Will the Gtx 1070 work fine with my older but still great rig?

Chris_242

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As you can see, I desperately need a graphics upgrade, haha. I thought maybe 1070 might bottleneck the cpu, but I do have it overclocked to 4.4 Ghz.

Anything else I should worry about? Or can I just simply plug in, install drivers, and play right away.

HAF 912 Coolermaster case
Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 motherboard
Corsair tx650m power supply
GeForce gtx 550 ti graphics card
i5 2500k sandy bridge processor
8gb ddr3 1333
Samsung dvdburner trudirect
500gb hard disk

I was considering buying a whole new rig for the 1070, but the 2500k overclocked is still such a great cpu. Also going to upgrade the hard disk to a SSHD, any recommendations on one would be a great bonus :).

Thanks!!!
 
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no problems, your cpu is still great especially...

maxalge

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no problems, your cpu is still great especially overclocked


get a hard drive or a ssd

the hybrid drives that combine both are garbage



the samsung 850 evo is a great ssd
 
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Chris_242

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Thanks for the quick reply on the 1070 being okay with my rig.

Any reasoning why the SSHD's are garbage? They're only 40$ more and thought it would be great upgrade. Never looked into it much though.
 

maxalge

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the performance sucks compared to a true ssd


and the price is bloated compared to a regular hd

 

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