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But will it still bottleneck a 1070 though? Well it can do 1080p/1440p at 60Hz so.. ya I should have reworded my original comment, my apologies

In reply about the res/fps, 1080p Ultra at least if not Med/High-1440p. In reply about the monitor, I do indeed and will probably use HDMI into the monitor. Well, the rig atm has a quite old 650 TI but would prefer a 1070 if it doesn't bottleneck that is. A 1060 I suppose would probably do it but I dunno, was hoping for 1070 as mentioned Yeah that's the problem, I can't really understand how to identify it, that's why I would prefer a list of CPUs. I've tried some sources but they all vary too much.

No other CPU what so ever? Are you sure..? Not even a 1155 i7 CPU ..?

I see Any other 1155 CPUs that will handle a 1080/1070..? Could possibly change the CPU, maybe.

Hi guys, so um.. my friend for some odd reason is deciding to give his old PC to me in particular instead of selling it because he doesn't like selling PC-Hardware and so, I'm typically speaking getting an old(?) PC for free The reason I'm making this thread though is because I wanted to ask you guys if the CPU will be ok for a GTX 1080 or 1070 as the GPU does need a upgrade desperately. I'm not sure if it would bottleneck during gaming but, here's why I wanted to ask you guys! The CPU is a i5-2500k on an Asus P8P67 3.0 USB Motherboard. If you guys think it could handle any of the two GPUs (GTX 1080 or GTX 1070), which one? And also, I hate to sound harsh but could someone perhaps list all if not, most of the possible CPUs that would not bottleneck a GTX 1080 or 1070, preferably older CPUs that you can get in some second hand PCs, e.g.. i3/i5/i7/Xeon's on eBay etc...... would help me out a lot if I had a nice long list of CPUs just so I know which one would and would not bottleneck during Gaming and/or Editing etc.. Thanks!

Oh sweet! I must have misread/misclicked something lol. Thank you though!

Oh yeah... I forgot about that. I might instead just get a 'board with USB 3.1 Type A & C as well as USB 3.0 for the time being and then get a eSATA PCI-E card later on perhaps; just a matter of finding the right one lol.

Green USB 3(.1?) ports do you specifically mean?

I just realized that the MSI Pro Carbon is a LGA-1151 board, not 2011-3... GAH! Any 2011-3 version(s) of this? @Curufinwe_wins

Hmm ok cool. Thanks @awesomeness10120, will definitely consider it !! Or might consider the ASUS E-WS/USB-3.1 when it's on a sale perhaps

Oh that one (Just looked it up). Yeah I don't like that one haha, the color scheme is too much lol. Same features as well when comparing I believe.

Very true. Wow that is a nice motherboard, how the heck did I not see this one upon researching...! Thanks @Curufinwe_wins, looks like a good mobo for aspects such as the price, features and certainly the black and white simplistic appearance Jus' curious but is there one up from this? like the 'next-tier of this motherboard'..?

Nah not that one, linked it above ^

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-WS-USB-3-1-Motherboards/dp/B0119IKGW8 This one. I wish there was a version but with less PCI-E lanes. Know of any perhaps or similar this?

UPDATE: Wow... I just found a board with what I need pretty much (Features wise) but the price though..... >_> It's above 350, that's for sure . Has a bit too many PCI-E Lanes as well.