can my cpu handle a new gpu ?

[kyme]

Hi..

It's now time to upgrade my PC.
I have an I7-3930k cpu, will it be able to run with a new gpu (1080ti / 2080 / 2080ti) or do I need to upgrade it all?
My plan is to upgrade it all, but I hope I can upgrade a bit at a time.

 

My current system looks like this.

XF    X ProSeries Core Edition 650W psu.

ASUS P9X79

Intel® Core i7-3930K

 Kingston DDR3 HyperX 1600MHz 16 gb

 MSI GeForce GTX 680 4GB

[Morgan MLGman]

If you're not playing at 1080p and your CPU is overclocked it should be pretty much fine, however there will be a slight bottleneck in some games due to fairly low singlethreaded performance of that CPU.

[SolarNova]

OC it and be happy. The 3930k is still a capable CPU, i run one.

 

As for single thread perofrmance. Don't be so sure its that far behind. Once OCed it can do well.

My one for example matches a i5 7640x / i9 7900x (rank 20/21) with a moderate OC (4.6ghz)

obviosly if you run it stock it will be behind (rank 303 stock)

 

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html

 

EDIT: Oh and for overall performance once OC'ed it can match a i7 8700k, so its still relevant.

[Bananasplit_00]

if you are playing at 1080p it will probably bottleneck a bit but i wouldnt be too woried tbh

[kyme]

Thanks for the help and the quick answers.  I buy a now gpu and wait a little with the rest