Can I upgrade to a GTX 1070?

PCBuilder1012 · Jan 3, 2017

Hello, I have just signed up to this forum so please go easy on me. But recently I jhsbr purchased a 144hz monitor and noticed that I cannot run most games at 144hz. I have thinkinh all year to upgrade to a 1070 but I'm not sure if I can handle it.
My Specs are:
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i5 4460 @ 3.20GHz 55 °C
Haswell 22nm Technology
RAM
14.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Z97-P (SOCKET 1150) 55 °C
Graphics
GN246HL (1920x1080@144Hz)
S241HL (1920x1080@60Hz)
2048MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (Gigabyte) 65 °C
Storage
931GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1SB10C ATA Device (SATA) 26 °C
465GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AVVS-63ZWB0 ATA Device (SATA) 25 °C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-224FB ATA Device
Audio
SteelSeries Siberia 350
PC Case:
Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-03 Mid tower

dalauder · Jan 3, 2017

PCBuilder1012 :

If you want to know if you can handle a 1070, that depends primarily on two factors:
1) What power supply are you using? Please share that hardware detail. But considering you're running a GTX 960, you'll probably be fine on that front since they use similar power.
2) Is your case big enough? Compare the length of your 960 to the 1070 you want to buy.

So long as you satisfy those two requirements, you can pretty much run a 1070...now to the elephant in the room:

Will a 1070 allow you to run games at 120fps+? That depends on the games and you'll want to look up benchmarks on that.

Lastly, your DDR3 setup doesn't make any sense. 14GB? Is that an 8GB, 4GB, and 2GB stick? If so, you'll probably run just as fast with the single 8GB stick and you should definitely remove the 2GB stick. If it's three 4GB's and a 2GB, just use two 4GB sticks in matching color slots. That speed might be right, but 1333Mhz (666x2) is slower than I'd expect. Sometime down the road, fiddle with those speeds a bit to match what's showing on your RAM sticks.

Here's a thread that discusses whether 120fps+ is worth it: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1845694/144hz-monitor-worth.html
My wallet's not deep enough at the moment to worry about that though.

PCBuilder1012 · Jan 3, 2017

My PSU is 500W and i'm not sure. I was wondering if people had an incite if they know if my case is big enough. And i'm not sure why there just a random two gig is tbf. But yeah.

ac13044 · Jan 3, 2017

yea you will be able to run most games doe it depends on hardware sometimes for exapmle dishonoured 2 people hhave problems running at 60fps and they have a titan x or even the new 1080

PCBuilder1012 · Jan 3, 2017

I know I will be able to run most games. I was wondering if people know if my case is big enough handle it

ac13044 · Jan 3, 2017

O/P states that you do not think pc can handle the 1070. anyway your case should be able to no prob

dalauder · Jan 3, 2017

Yes, you can fit it.

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