Upgraded to Geforce 1070 - now what?

Jonnyfriendly

Jonnyfriendly

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Hello all - This weekend I upgraded my graphics card to a Gigabyte Geforce G1 1070 from an old MSI Geforce Gtx 670 - its made a big difference and Im really enjoying playing newer games at decent FPS. Im wondering whether it would be worth me upgrading my CPU (so therefore also my motherboard and RAM ) as well so as not to bottle neck the 1070 and get the most from it. Can anyone tell me whether it would be worth my while getting say a i7 6700k and more ram over what I currently have, which is..

i5 3570k
Asus P8z77 v lx
8gb DDR3 1600

I game mostly at 1080p and my sweet spot is 60fps, but have been experimenting with and quite liking the DSR settings for 1440p downscaled.

Any thoughts anyone?
 
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You don't say whether you have overclocked at all, but if not then I suspect overclocking will remove a possible bottleneck that the CPU may be causing.
 
Urg, edited my original post, cpu is 3570k not a 3750k (if such a chip even exists).

If I get more ram wont the speed of 1600 still be a bit slow, or does ram speed not make that much actual difference? So is m current CPU still decent for a while ? Thanks again for any help
 
I'd sell the 8GB RAM and upgrade to 2400mhz, when I overclocked mine to 2000mhz with insane voltage I noticed some difference in some games. Get 2x8GB 2400mhz.
 
Cpu is fine.

I'm running a 2500k at 4.5ghz and a 1070 and it works a treat.

As suggested, get another 8gb of ram. I don't think ram speed makes much difference to games though. 1600mhz is ok if you ask me.
 
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The sweetspot for an 1150 chip from what I remember after reading online articles and magazine reviews at the time was 2400Mhz DDR3, and these days 16gb is more than enough for just about anything while retaining a few years proofing.
I believe it was a slightly more responsive desktop and few more fps in some games for the price difference of a pint that swayed me as stated in some magazine review. As such I would recommend a 16 gb kit as in 2x8gb of 2400MHz DDR3, or even 2133MHz or 1866MHz IF significantly cheaper (which it is not).

Your CPU at 4.2 Ghz should be fine for a few years, most of us are waiting out the CPU lottery, not a huge gain in real world applications and gaming in CPU's/motherboards/memory/ssd since socket 1150. At least not for the outlay at RRP anyway giving percentage increase versus cost. Give me an i7 with 6 or 8 intel cores with hyperthreading and a 5GHz overclock on air at £300 with SSD's at half the price again and memory bandwidth that programs and games show a clear advantage with.

You do have an SSD too yes?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £83.69
(includes shipping: £8.70)
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Excellent - thanks for the advice. I do have an SSD which is the main drive, have got a bigger 2tb sata drive to store stuff/bigger games as well.

With the 2400 mhz ram - will it work with my CPU? Dont Ivy bridge setups only go up to 1600 anyway, so anything over would be a waste? Apols again for any cluelessness here - Im not all that knowledgeable about this stuff
 
I can't see any cpu worth the upgrade until coffee lake to be honest.

They will supposed have 6 cores for mainstream price.

My 2500k will serve me well until then.
 
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Excellent - thanks for the advice. I do have an SSD which is the main drive, have got a bigger 2tb sata drive to store stuff/bigger games as well.

With the 2400 mhz ram - will it work with my CPU? Dont Ivy bridge setups only go up to 1600 anyway, so anything over would be a waste? Apols again for any cluelessness here - Im not all that knowledgeable about this stuff
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https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z77V/specifications/

http://ark.intel.com/products/65520/Intel-Core-i5-3570K-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz

It is supported but you either overclock it or set XMP on it. You will see the CPU states 1600Mhz memory, but it's the motherboard OC ability that matters.

http://ark.intel.com/products/75123/Intel-Core-i7-4770K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz

My CPU, I'm running at 4.4GHz on air with my memory set at 2400Mhz simply by selecting the XMP profile in BIOS.
 
If your 3570K will only do 4.2Ghz you're doing something wrong. You should be able to hit 4.5 with reasonable voltage on pretty much every 3570K in existence with a few exceptions (came from the edge of the wafer at 4:59PM on a Friday).

What motherboard do you have? Do you have a large CPU cooler? I have a large cooler and I selected G Skill Ares 2400Mhz C11 RAM for my machine. It is extremely low profile. Giant heat spreaders don't really make a lot of difference. It's all for looks.

Update your bios, read a few overclocking guides for Sandy/Ivybridge, and aim for a higher overclock. Get a 2X8GB DDR3 2400 kit.
 
Got some more RAM today so that'll do for now. I have tried overclocking beyond 4.2 but it just doesnt happen - blue screens most of the time. CPU temps fine, ive followed every guide out there to the lterr but it just is not stable beyond 4.2 Motherboard is an Asus P8z77 v lx
 
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