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I want to upgrade my pc next month, but I can't figure out what GPU would be a bottleneck for my PC after later upgrades and should I change my PSU.

 

At this time my PC parts are:

  • MOBO: MSI B85M-E33
  • CPU: intel core i-5 4430
  • RAM: DDR3 Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB 1600MHz CL10
  • PSU: Aerocool STRIKE-X 500w 80+ Bronze

 

 

My budget is about ~300-400€ for now, I'm planing of getting one more stick of 8gb ram and change CPU to intel core i7 4770k few months after I will upgrade my GPU.

 

So what GPU would be a bottleneck for 1080p on Ultra/High setting with a stable 70FPS+ and 1440p atleast medium settings with stable 50FPS.

 

P.S. I'm living in Lithuania, so the main websites where I would order parts are:

www.Skytech.lt

www.Fortakas.lt

www.Varle.lt

www.1a.lt

www.Kilobaitas.lt

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RX 480/570 or the GTX 1060 are your best bets. 

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if you have i7, you wont have any bottleneck from any gpu

 

but if you have the i5, gtx 1070 and above will

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Change PSU then get RX580 or Gtx 1060 6gb

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8 minutes ago, Blackhole890 said:

if you have i7, you wont have any bottleneck from any gpu

 

but if you have the i5, gtx 1070 and above will

RX580 8gb wouldn't work for my prefferable performance?

 

 

 

6 minutes ago, JDE said:

Change PSU then get RX580 or Gtx 1060 6gb

Maybe you have some advice what RX580 exactly should I get? Or there is no big difference?

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2 minutes ago, GintarasM said:

RX580 8gb wouldn't work for my prefferable performance?

 

 

 

Maybe you have some advice what RX580 exactly should I get? Or there is no big difference?

Any 580 8GB or any 1060 6GB. Make sure it's not blower style or ITX/Mini design though.

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41 minutes ago, JDE said:

Any 580 8GB or any 1060 6GB. Make sure it's not blower style or ITX/Mini design though.

Thank you for your advice!

By the way, should I change my PSU later too? Couse I heard it's quite bad with mid-tier/high-end GPU's.

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1 hour ago, GintarasM said:

Thank you for your advice!

By the way, should I change my PSU later too? Couse I heard it's quite bad with mid-tier/high-end GPU's.

order which i'd get components first:

 

psu, gpu, cpu

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7 hours ago, GintarasM said:

Thank you for your advice!

By the way, should I change my PSU later too? Couse I heard it's quite bad with mid-tier/high-end GPU's.

I agree with this post:

5 hours ago, Blackhole890 said:

order which i'd get components first:

 

psu, gpu, cpu

 

 

Get the PSU first. At the US$50 range, you have the CXM and EVGA B3. Either go for that or the EVGA G2/G3.

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Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

Intel is bringing DDR4 to the mainstream with the Intel® Core™ i5 6600K and i7 6700K processors. Learn more by clicking the link in the description below.

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