NEW GPU or GPU RAM MB and CPU?

mike Gleed · 28 Mar 2018 at 22:14

Hi I am wondering whether just to upgrade my GPU from GTX680 to say a 1060 which would be around £250-300 or is my MB and CPU not cutting it either now? I am happy to keep my 850W PSU and Case and old Storage drives and go new MB, CPU (+cooler), new SSD Drive, new RAM, new GPU (I assume I can transfer my windows 10?).

Current specs
Summary
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 3930K @ 3.20GHz 55 °C
Sandy Bridge-E 32nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB DDR3 @ 799MHz (9-9-9-27)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P9X79 PRO (LGA2011) 36 °C
3 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (dual x16 or x16/x8/x8) *1 1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x8 mode) *1 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1
Graphics
29EA93 (2560x1080@60Hz)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 (Palit Microsystems) 72 °C
Storage
223GB KINGSTON SH103S3240G (SSD) 25 °C
2794GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH166 (SATA) 29 °C
931GB Seagate ST31000333AS (SATA) 31 °C
3726GB Seagate Expansion Desk SCSI Disk Device (USB (SATA)) 30 °C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp DVDWBD SH-B123L

If you feel a my system is worth a whole overhaul then advice on the MB etc would be appricated can spend around £1-1.5k just may not see the point if a new GPU would bring a big diffence alone.

I play games like WOW, Far Cry 5, GTA V, Total War.

My Resoultion is 2560 x 1080

Thanking you in advance

mrbazmondo · 28 Mar 2018 at 22:50

I've got a 3930K and don't see the current CPUs as a big enough step up to consider upgrading to. You may want to if a top end GPU causes the CPU to be the bottleneck, but otherwise i'd stick with it for now.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-i7-3930K-vs-Intel-i7-8700K/902vs3098

GTX 1080 ti is the best GPU currently at the inflated price of £750-£950.
Nvidia are supposed to be announcing new ones soon, but it might be a while until they are available.

mike Gleed · 28 Mar 2018 at 23:09

mrbazmondo said:
I've got a 3930K and don't see the current CPUs as a big enough step up to consider upgrading to. You may want to if a top end GPU causes the CPU to be the bottleneck, but otherwise i'd stick with it for now.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-i7-3930K-vs-Intel-i7-8700K/902vs3098

GTX 1080 ti is the best GPU currently at the inflated price of £750-£950.
Nvidia are supposed to be announcing new ones soon, but it might be a while until they are available.

Thanks for the reply, I am thinking of being tight would a 1070Ti be good enough really? its 7th vs 2nd but im coming from 47th!?!?

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1060-6GB-vs-Nvidia-GTX-680/3639vs3148

mrbazmondo · 28 Mar 2018 at 23:26

I was just going by your £1-1.5K budget and though it'd be better spent getting a big step up in GPU.
1070 ti looks good too. Do some googling for FPS at the res you play at on games you play with whatever card you choose before you buy.

orbitalwalsh · 29 Mar 2018 at 08:29

gtx 1070ti is solid card, OC it to match the gtx 1080 stock and save £40-50 quid. only time i'd recommend 1080gtx over the 70ti is if you can get the extremely rare 11gbps version over standard 10 or if using for VR

mike Gleed · 20 Sep 2018 at 20:40

Hi guys, I got the 1060 6gb back in march as it was not too much cash. Now the RTX is coming out my mate is getting one straight away and offering me his 1080Ti for cut price of £350. Asssuming im happy with the £350 will is outstrip my set up or complement it well CPU/RAM/MB wise?

Thanks in advance hope you all well.

Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 3930K @ 3.20GHz 52 °C
Sandy Bridge-E 32nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB DDR3 @ 799MHz (9-9-9-27)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P9X79 PRO (LGA2011) 39 °C
Graphics
29EA93 (2560x1080@60Hz)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (EVGA) 45 °C
Storage
465GB Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB (SATA (SSD)) 38 °C
931GB Seagate ST31000333AS (SATA ) 33 °C
2794GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH166 (SATA ) 34 °C
3726GB Seagate Expansion Desk SCSI Disk Device (USB (SATA) ) 34 °C
Optical Drives
No optical disk drives detected
Audio
SteelSeries Arctis 7 Game

NovaKill4 · 21 Sep 2018 at 09:22

You will probably see a bottleneck on the CPU if you put a 1080ti in but it shouldn't be too much, and for that price you cant go wrong!
Looking at bench marks of the new RTX 2080, the 1080ti still holds well against it.

If you get the 1080ti now you wont need a GPU upgrade for quite a while which will give you time to upgrade your CPU/MOBO/RAM.

Distracted · 21 Sep 2018 at 13:25

I agree with the above. Take the 1080 ti and you can upgrade your cpu at a later date if you need to.

heatonpkmassive · 25 Sep 2018 at 00:13

I hope you snapped his hand off for 350 quid..

mike Gleed · 21 Oct 2018 at 09:51

NovaKill4 said:
You will probably see a bottleneck on the CPU if you put a 1080ti in but it shouldn't be too much, and for that price you cant go wrong!
Looking at bench marks of the new RTX 2080, the 1080ti still holds well against it.

If you get the 1080ti now you wont need a GPU upgrade for quite a while which will give you time to upgrade your CPU/MOBO/RAM.

Thanks all snapped the GPU up, and have the gaming bug again (probably cause winter is coming hahaha).

I would like to explore the possibility of some 4k stuff. Now with the 1080Ti and the specs above I assume I need a screen and a new MB/CPU/RAM? My PSU is 850W.

Should I start with a screen and will my current CPU MB be OK? or should I go higher. 4K wise I assume I will need an unlimited budget...

heatonpkmassive · 21 Oct 2018 at 11:18

CPU speed is less important the higher the resolution. If you've got the cash, a G-Sync 4k monitor would be nice..

What make and how old is that PSU? 850W would be enough if a good brand and not massively old.

heatonpkmassive · 21 Oct 2018 at 11:19

Plus, is that CPU overclocked? If not, clock it up and save a few quid.

Shashman · 21 Oct 2018 at 11:32

How's that 1060 6GB been in your system? I'm running an LGA 1155 system and looking at getting this card

mike Gleed · 21 Oct 2018 at 12:30

Thanks guys helpful as usual. The PSU is a older one say 4 years, but it's a Corsair. CPU never been overclocked.

The 1060 6gb was fine got a bit stressful 20-40fps rise of tomb raider, but was a solid 60fps on very high non hdr on Far Cry 5 1080p. I am now looking for 4k, I have a few monitors in mind any recommendations around the £900 and down?

heatonpkmassive · 21 Oct 2018 at 13:17

Which Corsair Mike? Most were okay, but some weren't as good. If it's a CX Builders one, toss it in the rubbish.

Shashman · 21 Oct 2018 at 13:48

Well my HX620 is still going strong and it's over 5 years old (I bought it second hand back then!

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mike Gleed · 21 Oct 2018 at 14:30

Think it is a cx builders one, round the in laws. I kinda like the new one's where you can plug in what cables you want rather than have loads just sticking out like I have!