980ti CPU upgrade

[jansnopek]

Heya lads,

So Ive made the terrible mistake of being in a good mood and talking with my sister while I was cleaning my PC instead of paying attention Ive bent my pins on my cpu socket beyond repair.

To add insult to injury, its a pretty old mobo with 1155 slot, wich arent made anymore much. Ive found a few with 6?(maybe 8, im an amateur) but they cost 130e or so which arent pocket money in my country. I have no problem upgrading to better cpu than second generation ivy bridge right now, but I am not realy sure what to actualy put into a battlestation with 980ti and Corsair CX600M( the series name man, I am so confused).

I am considering upping to two 1080ti im year, so I would like to have a reserve CPU wise. Alternatively, I can buy the old mobo, but hey, I currently have unusable PC cuz no mobo supporting my old i7-4770 ivy at this moment. There are rly very few left.


Ill specify my system more once i get home. Cheers for the suggestions!

 

[rhoban]

Well, you've got two options. Ryzen 2nd generation or Intel 8 generation.

Ryzen offers better value for money and performance is close to Intel. But Intel is still ahead in games, though Ryzen is hot on its heels.

On the Intel side, anything from an i5 8400 upwards.
On the AMD side, anything from a Ryzen 2600X upwards. The X chips also include a great cooler.

 

[Karadjgne]

Intel 2nd gen is Sandy-Bridge, i7-2600k lga1155
Intel 3rd gen is Ivy-Bridge, i7-3770 lga1155
Intel 4th gen is Haswell, i7-4770 lga1150

So since you mentioned all 3, I'm a little lost as to what exactly you have.

With a 980ti, any i7 would be good, whether it's older 6th gen lga1151 Skylake i7-6700k or 7th gen i7-7700k lga1151 Kabylake, or new 8th gen i5-8400 lga1151v2. That'll get you 8/6 threads to play with.

Same can be said for Amd, but to get real performance from Ryzen, Raven Ridge or Ryzen+ you'll need to OC, so that's a subject for debate, Intel works better at stock.

I'd not bother with sli 1080ti unless you have production needs. For gaming purposes there's little sli support, and only in DX11 based games, anything running DX12 has 0 sli support, so you'd only use a single gpu anyways. Personally I'd use that cash to get a good, strong core, cpu/mobo/ram with a single 1080ti.

 

[geofelt]

I have sent in a gigabyte motherboard with bent pins for repair. It cost me $50.
Probably not worth it for you.

Today, GTX1080ti represents the best you can do with a single graphics card.
Dual cards are not recommended. They are prone to stuttering, screen tearing, and non support in an increasing numbers of games. You would need a more expensive sli capable motherboard as well as a stronger PSU.
There should be a stronger card released by the end of the year(expect to pay dearly for it)

You can get a significant improvement in cpu performance with an 8th gen processor.
For most games, a I5-8600K with an overclock is good.
If you play mostly multiplayer, the $120 extra for a i7-8700k will be worth it.

The gen2 ryzen processors look good, but reviews look mixed.
I would pass today until the new x470 chipset is confirmed as sound.