I NEED HELP! <3

[Relly04]

hey guys and girls, im building a new computer and i have a 2 year old EVGA GTX 1060 3gb and was wondering if it would pair nice with a Ryzen 7 2700x? Should i get a new one? or should i just keep it. Also what motherboards do you suggest i should purchase

[Relly04]

Should i get a new GPU or should i just keep the old one ?

[Fasauceome]

what's your performance target? is the use case mostly gaming?

[manta0604]

The 1060 3gb would pair with a 2700x perfectly fine. If you had a weaker cpu like 2600 and got a 2080 ti then a cpu upgrade would be needed because you would need a faster cpu to send data fast enough so that the 2080 ti could run at its max potential. If i were i would upgrade the gpu just because the 1060 3gb isnt that fast of a gpu anymore by todays standards because of games getting harder to run. And a great price to performance and feature set motherboard is the MSI B450 Tomahawk if you are sticking with ryzen, it goes for about $115 and its a very robust option if you dont want to break the bank. 

[Insomniac99]

RTX cards have more range im RTX 2060 gigabyte W.my 2700x fantastic setup for gaming and workload. 1060s are slight outdated in term of performance also  depends your personal workspace as well.  

[Relly04]

Yes just for gaming i just want a solid gaming experience for csgo, fornite, lol, r6, GTV ect 

 

 

[manta0604]

the pair would work fine if you are gaming but i would buy a faster gpu to keep up with newer games becoming harder to run

 

[manta0604]

a 1060 is enough to run those games but maybe not fortnite on epic settings

[Relly04]

i wont be on epic settings that often tbh bc ill try to get as many frames but still be clean as possible 

 

[Fasauceome]

5 minutes ago, Relly04 said:

Yes just for gaming i just want a solid gaming experience for csgo, fornite, lol, r6, GTV ect 

 

 

you could go cheaper and get yourself a Ryzen 5 2600 instead

[manta0604]

if you have the money to buy a new graphics card then a 1650 super is a great option for around $160 and will give you better performance over all than a 1060 3gb, it wont be a crazy leap but it will out perform the 1060 enough to notice gains 

[Relly04]

I already purchased the ryzen 7 2700x , it was only 160 so i just thought id pick it up. Should i just keep my old GPU and just pair it with my Ryzen 7 2700x and get a MSI tomahawk mobo

[manta0604]

If you are fine with the performance you are getting with your 1060 3gb then you dont need to upgrade yet. And if you need a great price to performance motherboard then the b450 msi tomahawk mobo is a great choice

[Relly04]

okay thanks Manta