Upgrade or whole new build?

[Starquest]

Since the new cards are coming out, I figured I'd grab a 1080 for cheap. Only problem is the rest of my hardware is a bit outdated. Right now I'm running the following:

 

- AMD Phenom II Zosma quad core unlocked to 6 cores at 4.0 ghz

- ASUS Sabertooth 990FX

- EVGA 970 SSC

 

Will I need to upgrade my CPU or can it keep up with a 1080?

[mikedrewsmy]

6 minutes ago, Starquest said:

Since the new cards are coming out, I figured I'd grab a 1080 for cheap. Only problem is the rest of my hardware is a bit outdated. Right now I'm running the following:

 

- AMD Phenom II Zosma quad core unlocked to 6 cores at 4.0 ghz

- ASUS Sabertooth 990FX

- EVGA 970 SSC

 

Will I need to upgrade my CPU or can it keep up with a 1080?

I'd build a new build in an instant.
But that graphics card is still worth keeping.

And maybe u can use the psu as well.

NEW CASE PLEASE! RGB!

[VK707]

That Phenom is quite a bit behind the Tech-Curve you may wanna look into either a used Haswell or newer CPU+Mobo combo which should be fairly cheap (and uses much cheaper DDR3 Ram) or if you want new Hardware either Ryzen or Intels 8th Gen Cpus

[ZeouLs]

That calls for a new build m'lord

[userzero]

Agree with everyone, definitely start new foundations dude, not worth building on that CPU.

[.Apex.]

throw that CPU in the garbage and start a new build

[Tibon]

Gpu is still good at fhd resolution with some compromise. The cpu is hopeless, no real upgrade path.

[Starquest]

Thanks for the input. It's gonna break my heart to put my trusty old Phenom II to sleep