Is it worth upgrading my graphics card?

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Adz20

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Hi,

I was just looking to get thoughts from people on the below.

I am looking to upgrade my graphics card to a GTX 1070 Gigabyte G1. My current specs are:

CPU: Intel i7 2600K @3.4GHz
Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Ram: DDR3 12GB 1333MHz (2x4GB, 2x2GB sticks)
GPU: Palit GTX 590 3GB
HDD: WD caviar blue 1TB
PSU: Hytec 1050W

Would any of my components bottleneck the GTX 1070 if i was to purchase it?

Thanks.
 
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Robert Cook
well you would have to overclock that CPU. get it to around 4.2 or so, but with that chip and board that should be easy with a good air cooler or water cooler.
other than that that would be a great boost in games.
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Adz20

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Thanks for the reply :).

How much difference do you think id get in performance if i was to leave this rig compared to if i upgraded to a z170/6700k combo with 16GB of ddr4 ram? 15-20%?
 
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if you get that chip up to 4.2 GHz, the difference would be very hard to notice. around 10% at most, and gaming would probably not show it. at current stock speeds I would agree with the 15-20% window perhaps closer to 20%. the RAM will not really make much of a difference.
 
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Adz20

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Awesome mate thanks so much for the replies...you may have just convinced me to keep my current rig and purchase the 1070 unless i hear other opinions to convince me otherwise :) haha
 
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