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Take it. A 1070 costs over $400 now. It might drop after 1070ti become more available, but the same amount of money for a 1080? No reason not to take it.

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So i am upgrading my brothers system as a gift for the holidays. I want to put a new graphics card in his system for now and need help. I have a really good friend who builds pc's and is willing to cut me a deal on a gtx 1080 for $350. I was wondering if this upgrade is worth while as he only plays at 1080p. His system is an i5-6500 and a gtx 960 4gb right now with 8gb of ram.  I know the gtx 1080 is overkill for 1080p but at this price it seems ok, what do you think?

main system build --> i7-7700K (at 5.0 ghz), MSI Z270 SLI Motherboard, corsair vengeance lpx 8gb ddr4 2666mhz,  costume liquid cooling loop with 360 mm radiator on CPU, GTX 1080 gigabyte windforce OC, 1TB WD drive, 128 gb samsung nvme m.2, EVGA 850 watt semi modular power supply, CM storm stryker case (ya not ideal for costume loop), VIOTEK GN34C 34 inch curved monitor <----

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For $350, the resolution doesn't matter, $350 for a 1080 is really good as long as it works

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My current rig:

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700x

Ram: 1x16gb DDR4, 2x8gb DDR4

Storage: 1tb nvme ssd

GPU: gtx 3080

Monitor: 23.8" Dell S2417DG 144hz g-sync 1440p + 27" Acer S271HL 60 Hz 1080p

Keyboard: ducky one I | I SF

Mouse: gpro wireless | glorious model o2 wireless

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Take it. A 1070 costs over $400 now. It might drop after 1070ti become more available, but the same amount of money for a 1080? No reason not to take it.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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2 minutes ago, showerhandle said:

So i am upgrading my brothers system as a gift for the holidays. I want to put a new graphics card in his system for now and need help. I have a really good friend who builds pc's and is willing to cut me a deal on a gtx 1080 for $350. I was wondering if this upgrade is worth while as he only plays at 1080p. His system is an i5-6500 and a gtx 960 4gb right now with 8gb of ram.  I know the gtx 1080 is overkill for 1080p but at this price it seems ok, what do you think?

Buy it. This price is amazing and your brother will be super happy for looong time. There are many people that buy gtx 1080 while playing at 1080p just because they want high fps. And for this price you'll have hard time to buy 1070 normally (depends where you live).

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1 minute ago, Verrm said:

And for this price you'll have hard time to buy 1070 normally (depends where you live).

Ya that is what i was thinking. where i live used gtx 1070s usually go for $400.

main system build --> i7-7700K (at 5.0 ghz), MSI Z270 SLI Motherboard, corsair vengeance lpx 8gb ddr4 2666mhz,  costume liquid cooling loop with 360 mm radiator on CPU, GTX 1080 gigabyte windforce OC, 1TB WD drive, 128 gb samsung nvme m.2, EVGA 850 watt semi modular power supply, CM storm stryker case (ya not ideal for costume loop), VIOTEK GN34C 34 inch curved monitor <----

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" We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world."

 

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1 minute ago, Verrm said:

Buy it. This price is amazing and your brother will be super happy for looong time. There are many people that buy gtx 1080 while playing at 1080p just because they want high fps. And for this price you'll have hard time to buy 1070 normally (depends where you live).

I know of such a idiot. Monitor is only 60Hz. CPU is i5-4690K. But GPU is a 1080. Best part, playing at 1080p ...

PS, I know I'm a idiot.

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[CPU] i5-4690K @ 4.5GHz with NZXT Kraken X61 [MOBO] Asus Z97-AR [Memory] HyperX Fury 32GB DDR3-1600 [Storage] Samsung 840 EVO 500GB & WD 1TB Black & Hitachi 1TB [GPU] Gigabyte GTX 1080 8GB Xtreme Gaming [Case] Corsair Air 540 [PSU] Cooler Master V1000 [Case Fan] Corsair SP140 LED Fan x 3 & SP120 LED Fan x 3 [Display] Main: Philips 31.5" FULL HD IPS | Side: Philips 28" 4K UHD [Keyboard] Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Stealth Edition [Mouse] Razer Ouroboros [Mouse Pad] Razer Firefly [Sound] BOSE Companion 5 Multimedia Speaker System

 

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350 for 1080? It's a no-brainer... ;) 

Intel i7 3770k@4.7GHz delidded | NZXT Kraken x62 | Asus P8Z77-V PRO/Thunderbolt | G.Skill Ripjaws Z 16GB (2x8GB) 2400Mhz | EVGA GTX 1070 FTW

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3 minutes ago, VolkA said:

I know of such a idiot. Monitor is only 60Hz. CPU is i5-4690K. But GPU is a 1080. Best part, playing at 1080p ...

PS, I know I'm a idiot.

No worries, get yourself a 75hz or better Ultrawide 1080p TN or VA monitor for christmas and youll be super happy :) Ultrawides are so immersive...

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Just now, Verrm said:

No worries, get yourself a 75hz or better Ultrawide 1080p TN or VA monitor for christmas and youll be super happy :) Ultrawides are so immersive...

Been thinking of Ultrawides. Just not sure yet. Haha. Maybe I will just hangon to my current rig for now. :P

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[CPU] i5-4690K @ 4.5GHz with NZXT Kraken X61 [MOBO] Asus Z97-AR [Memory] HyperX Fury 32GB DDR3-1600 [Storage] Samsung 840 EVO 500GB & WD 1TB Black & Hitachi 1TB [GPU] Gigabyte GTX 1080 8GB Xtreme Gaming [Case] Corsair Air 540 [PSU] Cooler Master V1000 [Case Fan] Corsair SP140 LED Fan x 3 & SP120 LED Fan x 3 [Display] Main: Philips 31.5" FULL HD IPS | Side: Philips 28" 4K UHD [Keyboard] Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Stealth Edition [Mouse] Razer Ouroboros [Mouse Pad] Razer Firefly [Sound] BOSE Companion 5 Multimedia Speaker System

 

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4 minutes ago, VolkA said:

Been thinking of Ultrawides. Just not sure yet. Haha. Maybe I will just hangon to my current rig for now. :P

You got nice rig man and a nice upgrade path to i7 4790k or i7-5775C. I'd hang on unless I'd want a new mouse, keyboard, headset or monitor.

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On 11/2/2017 at 12:30 AM, Verrm said:

You got nice rig man and a nice upgrade path to i7 4790k or i7-5775C. I'd hang on unless I'd want a new mouse, keyboard, headset or monitor.

4790k cost quite abit for now. So not that worth it. Used 4790k is rare in my country. Haha.

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[CPU] i5-4690K @ 4.5GHz with NZXT Kraken X61 [MOBO] Asus Z97-AR [Memory] HyperX Fury 32GB DDR3-1600 [Storage] Samsung 840 EVO 500GB & WD 1TB Black & Hitachi 1TB [GPU] Gigabyte GTX 1080 8GB Xtreme Gaming [Case] Corsair Air 540 [PSU] Cooler Master V1000 [Case Fan] Corsair SP140 LED Fan x 3 & SP120 LED Fan x 3 [Display] Main: Philips 31.5" FULL HD IPS | Side: Philips 28" 4K UHD [Keyboard] Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Stealth Edition [Mouse] Razer Ouroboros [Mouse Pad] Razer Firefly [Sound] BOSE Companion 5 Multimedia Speaker System

 

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