I'm looking to upgrade my PC, but I'm not sure where to spend the money to give me the best results at the minute.
My base machine is a bit long in the tooth - its an Alienware Aurora R1, running a 1st gen intel i7 920 (oc'd to 3.8ghz), 14GB GDDR3 Ram (mix of modules, runs at 1600mhz), Alienware X58 motherboard, I *think* an 875watt PSU and currently running a GTX 660ti.
I'm thinking of upgrading to the GTX 1070, but I'm a bit concerned that my CPU or Motherboard might throttle the performance and cause a pretty hefty bottleneck given their respective ages.
Anyone able to offer their thoughts / advice on which direction I should take? I have a budget of ~£400.
My base machine is a bit long in the tooth - its an Alienware Aurora R1, running a 1st gen intel i7 920 (oc'd to 3.8ghz), 14GB GDDR3 Ram (mix of modules, runs at 1600mhz), Alienware X58 motherboard, I *think* an 875watt PSU and currently running a GTX 660ti.
I'm thinking of upgrading to the GTX 1070, but I'm a bit concerned that my CPU or Motherboard might throttle the performance and cause a pretty hefty bottleneck given their respective ages.
Anyone able to offer their thoughts / advice on which direction I should take? I have a budget of ~£400.