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Do i need to upgrade my CPU/Motherboard/memory for SLI 780ti

chaparral

chaparral

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Today i ordered two GTX 780ti to replace my two GTX 580's and am wondering if I should or need to upgrade anything else in my system so I don't get a bottleneck

This is the rest of my main system specs which are now around 2 years old


Do you think I need or should to upgrade to an Intel Haswell 4770K cpu & motherboard..:confused:


(PS: I ran my i7-2600K at 4.6ghz,it may go higher but I haven't tried :o)
 
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I think the only thing to say is depending on the res and games you play...

There's nothing really worth upgrading from what you currently got, unless you'd consider the IvyBridge-E 6 cores 12 threads (which won't be much of improvement over what you currently got if games don't use more than 4 threads).
 
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@ 4.6 on your 2600K, you should be ok. Maybe a slight bottleneck but a 4770K would also see a bottleneck at 4.6 IMO.
 
Gregster said:
@ 4.6 on your 2600K, you should be ok. Maybe a slight bottleneck but a 4770K would also see a bottleneck at 4.6 IMO.
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My motherboard is also only PCI 2.0 (I think) not sure how much difference that will also make..

Am Guessing my system spec will be fine for all the games available now, And I would really only notice a difference in benchmark tests if I upgraded
 
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To be honest a 2700k at 4.6ghz is going to be roughly the same speed as a 4770k at 4.0-4.2ghz. Also Haswell is trickier to overclock due to the heat so i would just stick with what you have.
 
chaparral said:
My motherboard is also only PCI 2.0 (I think) not sure how much difference that will also make..

Am Guessing my system spec will be fine for all the games available now, And I would really only notice a difference in benchmark tests if I upgraded
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I ran 2.0 Vs 3.0 in benching and it made such a small difference, it wasn't noticeable. The bandwidth of 2.0 is not even close to satuaration yet and 3.0 is more for future proofing :)

Pop the cards in, have a play and see what ya think Chaparral is my thoughts.
 
OP stick with what you have got, for the cards you have a high clocking SB CPU is a better bet than an average Haswell 4770k.
 
Kaapstad said:
OP stick with what you have got, for the cards you have a high clocking SB CPU is a better bet than an average Haswell 4770k.
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Yes think I will most likely stick with the CPU/motherboard I already have as over the next month or so is going cost me a lot with it being Christmas & new year..
Plus I also need to buy a new car very soon...:(
 
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Stick with what you have. I am using an ancient Core i7-980X for my 780ti its still more than fast enough & an even older 965XE on my GTX780 :eek:
 
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