Compatibility Help Please

[Alticer]

Advice is greatly appreciated. I currently have an amd fx-8350 CPU and a radeon r9 270x GPU . I want to upgrade my GPU to the gtx 1660 ti because its a great deal and future proof, but I am worried my old CPU may cause issues in game/bottleneck. Even if it bottlenecks will my games still be stable at least or cause studdering? Would it be better to get a short term upgrade and get like a amd rx580 GPU? There is not much price difference between the two cards. I want to make use of my new 144 hz monitor i got even If i have to use low settings.

 

16gb ddr3

512gb ultra 3d Sandisk ssd

gigabyte motherboard 970a-ds3p

[trevb0t]

2 hours ago, Alticer said:

Advice is greatly appreciated. I currently have an amd fx-8350 CPU and a radeon r9 270x GPU . I want to upgrade my GPU to the gtx 1660 ti because its a great deal and future proof, but I am worried my old CPU may cause issues in game/bottleneck. Even if it bottlenecks will my games still be stable at least or cause studdering? Would it be better to get a short term upgrade and get like a amd rx580 GPU? There is not much price difference between the two cards. I want to make use of my new 144 hz monitor i got even If i have to use low settings.

 

16gb ddr3

512gb ultra 3d Sandisk ssd

gigabyte motherboard 970a-ds3p

To clarify: You are looking at upgrading the CPU in the future, and want to take the plunge on a GPU now?

 

If that's the case, it will likely bottleneck, but shouldn't have any distinctly awful effects. Just won't be utilizing the power of the GPU fully.

 

How far out is the upgrade for the rest of the system? (A CPU upgrade is going to require and new MOBO and DDR4 RAM.)

[Alticer]

I just cant afford to get a new pc, so i want to upgrade what i can for now and transfer that to a new pc in the future.  Why will a new cpu need a new mobo?

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13 minutes ago, Alticer said:

I just cant afford to get a new pc, so i want to upgrade what i can for now and transfer that to a new pc in the future.  Why will a new cpu need a new mobo?

 

Certain CPUs are only compatible with certain motherboards.

For an example, you can't put an AMD Ryzen 2700X into your Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P motherboard...because:

• Different CPU socket (AM4 vs AM3+)
• Incompatible RAM type (DDR4 vs DDR3)
• Incompatible motherboard chipset
• etc

As for the GPU, I would go for the GTX 1660 Ti.

Sure the FX-8350 will bottleneck the performance, but you will STILL see performance gain compared to your R9-270X.

You can just re-use the GTX 1660 Ti in your new system.

 

With my FX-8350 @ 4.8/4.9/5.0 GHz, I was running it with two HD 7970's (AKA R9-280X), and eventually with two R-Fury's.

I was not getting the FPS reviewers were getting with the R9-Fury (e.g. average and maximum were lower), but still higher than what I was getting with the HD 7970.

[Alticer]

Arlght I'll give it a shot, was just worried about it causing input delay, studdering, or graphical issues since psu is so outdated. Thank you. Is a cx600m PSU enough for that gpu?

[-rascal-]

34 minutes ago, Alticer said:

Arlght I'll give it a shot, was just worried about it causing input delay, studdering, or graphical issues since psu is so outdated. Thank you. Is a cx600m battery enough for that gpu?

 

Power Supply...not battery.

 

Corsair CX600M, as in the Green label version?

It's not the best build quality, but should be fine.

 

Would recommend that you upgrade that too while you change the graphics card -- reuse both GTX 1660 Ti and new Power Supply in the new system.

Otherwise, you can also upgrade the Power Supply when you upgrade the CPU / Motherboard / RAM.