New i7 or GTX 1080?

[RushFan]

At the end of the year, I'm going to be getting around £500 to spend on computer parts, and I'm wondering whether to get a new GTX 1080 or a new motherboard and i7-8700k. Can I have some advice?

My current setup is an i5-7500 and GTX 1050ti.

 

I'm trying to generally improve my 1080p gaming experience (1440p eventually) and I also play around virtual machines and emulation.

[Wh0_Am_1]

1 minute ago, RushFan said:

At the end of the year, I'm going to be getting around £500 to spend on computer parts, and I'm wondering whether to get a new GTX 1080 or a new motherboard and i7-8700k. Can I have some advice?

My current setup is an i5-7500 and GTX 1050ti.

 

I'm trying to generally improve my 1080p gaming experience (1440p eventually) and I also do virtual machines and emulation.

Get the 1080.

[lavablade02]

I would probably go with the 1080 purely because GPU impacts performance a whole lot more than CPU.

[Coaxialgamer]

gtx 1080. you'll be CPU limited with that I5 , but you'll get a bigger boost than if you got an 8700k

[HK1]

1 minute ago, RushFan said:

At the end of the year, I'm going to be getting around £500 to spend on computer parts, and I'm wondering whether to get a new GTX 1080 or a new motherboard and i7-8700k. Can I have some advice?

My current setup is an i5-7500 and GTX 1050ti.

 

I'm trying to generally improve my 1080p gaming experience (1440p eventually) and I also do virtual machines and emulation.

i think you should consider ryzen 2700x or i7 8700k. gtx 1080... might be outdated in just 6 days at computex IF the gtx 1180 launches. your gaming experience isn't gonna improve much with the processor. the GPU will give you much better gaming performance. its still possible the gtx 1180 doesn't launch it 6 days and launches in a few months or even next year.. i would hold on for volta/turing/ampere and just upgrade the processor

[SupaKomputa]

GPU will give bigger boost (in game)

[HK1]

1 minute ago, Coaxialgamer said:

gtx 1080. you'll be CPU limited with that I5 , but you'll get a bigger boost than if you got an 8700k

the i5 won't really bottleneck the 1080. hes not upgrading both at once. he won't see a boost larger than 2 - 3 fps in games if he gets the cpu

[RushFan]

1 minute ago, HK1 said:

i think you should consider ryzen 2700x or i7 8700k. gtx 1080... might be outdated in just 6 days at computex IF the gtx 1180 launches. your gaming experience isn't gonna improve much with the processor. the GPU will give you much better gaming performance. its still possible the gtx 1180 doesn't launch it 6 days and launches in a few months or even next year.. i would hold on for volta/turing/ampere and just upgrade the processor

Bear in mind I'm getting the money when 2019 starts

[HK1]

Just now, RushFan said:

Bear in mind I'm getting the money when 2019 starts

ohh. so get 1180 and upgrade your cpu later that CPU is gonna be fine for 1180. maybe a super small bottleneck but its fine.. 1180 is my recommendation. probably will be a 6fps difference without an 8700k or somewhere around that. in high refresh rate games you would lose ALOT of fps without that 8700k. its high refresh rate so 50 fps is like nothing anyway. you'll be happy with an 1180

[Coaxialgamer]

1 minute ago, HK1 said:

the i5 won't really bottleneck the 1080. hes not upgrading both at once. he won't see a boost larger than 2 - 3 fps in games if he gets the cpu

In the most recent titles it will anyway . The low clocks and the fact that it's a lowly quad core without SMT means it's maxed out in those titles . I mean even the 7700k had some problems with high utilization in some titles , and it has much higher clocks , more cache , and SMT

[HK1]

1 minute ago, Coaxialgamer said:

In the most recent titles it will anyway . The low clocks and the fact that it's a lowly quad core without SMT means it's maxed out in those titles . I mean even the 7700k had some problems with high utilization in some titles , and it has much higher clocks , more cache , and SMT

yes it will bottleneck a 1080 a little bit. 1180 even more so but it should be fine. he won't see that kind of an improvement by upgrading his CPU so a 1180 with a tiny bottleneck is still exponentially better than going with 1050ti + 8700k

[Coaxialgamer]

Just now, HK1 said:

yes it will bottleneck a 1080 a little bit. 1180 even more so but it should be fine. he won't see that kind of an improvement by upgrading his CPU so a 1180 with a tiny bottleneck is still exponentially better than going with 1050ti + 8700k

That's what i said in my post ... A bottlenecked 1080 should still be leagues ahead of a 1050ti .

