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My friend is getting a GTX 1070 most likely and he wants to know what brand to get and I said the EVGA SC especially cause it's on sale for 420. Is it a good choice? And will his  i5-4460 bottleneck it (I think it will, but I don't know by how much)

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I have the EVGA SC and have no complaints, but I haven't really tried to overclock it yet. No need.

 

"Bottleneck" is not a dirty word. Just means that when he upgrades processors, he won't have to upgrade his graphics card to match. That said, I think a Haswell i5 can handle a 1070 without issue.

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3 minutes ago, Abyss Gaming said:

My friend is getting a GTX 1070 most likely and he wants to know what brand to get and I said the EVGA SC especially cause it's on sale for 420. Is it a good choice? And will his  i5-4460 bottleneck it (I think it will, but I don't know by how much)

the EVGA SC is a good choice. his i5 should be fine.

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EVGA with the ACX 3.0 coolers are a good option. Best cooler imo for current gen.

 

It will play fine. There is always a bottleneck somewhere. You might not get max performance out of GPU, but as long as all is fine and fast enough he is good to go.

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1 minute ago, aisle9 said:

I have the EVGA SC and have no complaints, but I haven't really tried to overclock it yet. No need.

 

"Bottleneck" is not a dirty word. Just means that when he upgrades processors, he won't have to upgrade his graphics card to match. That said, I think a Haswell i5 can handle a 1070 without issue.

 

 

Just now, SeanAngelo said:

the EVGA SC is a good choice. his i5 should be fine.

 

Just now, wrathoftheturkey said:

Yeah, EVGA's got great customer support. The i5 will, but not by much.

Although say he plays a CPU intensive game IE Battlefield 1 (In theory don't know if he will, or a game of equivelent or greater cpu intensity) will he be able to play 1080p max? Around 40-60 fps? OR will his cpu be a problem in those types of games?

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EVGA cards look bad IMO but otherwise they are a good card, I5 4460 will bottleneck but that dosent mean it will be bad :) 

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8 minutes ago, Jorgen297 said:

Yes it will bottleneck some titles at 1080p. That's an objective fact. Even the overclocked 6600K will bottleneck a 1070 by some % compared to a 6700K. But it's still a great choice. 

 

 

10 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

EVGA cards look bad IMO but otherwise they are a good card, I5 4460 will bottleneck but that dosent mean it will be bad :) 

 

11 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

A bit, might have to turn down settings a tad

 

13 minutes ago, Gonio said:

EVGA with the ACX 3.0 coolers are a good option. Best cooler imo for current gen.

 

It will play fine. There is always a bottleneck somewhere. You might not get max performance out of GPU, but as long as all is fine and fast enough he is good to go.

 

 

14 minutes ago, SeanAngelo said:

the EVGA SC is a good choice. his i5 should be fine.

 

15 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

I have the EVGA SC and have no complaints, but I haven't really tried to overclock it yet. No need.

 

"Bottleneck" is not a dirty word. Just means that when he upgrades processors, he won't have to upgrade his graphics card to match. That said, I think a Haswell i5 can handle a 1070 without issue.

 

And what PSU do you guys think his IBUYPOWER BB900 has? Will it support the 1070?

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Just now, Abyss Gaming said:

 

 

 

 

 

And what PSU do you guys think his IBUYPOWER BB900 has? Will it support the 1070?

just make him open his side panel tbh but probably something like a EVGA 500B

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#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

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#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

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Just now, wrathoftheturkey said:

Well, the 750ti consumes a lot less power. It should work, since even with the 1070 inside it it shouldn't go above ~350W under load, but I'd open up the PC and take a look at it for the Wattage just in case.

 

YEa I am tying to get him to do it but he doesn't know a lot about pcs so....

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51 minutes ago, Gonio said:

EVGA with the ACX 3.0 coolers are a good option. Best cooler imo for current gen.

 

It will play fine. There is always a bottleneck somewhere. You might not get max performance out of GPU, but as long as all is fine and fast enough he is good to go.

don't think they have the best cooler. the asus strix is, for its triple fans 

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5 hours ago, Abyss Gaming said:

 

 

Although say he plays a CPU intensive game IE Battlefield 1 (In theory don't know if he will, or a game of equivelent or greater cpu intensity) will he be able to play 1080p max? Around 40-60 fps? OR will his cpu be a problem in those types of games?

i think he'll be fine with running 50fps+

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