Will this card be bottlenecked? Also Suggestions plz xox

[Bradley]

Hey guys, I am planning on getting a new GPU but tbh nearly everything in my PC even the HDD, SSD and case except the GPU is due for an upgrade as it is almost 3-4 years old but I really have not got the money at the moment to get all the new parts that I want so instead I wanted to get a GPU but I wanted to know if this card would go nicely in my rig. Also I am literally waiting for my hard drive to fail and I have windows 10 just installed and I really don't want to spend my money on getting a new hard drive and copy of windows and I have had trouble trying to get windows on my 60GB SSD. I have a budget of £500 or $756. I am open for suggestions but I really do want that card as it looks awesome and will go well with my case (if I don't upgrade it) but obviously after I get that card I will have around £250 left and I would be greatful if you guys could tell the best thing I should do with the remaining money. I wanted to get a nice white motherboard to go in my Aerocool sixth elemant white case and new DDR4 RAM with a new Skylake processor but then I will have no where near enough for the card or the white motherboard I want. Either way my case has seen better days. All the parts are coming up to around 3 and 4 years old. (except the gpu) Either way I want the card but I really need suggestions on what to upgrade with the remaining money or at least what would be the best option because I think some things are out of date and will fail and I really didn't want to spend all my money on replacing things, I wanted to get something exciting at least (gpu). Thanks

 

MY CURRENT SPECS:

 

GPU: Gigabyte GTX 750Ti

 

CPU: Intel Quad Core i5-3470

 

RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB 1600Mhz

 

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77-D3H

 

PSU: Corsair GS600W

 

NEW CARD: 

 

Gigabyte GTX 970 Twin Turbo OC

 

 

[LtStaffel]

I don't think all of your pc is due. That i5 is probably fine.

[i_build_nanosuits]

buy a GTX 970 and call it a day, it will run anything.

[TheRandomness]

You'd be fine only upgrading the graphics card to an R9 390

[Notree]

Hey guys, I am planning on getting a new GPU but tbh nearly everything in my PC even the HDD, SSD and case except the GPU is due for an upgrade as it is almost 3-4 years old but I really have not got the money at the moment to get all the new parts that I want so instead I wanted to get a GPU but I wanted to know if this card would go nicely in my rig. Also I am literally waiting for my hard drive to fail and I have windows 10 just installed and I really don't want to spend my money on getting a new hard drive and copy of windows and I have had trouble trying to get windows on my 60GB SSD. I have a budget of £500 or $756. I am open for suggestions but I really do want that card as it looks awesome and will go well with my case (if I don't upgrade it) but obviously after I get that card I will have around £250 left and I would be greatful if you guys could tell the best thing I should do with the remaining money. I wanted to get a nice white motherboard to go in my Aerocool sixth elemant white case and new DDR4 RAM with a new Skylake processor but then I will have no where near enough for the card or the white motherboard I want. Either way my case has seen better days. All the parts are coming up to around 3 and 4 years old. (except the gpu) Either way I want the card but I really need suggestions on what to upgrade with the remaining money or at least what would be the best option because I think some things are out of date and will fail and I really didn't want to spend all my money on replacing things, I wanted to get something exciting at least (gpu). Thanks

 

 

You'll be fine just get a new gpu. I wouldnt bother buying a new mobo or case. Put that extra money towards a better gpu.

[Bradley]

I don't think all of your pc is due. That i5 is probably fine.

Thats actually quite nice to hear because I was worried about that considering all these other processors are out now. I think maybe if I just get a new HDD and case I will be good. I just don't want anything stupid like the PSU to fail on me. However Its going to be hard now for me to find as much money as I had when I built the rig so I am really trying to play this safe because I don't want everything to just go all at once. 

[Bradley]

buy a GTX 970 and call it a day, it will run anything.

You reckon it will be alright with my build? I am just worried my parts are a little out dated and they might being to fail soon.

[Bradley]

You'll be fine just get a new gpu. I wouldnt bother buying a new mobo or case. Put that extra money towards a better gpu.

Thanks, its good to hear. I didn't really want to spend my money on 'maintenance', If I can get a couple more years out my mobo and that then I will go for it.

[Bradley]

I won't lie, its the HDD I think is just gonna go. Its actually like 4 years old. 

[Shadow-R]

Terve!
Please excuse if I screw up this reply, but I've had some trouble reading though a "non stop chain gun" post.

