Will My system bottleneck/what gpu version to get

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Hi i have 2 questions

1 Will upgrading to a gtx 1060 from My gtx 660ti bottleneck my system specs listed bellow, sinne i have heard some ppl say it will struggle and some dont. Please provide reason why it will/will not bottleneck.

2 what version of the 1060 should i get (Msi,gigabyte,asus for exmple)
Budget for gpu 230~$



CPU i5 3450 (3.10GHz)

Motherboard ASUS P8Z77-V LX2

PSU 430 wat (coolermaster)
 
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What other people manage to do isnt really your concern mate .
It's not a question of whether that PSU can run a 1060 , it very likely can .

It's about risking the life of a brand new $250+ GPU on a poor quality psu that spits ripple & surges out like nobodies business.

Some of the cheap cm units are amongst the worst quality PSU's there are on the market & if its a few years old its going to be far less reliable than when it was new.

Like I said , I wouldn't use it.
If I were looking at a 1060gb on a budget I'd be seriously thinking about dropping to a 1060 3gb & spending the savings on a better PSU to go with it if I had to

Choice ultimately is yours though to make not mine.
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Being that you are using an i5 3rd gen, you should be fine. I've seen benchmarks will i5-2800 will work just fine. I believe that is a dual-core processor, correct? As far as the model, it depends on what you want. I have a EVGA Sperclocked 6GB with only a single fan. The 1060 is meant for 1080p gaming on max, and I barely hear anything. It's also about color scheme. At the end of the day, those are all good brands, and it comes down to user preference.

 
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Thanks for the update. I'm at work, and the firewall blocked Google (go figure). So I couldn't check
 
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Thanks for reply so IF it does bottleneck in those games Its not really that mutch of a problem right ? All i really want is to be able to play at max/high settings at 60fps so in conclution im find right ?
 
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I did think of that but i saw a couple of videos of ppl with the same psu as mine running a rx480 and a overclocked CPU just fine. And from what i know the rx480 is a very power hungry card
 
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What other people manage to do isnt really your concern mate .
It's not a question of whether that PSU can run a 1060 , it very likely can .

It's about risking the life of a brand new $250+ GPU on a poor quality psu that spits ripple & surges out like nobodies business.

Some of the cheap cm units are amongst the worst quality PSU's there are on the market & if its a few years old its going to be far less reliable than when it was new.

Like I said , I wouldn't use it.
If I were looking at a 1060gb on a budget I'd be seriously thinking about dropping to a 1060 3gb & spending the savings on a better PSU to go with it if I had to

Choice ultimately is yours though to make not mine.
 
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