Is it worth it?

[Tyrvali]

I currently have a mini ATX and I'm planning on upgrading to an ATX. I was thinking about getting an Asus Z170-E but I saw a Z270-e was only about $50 more. Would it be worth it to get a Z270 instead?

[Tyrvali]

I'm planning on getting two 1070s in the future with a possibly some new ram. For my CPU i currently have a i5-6500.

[Glennieboyyy007]

5 minutes ago, Tyrvali said:

I'm planning on getting two 1070s in the future with a possibly some new ram. For my CPU i currently have a i5-6500.

dont sli those cards, get a 1080ti for that money, also upgrade your cpu if you want to do the gpu upgrade

[Tyrvali]

 

54 minutes ago, Glennieboyyy007 said:

dont sli those cards, get a 1080ti for that money, also upgrade your cpu if you want to do the gpu upgrade

would a 1080ti really be better then 2 1070s?

[JoostinOnline]

2 minutes ago, Tyrvali said:

 

would a 1080ti really be better then 2 1070s?

It will usually be a little less powerful, but SLI doesn't always work perfectly, and you don't have the crazy power draw with a single card.

[Glennieboyyy007]

22 minutes ago, Tyrvali said:

 

would a 1080ti really be better then 2 1070s?

definitely, most games these days don't support sli and sli can sometimes mess with some stuff, making your pc almost useless.

always opt for a sigle faster card than 2 slower cards. only go sli if you are already on the top gamign cards (1080ti for now)

[xsimplyjosh]

1 hour ago, Tyrvali said:

I currently have a mini ATX and I'm planning on upgrading to an ATX. I was thinking about getting an Asus Z170-E but I saw a Z270-e was only about $50 more. Would it be worth it to get a Z270 instead?

I'd rather take the 1080Ti myself alone. a GTX 1080 in SLI is just beating the 1080Ti by about 10fps in 4k? From a benchmark video I was viewing. Is it worth that extra 10fps for 1600-1800aud over 1100/1200aud [1080Ti]? For me not personally its not much value to put 400-600$ extra for a few more frames...

 

But also bring up another point a lot of people raised above; SLI configurability varies depending on the developer of the game. Sometimes you might see a "drop" in performance due to lack of optimization or whatnot that those games can't take advantage of. Imho the 1080Ti is lovely, I like mine a single card seems to do the trick even at 1440p maxed out gaming, maintaining over 120FPS in most of the games i play [excl; pubg/gta v which i dont really play those] ,

 

i think over 120fps i don't see any extra benefit... So I am happy, very happy, just an insight if you need some pointers.