Help, what should I do?

[thepman69]

I want a GTX 1080, because I never ever bought a brand new top of the line card before.

 

I have $1100 CAN.

 

and

 

i7-2600 3.4 GHz LGA 1155 (2nd Gen that does not support PCI 3.0)

ASUStek P8H77-M (sandybridge) motherboard (it is PCI 3.0 Ready)

550w power Supply

R9 270 2GB video card

8 GB DDR3 Ram

128 SSD

1 TB Sata HHD and 13TB externals.

2x  23 inche wide screen monitors (Gateway FHX2300) only 60hz

Should I just buy the card, will I be bottle-necked? and if so should I just get the RX 480 instead?

or... maybe sell this computer and build? (I don't know  what it's worth)

also I know I can use the GTX 1080 on a motherboard PCI 3.0 ,even tho the CPU only is 2nd Gen and only supports PCI 2.0 on my board, with minuscule loss.

 

 

If you had my computer and $1100 CAN. What would you do? Would you spend it all?

please help me make the right / proper decision.

TY in advance.

(MyComputerSpecs CPU-ID attached)

 

MyComputer.txt

[C1intFunWood]

Gen 2 x16 shouldn't bottleneck a 1080 as it's equal to gen 3 x8. the GTX 1080 would be overkill for the resolution you're running.

[Simon771]

Do you plan to upgrade to 4K resolution? If not, don't buy GTX 1080, and just get some cheaper GPU.

[thepman69]

So Sir C1intFunWood,

If you were me would you buy the card and upgrade the monitor, maybe find a cheap 144hz?

I'm still looking for good idea's before I make a stupid mistake.

[Flavortown2k16]

Get 1070 insted of 1080. Its more than enough for 1080p gaming

[thepman69]

I have a friend who told me in competitive games (1440p)144hz makes a big difference, its something in the future I would like to be able to upgrade to for sure. Plan on playing BF1.

[Simon771]

5 minutes ago, Flavortown2k16 said:

Get 1070 insted of 1080. Its more than enough for 1080p gaming

Well for 1080p even GTX 1070 is overkill

Kinda.

 

RX 480 can max out anything at 1080p.

So does the GTX 970 or R9 390.

 

Those are all cheaper solutions.

But GTX 1070 is more future proof so I can agree with you

Also it will be still great if he decide to go for 1440p monitor.

[Keesler]

I would recommend a 4790k or higher CPU if you want a new top of line gpu with no possible bottle necks, A LOT of people will disagree but look at 4790k 6700k and the other intel CPUs. If you are not using it for gaming it might now be worth the upgrade its really up to you though. I would sell it and get a new one but its up to you my friend 

[Simon771]

3 minutes ago, thepman69 said:

I have a friend who told me in competitive games (1440p)144hz makes a big difference, its something in the future I would like to be able to upgrade to for sure. Plan on playing BF1.

Well in this case, yeah.

To get 144fps on 1440p, you need best possible GPU if you ask me.

So if that's in your upgrade plan, you should get GTX 1080

Makes more sense than for 1080p at 60fps  

[thepman69]

6 minutes ago, Keesler said:

I would recommend a 4790k or higher CPU if you want a new top of line gpu with no possible bottle necks, A LOT of people will disagree but look at 4790k 6700k and the other intel CPUs. If you are not using it for gaming it might now be worth the upgrade its really up to you though. I would sell it and get a new one but its up to you my friend 

hmmm, I see what your saying.

So you would sell and start building. I do really want a GTX 1080 even if its just to know I have the best for once in my life.

When I look online looks like it may cost a lot more money then I will have after selling this rig.

I may have to look into this further, Like how much of a bottle-neck, how much of a loss etc.

TYVM for yours and everyones input so far, I was under the weather thinking my rig was just garbage.

I'm feeling a little better now.

[l__T__l]

1 hour ago, thepman69 said:

hmmm, I see what your saying.

So you would sell and start building. I do really want a GTX 1080 even if its just to know I have the best for once in my life.

When I look online looks like it may cost a lot more money then I will have after selling this rig.

I may have to look into this further, Like how much of a bottle-neck, how much of a loss etc.

TYVM for yours and everyones input so far, I was under the weather thinking my rig was just garbage.

I'm feeling a little better now.

You will notice a much bigger difference upgrading your GPU than CPU. If you had bought an overclocking SKU you would have next to no benefit upgrading in games however I've only seen  comparisons between overclocked chips.

[BoldarBlood]

Sandybridge is certainly not "garbage" even after 4 or 5 years.  It's unfortunate you didnt go with a 2600k and a Z motherboard back then :). 

 

But as other have stated, I think you would be leaving too much performance to waste getting a 1080 over a 1070.  In Canada your looking at a $300-400 premium for a 1080 over a 1070...  40% more money for ~20% more performace and that's with a CPU that won't hold back any FPS from the GPU.  Add in that the CPU may even bottleneck a 1070 in some titles it would be even worse with a 1080...  So now your paying 40% more money for only 10% more performance.  Or less.

 

There are so many opinions on this same topic but I don't think any reputable site has definitively tested it yet.  

 

You have $1100.  If I were you, I would just get a 1070 for $610 after GST.  Save and extra $100 and add it to your remaining $490 and buy an i7-6600k ($300), 8GB DDR4 for the new platform ($60), A Z170 motherboard ($150), and a cooler for the CPU ($50).  Then when its build, sell  your old CPU, Ram, MB, Video card and get back a couple hundred.

[thepman69]

17 hours ago, BoldarBlood said:

Sandybridge is certainly not "garbage" even after 4 or 5 years.  It's unfortunate you didnt go with a 2600k and a Z motherboard back then :). 

 

But as other have stated, I think you would be leaving too much performance to waste getting a 1080 over a 1070.  In Canada your looking at a $300-400 premium for a 1080 over a 1070...  40% more money for ~20% more performace and that's with a CPU that won't hold back any FPS from the GPU.  Add in that the CPU may even bottleneck a 1070 in some titles it would be even worse with a 1080...  So now your paying 40% more money for only 10% more performance.  Or less.

 

There are so many opinions on this same topic but I don't think any reputable site has definitively tested it yet.  

 

You have $1100.  If I were you, I would just get a 1070 for $610 after GST.  Save and extra $100 and add it to your remaining $490 and buy an i7-6600k ($300), 8GB DDR4 for the new platform ($60), A Z170 motherboard ($150), and a cooler for the CPU ($50).  Then when its build, sell  your old CPU, Ram, MB, Video card and get back a couple hundred.

you rock

BoldarBlood !!!

 

exactly the kind of answer i was looking to get, very informative TYVVVVM