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I've had my PC for almost 6 years now and I finally decided and saved enough money for an upgrade.

I currently have the Intel i5 2310 CPU and the nVidia gtx 550ti.

I've been looking for some new GPU's and I thought I'd buy the gtx1060.

The question is, is my CPU gonna bottleneck the 1060 or should I buy a weaker GPU and upgrade my CPU at the same time.

I've done some research and most of the GPUs that are good are almost the same price as the 1060 in my country. And most of them are worse than it.

Oh, and one more question. If I buy the Gainward 1060, will it cause problems with my Asus motherboard? Because, my friend told me that the GPU that's not from the same manufacturer as the mono might not work. I'm just asking that because the Asus version of the 1060 is the most expensive one here.

Thanks and have a good day.
 
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No motherboard and gpu don't need to be from the same brand.That shouldn't give problems and work fine together.

I would just buy the gtx 1060 if you can afford it, i don't think that a newer cpu+lesser gpu would give more fps.You might get some bottleneck with this older cpu,but i would just go for it.

If upgrading the cpu would you want to go for an entire new socket anyway and that would take alot out of that budget i assume.You could try to sell the old of course,but looking at the age would i not expect wonders for the return in money on it.
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No motherboard and gpu don't need to be from the same brand.That shouldn't give problems and work fine together.

I would just buy the gtx 1060 if you can afford it, i don't think that a newer cpu+lesser gpu would give more fps.You might get some bottleneck with this older cpu,but i would just go for it.

If upgrading the cpu would you want to go for an entire new socket anyway and that would take alot out of that budget i assume.You could try to sell the old of course,but looking at the age would i not expect wonders for the return in money on it.
 
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CPU is not so bad, he still can play almost all games, maybe not in full hd details, but still managable.
I have one A10-7870K with no OC running all time in a 3.9Ghz + one R9 390, performance is not so diferent from the i5 2310, and i can play all games on full HD with no problems at 60fps (i know the gpu can do more but i want to keep it cooler)
 
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Thanks. I can afford the Asus version of the 1060 but that leaves me with no money left for anything else. Now that I know that the Gainward 1060 won't give me any trouble I think I'm gonna go for that. It still leaves me with money left for a new PSU if I need one. Still have to check if I have the right connector.

And yeah, if I were to buy a new CPU, the cost of that + a new motherboard is way over my budget.
 
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Well the old and the new card use roughly the same amount of watts and both need one pcie power cable so that shouldn't give problems.The age of the psu is another thing,might want to consider a new one based on that,but if the old one still works fine could you try with it.
Which psu do you use currently? =maker/model/wattage
 
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The gainward is the cheapest one here at 380$ including tax and everything.

I still have to check my PSU but I don't think it's from a well known manufacturer. I'm surprised it lasted this long. I only know it has 500 watts. I'll let you know once I fins out because I can't access my PC today.

And is there a way to undo the best answer thingy? I'm on my phone and for some reason it selected maugusto's question as the answer...
 
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I checked the PSU I have and it's a Seasonic SS-500ET. It works fine still so I don't know if I should change it or not. I was thinking about getting a modular one at some point to clear up the mess in my case. Might as well do it now if I find one at a good price. Any recommendations?
 
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Well Seasonic is a good psu maker,this one is one more made for oem builds imo,seems decent enough for upgrading basic systems,don't think the warranty is longer than two years.Looking at it after six years who knows for how long it will keep running well.On the other hand you haven't really taxed it to the max with that build,probably why it keeps running fine.

For recommendations regarding a new one would i need a budget,also where you would like to buy (psu page if you can link it),or if the pcpartpicker applies is that fine too.
 
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What's left of my budget after I factor in the GPU is around $80-100, I don't know if this will be enough for a good modular PSU but I hope it will.

https://www.links.hr/hr/napajanja-0527#/noFilterApplied
This is the page from the same store I'll be buying the GPU from. The page is in Croatian but I don't think it matters because you can see the PSUs available. I can't link this page with the filter for the modular PSUs because the link doesn't work for some reason.
 
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Your currency isn't dollars so what is the max in your currency?

Some options,
looking at price/quality,would this one seem the best option.
https://www.links.hr/hr/napajanje-620w-antec-high-current-gamer-hcg-620-ec-atx-v2-3-135mm-vent-052703008
this one is imo alright,not the best,but alright,
https://www.links.hr/hr/napajanje-550w-coolermaster-g550m-rs550-amaab1-eu-atx-v2-31-120mm-vent-modularno-pfc-052715110
abit cheaper and semi modular,but the Antec would i prefer.

If your budget is higher are there maybe better options.
 
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Oh, completely forgot about that, sorry. My budget for the PSU is about 650kn, maybe 750 but that's really stretching it.

I could buy the Coolermaster and then replace it in a year or two when I'll have more money.

The Antec has more power though, and that could come useful for future upgrades.

Or I could get the GPU for now and then buy a good quality PSU in a month when my next pay arrives. Don't know if I wanna risk it with the current PSU and the 1060.

I could go for a non modular PSU because they're cheaper as far as I know but my case is horrible for cable management because it doesn't have any holes for routing the cables. That's the main reason why I'm looking for a modular one.

 
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If the psu is at the bottom of the case would i just bind the extra cables together there.The difference it would be is probably two cables if not needing molex.

The Antec is for the relatively small extra amount of cash the better choice.The Cooler Master has a five year warranty though so two years shouldn't give issues and it should work five without problems.The biggest issue with it are lower grade capacitors used,but if the psu can breath cool air in from the bottom of the case shouldn´t it get to warm and should it be fine.
 
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Well, the PSU is at the bottom but I don't know if it could get enough air. The case has those rubber feet/stands but it doesn't sit too high. Maybe 2.5 cm. If that's enough I'll probably get the Cooler Master. The current one worked fine with the amount of air it pulled...
 
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