Can my current PC specs handle MSI GTX 1060 3GB without bottleneck?

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My current specs:

CPU: i5-4460
MOBO: Asus H97M-E
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB (2x4GB) 1600
HDD: Western Digital 500GB Caviar Blue
PSU: Seasonic G-550W

Planning to buy MSI GTX 1060 3GB, so i want to know if my pc can handle this easily

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Maybe planning to play games like:
- Emulator (PS3, PS2, PSP, PS1, Wii, etc.) games
- CSGO
- Overwatch
- Paladins
- PUBG
- Skyrim
- Assassins Creed
- Watch Dogs
- etc.

yes maybe at 1080p, but not really into ultra settings, i think ultra setting is just a bonus for me, planning on High Settings (1080 *if it can handle)

 
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It all depends on the game or application that you're going to run, but in general, I would say that this system will usually NOT bottleneck the GTX 1060 GPU.

If anything, I would actually go for the GTX 1070, if I had your exact system specs.

P.S. Btw, while very uncommon, its possible to actually fill up all of 8GB of Ram, if you're running many other applications while playing a very Ram-heavy game. So do keep that in mind.
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It all depends on the game or application that you're going to run, but in general, I would say that this system will usually NOT bottleneck the GTX 1060 GPU.

If anything, I would actually go for the GTX 1070, if I had your exact system specs.

P.S. Btw, while very uncommon, its possible to actually fill up all of 8GB of Ram, if you're running many other applications while playing a very Ram-heavy game. So do keep that in mind.
 
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Bottleneck are kind of relative and depend on some factors such as the game you plan to play (CPU-intensive games have larger burden on CPU).

Also a matter of display and resolution at which you want to play and the refresh rate. Anyway there's too much talk of bottlenecks on the interwebs and a lot of it is nonsense.

If you want to play at FHD (1080) then that card is good choice in pretty much most games. The 6GB Gaming X version not bad either if you want to buy.
 
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First off, always play at your monitor's native resolution. If your monitor is a 1920x1080 one, then play at that resolution. Playing at lower resolutions will actually make the image worse in other ways other than just the resolution. Computer monitors are designed to display best in their native resolution.
Just saying.

Now, as for "Emulator (PS3, PS2, PSP, PS1, Wii, etc.) games", then I would say that you need a strong CPU with as high frequency as possible. I've noticed that many emulators tend to be CPU intensive, especially the poorly coded ones.
So, this heavily depends on which emulator you will use. Some emulators are hopeless and it doesnt matter what system you have, they will stutter and have serious performance issues.

That said, all of these games you listed should run fine, some with all settings maxed (Ultra), others with Med-high at least.
I dont think you will face bottleneck issues in the games you listed.

My only concern is Skyrim, and thats because Skyrim can be extremely demanding on both CPU and GPU, but with more emphasis on the CPU. And I say that it CAN BE extremely demanding, because there is an insane number of mods for it, and depending on the mods that you use, and the settings for all the graphics mods out there, you can easily bring down virtually any system to its knees.

All of that, while I am assuming that your target framerate is 60, on a 60HZ monitor (V-Sync enabled), and you dont demand to hit 144 FPS on a 144HZ monitor.
If thats the case, and you must have a lot more than 60 FPS, and/or you never enable V-Sync, then upgrade that graphics card asap.
 
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Not really sure about emulators.

I would say that setup will work in most games and you'd be able to play CSGO, Overwatch, Assassin's Creed (Unity-last one I think), Watch Dogs (3 is last one I think) with medium to high graphics settings at 1080.

You would also be able to play TESV: Skyrim but the 8GB of RAM *might* pose a problem in Skyrim as mentioned by morpheas768 (problems being BSODs and game crashes etc.)

You might want to consider upgrading RAM to 16GB as some games are getting more RAM-intensive.
 
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Is this a good idea? big differences with performance?

[OPTION 1]
Upgrade to 16GB RAM
Buy 1050ti

[OPTION 2]
Stay 8GB RAM
Buy 1060

not really giving these options to play RAM-Intensive games, but i want to know if which option is the BEST option for my upgrade generally
 
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Option number 2, without a doubt.
But I am only saying that, because I pretty much demand to set all graphics settings to the max with no compromise. So I would actually need more GPU power more often than I would need more Ram.
And I very very rarely have I seen my Ram usage go all the way to 98 or even 100%, maybe once or twice, and this was because I had 1 application that I didnt turn off, that was taking up 4.5 GB of Ram. Closing that, I was able to play my game just fine.
This is because I take care not to leave every single program I'm running open, and close all unnecessary programs before launching a game.

The question is, does this also apply to you?

Ask yourself: How often do I find myself needing more Ram?
Do you check Ram usage? If not, then maybe start doing that. Simple monitoring programs like MSI Afterburner, will even show you graphs and tell you the maximum Ram usage for the entire day (until restart or shutdown of course).

All I can tell you is that I would prefer more graphics power every time.

In short: All the games that you listed with run fine on 8GB of Ram, assuming no poor management of Ram, such as running some Ram-heavy application at the same time while gaming and No insane mods/settings/whatever, just normal standard Mid-High-Ultra graphics settings.
 
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When you upgrade the CPU, grab a half decent CPU cooler like a CM 212. The intel stock cooler really struggles with the i7s and gets loud and sometimes throttles performance.

Also, if you can budget for it, get the 6gb version of the 1060, its quite a bit faster and will be relevant for much longer.
 
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Noted on that, thanks
 
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