But my point about the bottlenecking still stands . Most AAA games see a CPU utilization of >80% , with cpu-intensive ones like GTA5 , the witcher3 and BF1 pushing it to near 100%

[geo3]

I'd go a different route. Sell off your current CPU, MB and GPU, add the profits to your 500 and get something like an 1170 and i5 8600k.

[HK1]

Just now, Coaxialgamer said:

That's what i said in my post ... A bottlenecked 1080 should still be leagues ahead of a 1050ti .

But my point about the bottlenecking still stands . Most AAA games see a CPU utilization of >80% , with cpu-intensive ones like GTA5 , the witcher3 and BF1 pushing it to near 100%

100 percent? omg didn't see that coming. BUT WHY DO YOU HAVE 9 CASE FANS (i know off topic)

[Coaxialgamer]

Just now, HK1 said:

100 percent? omg didn't see that coming. BUT WHY DO YOU HAVE 9 CASE FANS (i know off topic)

i bought 6 corsair L12S fans as a bundle for 25$ . I was already having ongoing thermal problems with my GPUs so i just filled up all the slots and drilled the rest onto the side pannel

[HK1]

1 minute ago, geo3 said:

I'd go a different route. Sell off your current CPU, MB and GPU, add the profits to your 500 and get something like an 1170 and i5 8600k.

ooh now that's a nice idea! CPU bought for $200, motherboard for probably around $100, GPU for $140 - $250 add it up lets say 200 + 100 + 190 = 490, 350 would be a nice price to sell it for as a bundle. you have your gpu(1170) mostly covered + your money for the cpu and motherboard

[HK1]

2 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

i bought 6 corsair L12S fans as a bundle for 25$ . I was already having ongoing thermal problems with my GPUs so i just filled up all the slots and drilled the rest onto the side pannel

lol ok. but whats an L12S fan? i can't find it online. 

[SpiralTTGL]

That cpu is fine if you don't have 16gb of ram id say invest in that makes a huge difference in modern games and the 1080 or 11xx series if it's released by then

[RushFan]

1 minute ago, SpiralTTGL said:

That cpu is fine if you don't have 16gb of ram id say invest in that makes a huge difference in modern games and the 1080 or 11xx series if it's released by then

I do have 16GB RAM

[Coaxialgamer]

5 minutes ago, HK1 said:

lol ok. but whats an L12S fan? i can't find it online. 

Misread the label sorry . Can't find the specific model , but they seem to be SP120's

[Princess Luna]

GTX 1070 Ti is pretty much identical in gaming capacity if that can help you out save some $

[Christophe Corazza]

I would upgrade your GPU to a GTX 1080 (or as suggested: a GTX 1070 TI) if your purpose is to improve your gaming experience.

 

15 minutes ago, RushFan said:

I do have 16GB RAM

 

16 GB of RAM is sufficient for all modern games. So you're fine on this part.

[I-r0k]

1 hour ago, geo3 said:

I'd go a different route. Sell off your current CPU, MB and GPU, add the profits to your 500 and get something like an 1170 and i5 8600k.

I Would get a second gen ryzen 5 and the 1170

p.s. What ram do you have?

[RushFan]

2 minutes ago, I-r0k said:

I Would get a second gen ryzen 5 and the 1170

p.s. What ram do you have?

HyperX 16GB 2133MHz

[I-r0k]

13 minutes ago, RushFan said:

HyperX 16GB 2133MHz

Your good on ram then.