I'd not upgrade the CPU. Personally I run a 2600 (non k) processor and it has never appeared to bottleneck an R9 290. I know that this is a slower card than the 970 appears to be, but the 2600 would be slower as well - if there was a noticeable difference between the generation.

Something you should know is that the CPU its self did not get that much faster since Sandy Bridge. All the peripherals to it have (like DDR4 or USB 3.1 /Type C).

So if you do not need anything else than CPU power you are good.

You might want to upgrade the storage though. A 60GB SSD seems small and a dying HDD is not something you normally want to have. 

Sayonara!

[Shadow-R]

I won't lie, its the HDD I think is just gonna go. Its actually like 4 years old. 

 

Terve!

I am not sure about these days quality but I still have a win95 PC with a HDD in it that is approximately 20 years old.

My sister has a PC with a 4 year old HDD - it works perfectly fine.

Try some crystal disk info to see what your HDDs shape is.

Sayonara!

[LtStaffel]

Thats actually quite nice to hear because I was worried about that considering all these other processors are out now. I think maybe if I just get a new HDD and case I will be good. I just don't want anything stupid like the PSU to fail on me. However Its going to be hard now for me to find as much money as I had when I built the rig so I am really trying to play this safe because I don't want everything to just go all at once.

People are still on 2nd gen intel, and I know of a couple people on first gen i7s, I'm very sure your cpu won't be the first thing to go.

[Bradley]

Terve!

I am not sure about these days quality but I still have a win95 PC with a HDD in it that is approximately 20 years old.

My sister has a PC with a 4 year old HDD - it works perfectly fine.

Try some crystal disk info to see what your HDDs shape is.

Sayonara!

Ty, very reassuring.

[Bradley]

People are still on 2nd gen intel, and I know of a couple people on first gen i7s, I'm very sure your cpu won't be the first thing to go.

Thats reassuring thank you.

[Bradley]

Would the card be all compatible with the system? Any minor set backs like bottlenecking? Also is it worth getting 16GB of RAM? I do a little bit of rendering every now and then but I don't know whether 8GB will cut gaming and editing.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Would the card be all compatible with the system? Any minor set backs like bottlenecking? Also is it worth getting 16GB of RAM? I do a little bit of rendering every now and then but I don't know whether 8GB will cut gaming and editing.

8GB is enough and yes your system is perfectly fine to handle this card.

[Bradley]

8GB is enough and yes your system is perfectly fine to handle this card.

ty, reckon it will last a couple more years?

[i_build_nanosuits]

ty, reckon it will last a couple more years?

yes sure, i mean you will have to tweak settings a little bit the 970 can't max out like every settings in every games...but it can certainly do high/ultra settings in games with some anti-aliasing of some sort and still reach 60FPS+ gaming comfortably. it's a good card, and your CPU is still a good quad-core chip which is what you need for games and 8GB also is plenty for every game out there so it's all perfectly fine.

[Bradley]

yes sure, i mean you will have to tweak settings a little bit the 970 can't max out like every settings in every games...but it can certainly do high/ultra settings in games with some anti-aliasing of some sort and still reach 60FPS+ gaming comfortably. it's a good card, and your CPU is still a good quad-core chip which is what you need for games and 8GB also is plenty for every game out there so it's all perfectly fine.

Thank, im glad to hear but I mean my HDD is nearly 4years old. I am worried it will fail soon. I dont know wether its worth getting a new hybrid drive and a copy of windows or something.

[Bradley]

I bought my 

 

Thank, im glad to hear but I mean my HDD is nearly 4years old. I am worried it will fail soon. I dont know wether its worth getting a new hybrid drive and a copy of windows or something.

I bought my CPU when I was a PC noob and I discovered it was a locked multiplier after I bought it

[Nena Trinity]

R9 380X or 390!

[Bradley]

R9 380X or 390!

yo buddy, how often do you need to replace thermal paste?

[SteveGrabowski0]

You reckon it will be alright with my build? I am just worried my parts are a little out dated and they might being to fail soon.

 

Any Ivy Bridge i5 is still plenty to run a GTX 970 optimally.

[Bradley]

Any Ivy Bridge i5 is still plenty to run a GTX 970 optimally.

tyty

[Nena Trinity]

yo buddy, how often do you need to replace thermal paste?

Thermal can be on for years!