Upgrading my GPU

[ProphetEDM]

Hi there,

 

My Sapphire Radeon R9 280x Dual-X finally died on me so I'm looking to upgrade my GPU.

I'm really interested in nVidia, especially in the new 1000 series; mainly the 1080 and the 1080 Ti.

 

While it's not absolutely necessary, I'd prefer to have an EVGA card because I'm a bit of a fanboy for them.

 

So here's my question; would it be more worthwhile to buy a 1080 & upgrade my Intel i5-3330 to an i7-7700k (with a new mobo & some new ram), or just buy the 1080 Ti and upgrade the other components later down the road?

 

I mainly play games like ArmA III, CS:GO, GTA V, etc., etc, with a little bit of rendering from Photoshop CS6 thrown in there (at 1080p mind you, and with no intentions of upgrading anytime soon.

 

My full specs for those nosy people out there.

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Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 280x Dual-X

Intel i5-3330 @3.6GHz (don't ask me how I OC'd it this much on air without it dying lol)

Generic 4GB Ram

Generic 1TB HDD (7200RPM?)

ASRock H77M

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

Corsair 200R

Windows 10 Home (64-bit)

Generic DVD+RW

Thermaltake SmartM750W

Corsair M65 Pro

Corsair MM200 (Extended)

Dell KB522 (Surprisingly not shit for a $20 keyboard)

Asus VX238H Monitor (x2)

Audio Technica AT-2020 (XLR)

Audio Technica ATH-M50xDG

 

(For how old it was, the GPU ran pretty well)

 

Games that I regularly play beyond those listed.

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ArmA III

Grand Theft Auto: V

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Company of Heroes 2

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

Insurgency

Mount & Blade: Warband

NBA 2K17

PAYDAY 2

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

Prison Architect

Rocket League

Sid Meier's Civilization V

Star Wars: Battlefront (2015)

Star Wars: The Old Republic

Subnautica

This War of Mine

Town of Salem

War Thunder

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List of upgrades I'll be purchasing (soon if I get a1080, later if I get a 1080 Ti)

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Intel Core i7-7700k

MSI Z270-A Pro

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (DDR4-3000)

Samsung 850 EVO (500GB)

Seagate Barracuda (2TB)

 

 

TL:DR
1080 vs 1080 Ti for 1080p gaming on two monitors.

[RollinLower]

i say get the 7700K and the 1080. your i5 would be a significant bottleneck for the 1080Ti, and you will notice the extra CPU performance in games!

[Guest]

Considering that you already have a good 750W PSU, I think its worth the upgrade. I think your build has a good combination of components and will give you a good gaming experience. I would recommend you upgrade the i5 to the i7 because using a more higher end graphics card could potentially bottleneck your cpu in more demanding games.

[Froody129]

Even a 1070 will wreck all games at 1080p for a few years. I really wouldn't bother with a 1080 if you aren't upgrading to at least 1440p soon. Also Coffee Lake is not that far and you'll get better performance for your money there.

[Glennieboyyy007]

i'd get the 1080 and i7, but also get more ram, 4GB is very little these days

[Jurrunio]

GTX 1080 at 1080p should last a very long time. I'd wait till Coffee Lake to decide on CPU upgrade though