Will I HAVE to upgrade my motherboard, CPU and PSU for a 1070?

[keogh]

Hey Guys,

Not been here for a while, and my trusty old PC (4 years old now) is working fine, but I've been PC gaming a lot again recently, so getting the itch to upgrade the GPU, but I'd like to only upgrade the GPU if I can.

So my question is, will I HAVE to upgrade my motherboard, CPU and/or PSU if I upgrade to a GeForce 1070. My current specs are:

• EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Superclocked 2048MB GDDR5
• Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W)
• Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
• Seasonic M12II 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply

As I say, I'd like to keep all of this, and just swap out the 680 for the 1070, but will the rest be able to keep up? I'm thinking I will need a new PSU however.

I don't do any overclocking, so I simply drop them in if that makes a difference.

Any help will be appreciated!

ta

 

[archerz]

I shouldn't think you'll need to upgrade your motherboard. it has PCI-E 3.0 so shouldn't have any issues.

 

[Kaapstad]

Just overclock the CPU, add 1070 and go.

 

[X-Mikuru_Beam-X]

Your rig is still quite modern, no need to swap any of that out whatsoever.

I would however Overclock your CPU to get the most out of your new card, but if you cant or dont want to, I wouldnt worry about it too much

 

[Phil87]

I also have a non-overclocked 3570k and a 1070, and the CPU just about keeps up with the GPU in the games I've played, and this is with a 1080p 144Hz monitor. If you use a higher res or lower refresh rate you should be fine, but yes overclocking the CPU will make a noticeable difference in some games.

 

[RavenXXX2]

The 1070 pulls the same power draw as the 680 so PSU is good.

 

[keogh]

Ok cheers guys, looks like I can just dump the 1070 straight in and I'm ready to go.

I play on a TV, so 1080p is all I need to go up to, which helps a lot!

Cheers guys

 

[gupsterg]

PSU - Viewing a Bit tech review of GTX 1070 the total system drew 340W from the wall, so say ~300W load on PSU. Test system had a i7 5960X (8 core 140W) OC'd CPU, so I reckon with your 650W your good to go.

Mobo - No issue, again.

CPU - OC and you'll be AOK IMO. Worst case your system may bench slightly lower than newer CPU. Quickly viewing some 3DM FS results on 3dmark official database, graphics scores are very close between an i5 3570K vs newer gen CPU (ie GS score, GT1/GT2 FPS). Some people are still on Sandy bridge as they can't justify an upgrade (ie 2nd gen) and you have Ivy bridge (ie 3rd gen).

 

[abui1806]

PSU - Viewing a Bit tech review of GTX 1070 the total system drew 340W from the wall, so say ~300W load on PSU. Test system had a i7 5960X (8 core 140W) OC'd CPU, so I reckon with your 650W your good to go.

Mobo - No issue, again.

CPU - OC and you'll be AOK IMO. Worst case your system may bench slightly lower than newer CPU. Quickly viewing some 3DM FS results on 3dmark official database, graphics scores are very close between an i5 3570K vs newer gen CPU (ie GS score, GT1/GT2 FPS). Some people are still on Sandy bridge as they can't justify an upgrade (ie 2nd gen) and you have Ivy bridge (ie 3rd gen).

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[IvanDobskey]

Only thing you need to do is overclock that cpu

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Might just need to update your boards BIOS to the latest.

 

[pastymuncher]

^This. It's extremely important to have the latest bios on the Gigabyte Z77 motherboards otherwise you will more than likely be looking at a black screen when you fit the 1070. Everything else is fine but do get that 3570k overclocked. It should hit 4.4Ghz easily enough.

 

[~>Dg<~]

Might just need to update your boards BIOS to the latest.

this tbh

 

[ShakeNBake]

Ok cheers guys, looks like I can just dump the 1070 straight in and I'm ready to go.

I play on a TV, so 1080p is all I need to go up to, which helps a lot!

Cheers guys

check how much space you have in your case cos the 1070's are pretty big