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First Post, I hope you guys can help.  I built my pc back in 2011 and I am now starting to lose internet sporadically, gaming now sucks (decided to get back into it), my original HD crashed so I'm only running on a small SSD for now until i order the new HD, and my cable management sucks due to my case so I threw a new case in my cart as well. This is what I currently have.

 

G.SKILL NS 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) 

G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)

EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti

AMD FX-6200 Zambezi 6-Core 3.8GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W

ASUS M5A88-V EVO AM3+ AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 220-G2-0850-XR 80+ GOLD 850W

 

Among my research, I have decided on replacing the mobo with  GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P (rev. 2.0) AM3+ AMD 970, and upgrading my card to a  GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 DirectX 12 GV-N1060D5-6GD REV2 6GB.  The reason I am not just doing an entirely new build is due to funds, trying to get out cheaper ASWELL as squeezing the life out of what I already have.  I use this computer for school work, a plex media server, and as of recent, light gaming when I find the time.

 

QUESTION 1:  Am i going to have terrible bottlenecking running the new card with the old cpu or will I not really see a difference?

QUESTION 2: Will I still be ok with 12gb of ddr3 or do I need to start saving to do just a complete build?

 

Thanks for the help in advance, I have been out of the build game for a long while.

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Answer 1: There will be a fair bit of bottlenecking on your 1060 from your CPU and slow RAM in most games, yes.

Answer 2: Don't bother buying new RAM. Save for a new build. 

New Build (The Compromise): CPU - i7 9700K @ 5.1Ghz Mobo - ASRock Z390 Taichi | RAM - 16GB G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 3200CL14 @ 3466 14-14-14-30 1T | GPU - ASUS Strix GTX 1080 TI | Cooler - Corsair h100i Pro | SSDs - 500 GB 960 EVO + 500 GB 850 EVO + 1TB MX300 | Case - Coolermaster H500 | PSUEVGA 850 P2 | Monitor - LG 32GK850G-B 144hz 1440p | OSWindows 10 Pro. 

Peripherals - Corsair K70 Lux RGB | Corsair Scimitar RGB | Audio-technica ATH M50X + Antlion Modmic 5 |

CPU/GPU history: Athlon 6000+/HD4850 > i7 2600k/GTX 580, R9 390, R9 Fury > i7 7700K/R9 Fury, 1080TI > Ryzen 1700/1080TI > i7 9700K/1080TI.

Other tech: Surface Pro 4 (i5/128GB), Lenovo Ideapad Y510P w/ Kali, OnePlus 6T (8G/128G), PS4 Slim.

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