1080Ti and an i7 5820K

[LindaLoo]

Hi folks,

I currently have a 980Ti and I'm seriously considering upgrading to one of the non-Founders Edition 1080Tis but I'm wondering if my current processor (an i7 5820K) may in some way hold back its performance. I know that, when gaming, the CPU isn't usually stressed much if at all but I don't know if there might be some element of its architecture that could hobble the graphics card in some way. This is my current system:

ASUS X99 Deluxe II motherboard
Intel Core i7 5820K (running at 4080MHz) with a Corsair H115i liquid CPU cooler
16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 Quad Channel RAM running at 2448MHz
MSI GTX 980Ti Gaming 6G
Corsair HX1000i PSU
Various SSDs and an NVMe drive

Any thoughts or views on the balance of my system would be welcome, thanks!

 

[LindaLoo]

Thanks guys. That's good to hear. I think I was just concerned that I might not get the full value out of an upgrade if my CPU wasn't quite so current.
I'll see about pushing the processor a bit more - I just used the ASUS EZ Overclock Wizard within BIOS as I thought that'd be a reasonably safe and easy option.