Best Graphics card for I5 2500k

[Telf]

Hi all,

First post here!

I have a pretty old PC. It was fairly decent when i built it but it's now old, I'd like advice on what graphics card to stick in it. At the moment I've no intention of building a new PC as tbh I don't want to!

Anyway here are the specs:

I5 2500k @3.3 Ghz
Mother board Z68AP-D3
8 GB Ram

It currently has a GTX 1060 8GB

I used to be up on all PC hardware but I've been on a PS5 for a few years.

Any advice appreciated.

Paul.

 

[Telf]

I would over clock the 2500k to 4.5ghz (or more, but 4.5ghz is easily achievable)
Also stick on another 8gb ram to make 16gb
Best GPU id run on it is a 3060 12gb/2070 or 6600/6600xt/7600 without running into significant CPU bottlenecks (all of these GPUs are roughly double the performance of the 1060)
The bonus is that all these GPUs above are also relatively low power so a PSU upgrade can probably be avoided (though I caveat that you haven't told us what PSU you have)

thank you,

Its a corsair CX650M, the processor is water cooled I just never bothered Overclocking it. I think I intended to at the time but didnt bother in the end.

 

[Telf]

the RAM is XMS3 1600Mhz 9-9-9-24

 

[Telf]

it does have an SSD, I suppose I can squeeze a bit of life out of it then think about building something new