Are my things compatible

[sinobj]

I want to upgrade my PC.

Here are the current parts
Intel Core i5 2500 @ 3.30GHz
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. H61M-S2V-B3
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (MSI)
CX600 Corsair

I want to upgrade my GPU to a 1070 GTX will i be able to fit it on my motherboard and will my current CPU bottleneck my 1070 GTX?

 

[Kasper Jorgensen]

Yes you can fit that GPU into your system.
Yes your CPU will bottleneck that card, but you should still see a huge improvement over your current card.

 

[vapour]

The MB says
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
It didn't specify the version... 1.0 -> 2.0 -> 3.0, every time the speed gets doubled, 1070 may be limited because of old version of PCI E x16. It will work despite potentially slower than modern mb. Still a huge boost in performance. Your CPU will definitely bottleneck. You may want to consider the new coffee lake I5 or I7.

 

[sinobj]

what CPU do u recommend instead then?

 

[sinobj]

The MB says
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
It didn't specify the version... 1.0 -> 2.0 -> 3.0, every time the speed gets doubled, 1070 may be limited because of old version of PCI E x16. It will work despite potentially slower than modern mb. Still a huge boost in performance. Your CPU will definitely bottleneck. You may want to consider the new coffee lake I5 or I7.

what cpu do u recommend instead then?

 

[sinobj]

Yes you can fit that GPU into your system.
Yes your CPU will bottleneck that card, but you should still see a huge improvement over your current card.

what cpu do u recommend instead then?

 

[junii421]

I would just build a whole new system, not even worth working with. Sell your ucrrent system and go with a coffee lake or a ryzen.

 

[vapour]

I said in my last sentence Coffee lake -> I7-8700k, I5-8600k, etc. What is your total budget of upgrades? What monitor do you have?

 

[sinobj]

I would just build a whole new system, not even worth working with. Sell your ucrrent system and go with a coffee lake or a ryzen.

could you show me a build of up to £1200 ? ($1580)

 

[sinobj]

I said in my last sentence Coffee lake -> I7-8700k, I5-8600k, etc. What is your total budget of upgrades? What monitor do you have?

S24D330 (1920x1080@60Hz)
S240HL (1920x1080@60Hz)

my two monitors.

Could you get me a build up to £1200 i dont need a new power supply or monitors or keyboards and mouse and OS. Just hardware. will be used for gaming, making games (Unity 3D)

 

[sinobj]

what CPU do u recommend instead then?

I said in my last sentence Coffee lake -> I7-8700k, I5-8600k, etc. What is your total budget of upgrades? What monitor do you have?

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/tWYgyf#


i created this a while ago what do you think?

 

[vapour]

My edits:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£178.50 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£133.20 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£157.92 @ Alza)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£86.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card (£394.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£62.79 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1052.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-19 18:49 BST+0100

 

[vapour]

1600 has decent stock cooler and can easily oc to past 1600X.
Ryzen loves faster rams
120GB ssd is too small. 250 is better as it can hold OS and >=3 large games. game loading speed is one of the major benefit of SSD.
PSU is not very reliable, I suggest you get a new one in the near future

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£65.62 @ Alza)
Total: £65.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-19 18:52 BST+0100

Or

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£74.30 @ Alza)
Total: £74.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-19 18:52 BST+0100