is probably sufficient for now. You really don't want to fall back on system RAM for SD if you don't have to, it'll take hours/days/weeks to render stuff.

Ideally I would rather get a 24Gb GPU, but the cost... I don't have enough organs to sell. I would also then need to upgrade my PSU as I doubt my current one would hold up with a 3090 or a 4090. It should suffice for a 4070.
 
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