GTX 1060 or GTX 1070?

alhomaidhi97 · Sep 15, 2017

I am planing on building a Ryzen 1700x.

My simple question is it is worth it to wait for cyber Monday (in 3 months almost) if I have the money on hand now. And the main question is I want to play at 1080p don't plan on changing that any time soon. I want to be able to play GTA5 and Witcher 3 on high setting with at least 60fps.

Will the 1060 be enough or do I need to upgrade to the 1070?

please also recommend me a "variation" of the GPU

The build is as follows:

AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor

Cooler Master - Hyper 212 LED Turbo (Black) 66.3 CFM CPU Cooler

MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC ATX AM4 Motherboard

Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory

Corsair - Force MP500 120GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive

Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING X Video Card

Fractal Design - Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case

Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Please feel more than free to comment on the build.

constantine_99 · Sep 15, 2017

1060 and 1070 are at terrible price right now
i suggest u go with the GTX 1080 instead, and upgrade your PSU to 550w (since u said u had the money)
if u have more money though, opting for a higher tier PSU is also a viable choice:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/631048-psu-tier-list-updated/

waiting for cyber monday could be worth it since perhaps by then the GPU price would stabilize and then u can buy the GPU u required instead of going on a GTX 1080 leap

1060 might struggle a bit on WItcher 3 ultra, but will be fine on GTA V (i had 1050ti and it can handle GTAV high-veryhigh)
but 1070 will easily crush it
i don't need to mention about the 1080

build is solid, but u could've gotten away with a normal R7 1700 + stock cooler

as for GPU variation, nearly every variant perform the same (more or less 5% difference only)
but here's some good value worth mentioning:
ASUS Strix + MSI Gaming X = great cooling solution + silent
EVGA = great customer support
Zotac = usually had the most performance out of the box with their aggresive factory-overclocking
Gigabyte = some said it's cool and silence, but some people also report about coil whine, so can't say much bout this one

alhomaidhi97 · Sep 15, 2017

constantine_99 :

1060 and 1070 are at terrible price right now
i suggest u go with the GTX 1080 instead, and upgrade your PSU to 550w (since u said u had the money)
if u have more money though, opting for a higher tier PSU is also a viable choice:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/631048-psu-tier-list-updated/

waiting for cyber monday could be worth it since perhaps by then the GPU price would stabilize and then u can buy the GPU u required instead of going on a GTX 1080 leap

1060 might struggle a bit on WItcher 3 ultra, but will be fine on GTA V (i had 1050ti and it can handle GTAV high-veryhigh)
but 1070 will easily crush it
i don't need to mention about the 1080

build is solid, but u could've gotten away with a normal R7 1700 + stock cooler

as for GPU variation, nearly every variant perform the same (more or less 5% difference only)
but here's some good value worth mentioning:
ASUS Strix + MSI Gaming X = great cooling solution + silent
EVGA = great customer support
Zotac = usually had the most performance out of the box with their aggresive factory-overclocking
Gigabyte = some said it's cool and silence, but some people also report about coil whine, so can't say much bout this one

So should I drop down the cpu to 1700 and raise the gpu to 1070 by the way I'll be using this as a work station also this is my first year in software engineering and I don't know what apps I'll be using

constantine_99 · Sep 15, 2017

alhomaidhi97 :

well the 1700 is good enough (the X version only gives u extra auto-OC feature + a higher turbo speed, that's why with some tweaking, the normal 1700 can catch up)
the stock cooler is also pretty decent for normal usage / light overclocking
(this option is viable if u're budget restrained / u just want to save up some $ for other things)

the GPU however really depends on your price (yes, if u want to max out everything on witcher, u'll need the 1070 to have 60+ fps stable),but if u only want high settings, the 1060 should hover around 60ish
however those GPU these days are priced pretty badly
1070 can go from 450-500$ which is nearing the 1080 price (usually 1080 starts around 550$ish)
while most 1060 priced about 300$++ which really isn't worth buying
there's a 3 GB alternative, but it won't be good for maxing settings on games like GTA V and Witcher 3 because the limited VRAM size

so the suggestion is:
1080 if u want to buy now / if u manage to find a good rebate: the GPU of your preference (either the 1070 or 1060 depends on what u find)
or
we'll see how's the price goin' on Cyber Monday

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