9 year old cpu with a 1080TI

AdamCu

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I'm looking to build a new pc but atm I don't have enough money for everything, My dad has found somewhere selling a really good price 1080ti however I would have to wait a month to get the rest of the parts for my build.

My question is will a 1080ti work with an Intel Q8400 CPU and a 650w PSU which is already in my old pc and also would the cause harm to the card or the psu?

Thanks
 
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There's no danger, it's a good PSU.

If the price is as good as you make out a GTX1080Ti is a top-of-the-line card but it'll really need at least a 2k (2560x1440) 144Hz display to make it worthwhile, although you can play the 'long game' here and get the card, safe in the knowledge it won't need upgrading for a long, long time.

With so much going on in the CPU/MB market ATM I see no problems in holding off for a while, at least wait until we get some solid info on Intels new Coffee Lake parts before making that big, expensive CPU/MB/RAM upgrade.



The psu is a new EVGA G2 but the whole pc has been running perfectly for the past 3 years. I fully understand saying get the other parts first, its just a really good deal that I doubt I'll be able to find else where in my country.
 


I'm looking to get either an i7-7700k or the i5-7600k, 16GB ram and the monitor I have is a Packard Bell 24 inch 1920x1080 which I really want to upgrade to a 144hz one in the future. Thanks.
 
There's no danger, it's a good PSU.

If the price is as good as you make out a GTX1080Ti is a top-of-the-line card but it'll really need at least a 2k (2560x1440) 144Hz display to make it worthwhile, although you can play the 'long game' here and get the card, safe in the knowledge it won't need upgrading for a long, long time.

With so much going on in the CPU/MB market ATM I see no problems in holding off for a while, at least wait until we get some solid info on Intels new Coffee Lake parts before making that big, expensive CPU/MB/RAM upgrade.

 
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