Bandaid or Replace

[mnm0710]

Hey guys,

 

So this is my current machine that I've had for over 5 years.  I don't game very often but I usually play the big RPG titles and play the campaign and that's about it.  I got Doom earlier this year and actually could not play it even on medium settings for some reason.  This is what I'm rocking - hail to the classics

 

CPU - i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz

GPU - Sapphire Radeon 6950 2GB

Memory - 12GB DDR3 @ 1333 Mhz

Hard Drive - 2 x WD Black in RAID0

Hard Drive 2 x WD Green in RAID1

 

I play on my Samsung 1080p TV so not 4K, yet although I do plan on replacing my TV later this year to a 4K TV.

 

Issue I have is yea I can go and build a brand spanking new machine with Kaby Lake, a 1080Ti etc but I'm just wondering if you guys think there are any easy/quick bandaids I could do to my current system.  The problem is for example if I wanted an NVME SSD, I would need to get a mobo with UEFI which would then require a rebuild.  

 

What would happen if I decided to throw in a 1080 into this machine with no other changes?  

 

Any thoughts on adding some bandaid fixes to this machine or should I just suck it up and build a new one?

 

Thanks!

[Herman Mcpootis]

the i7 will likely bottleneck the gtx 1080, but you'll still get a great performance increase. just upgrade the cpu+mobo+ram in the future when you have the budget. no need for an NVME ssd, a sata ssd like a hynix sl308, mydigitalssd BP5e or samsung 850 evo will be just as good.

[The Pixel Polygon]

Yeah, that processor is way too old to handle GTX 10 series cards. Try and go for at least haswell.

[mnm0710]

1 hour ago, herman mcpootis said:

the i7 will likely bottleneck the gtx 1080, but you'll still get a great performance increase. just upgrade the cpu+mobo+ram in the future when you have the budget. no need for an NVME ssd, a sata ssd like a hynix sl308, mydigitalssd BP5e or samsung 850 evo will be just as good.

Yea that's what I figured.  Part of it isn't necessarily about the money. It's just about having to build a whole new box.  There are some programs that I won't be able to transfer over to the new machine.  Wish I could transfer the boot drive as well just so I can dual boot to the old programs but I doubt you can do that with a new mobo/cpu combo.  Thanks for the advice!

 

1 hour ago, The Pixel Polygon said:

Yeah, that processor is way too old to handle GTX 10 series cards. Try and go for at least haswell.

The good old 920 finally loses it's muster.  If I do upgrade the whole thing I'll probably end up getting Skylake or Kabylake but yea I guess I do need to do a full system upgrade

[mnm0710]

Just opened my computer off to see if I had any 8 pin PCIE power connectors. None, just two 6 pins. So definitely no way to at least get a 1080 in there I guess unless I tried to get a couple molex to pcie adaptors

 

ill just have to sit down and pick some new parts for a total new build. Although I might just wait until Black Friday and/or CL to come out

[Guest]

1 hour ago, mnm0710 said:

Although I might just wait until Black Friday

That's what i'm doing.

 

My build:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cXC3xY

[mnm0710]

24 minutes ago, iVince said:

That's what i'm doing.

 

My build:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cXC3xY

Nice build! Good luck. I'll make my list in a little bit

[Guest]

1 minute ago, mnm0710 said:

Nice build! Good luck. I'll make my list in a little bit

Thanks, off to bed for me gotta get up at 4 am.