Is gtx1070 mini a good choice for 2600k?

[g g d h]

I am about to change my gtx780 to something more modern. And since I want to get much smaller case than I have now, I want to buy a small gpu card. Choice is slim afaik and 1070mini caught my eyes. 

 

Will it be a good match for an i7-2600k overclockable past 5GHz? MB is a MSI P67A-GD65.

 

Or maybe other card in similar budget (~250€)?

[Oz_aka]

My wife setup is an I7 2700K on a Zotac Z68 ITX WIFI. I upgraded her 760 to a Zotac 1070 MINI.

 

Fine for a small form factor old build. Gained a few FPS and dropped a few watts.

 

Wife is happy, so I'm happy.

 

Got mine on clearance for 190$

[KarathKasun]

1070 is a bit overpowered for a 2600k.  Running an RX 470 on a 4.5ghz 2600k and still run into CPU limitations in quite a few cases.

 

If you are using 2560x1440 or above it would be a decent fit.

[jones177]

Yes. 

 

I used a GTX 980 ti that is about the same as a 1070, Later a 1080 and a 1080 ti. 

 

Go till it drops.

[g g d h]

7 hours ago, KarathKasun said:

1070 is a bit overpowered for a 2600k.  Running an RX 470 on a 4.5ghz 2600k and still run into CPU limitations in quite a few cases.

 

If you are using 2560x1440 or above it would be a decent fit.

I am indeed using 2560x1440@27", but will be getting larger screen. How did you observe CPU limitations? 

 

 

Cheers for your replays, guys 

[KarathKasun]

43 minutes ago, g g d h said:

I am indeed using 2560x1440@27", but will be getting larger screen. How did you observe CPU limitations? 

 

 

Cheers for your replays, guys 

Low GPU usage as monitored with afterburners OSD.

 

The games that are especially CPU bound are the only ones I notice issues with.  Games like ESO, Fallout 4 in some areas, ARK in single player, World of Tanks, and Mechwarrior Online.  These are all games that are either hard on the CPU in general (FO4) or are explicitly limited by single thread performance (ESO, ARK, MWO, WOT)

[g g d h]

On 7/15/2019 at 9:41 AM, KarathKasun said:

Low GPU usage as monitored with afterburners OSD.

 

The games that are especially CPU bound are the only ones I notice issues with.  Games like ESO, Fallout 4 in some areas, ARK in single player, World of Tanks, and Mechwarrior Online.  These are all games that are either hard on the CPU in general (FO4) or are explicitly limited by single thread performance (ESO, ARK, MWO, WOT)

I play WoT almost exclusively and never noticed any problems. And I run CPU at only 3.8GHz - too lazy / no time to fiddle around with OCing.

 

Decision made: will be getting 1070mini

[41keems]

Might bottleneck at 1440p