ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580 T8G Gaming Top OC Edition with h97 plus motherboard ?

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Planning on getting a Rog Strix XG 35vq 1440P 35 inch ultrawide but dont want to reinvest in my 2 year old build would try a ASUS ROG STRIX RX580 oc edition but is it compatible with my Asus H97 plus motherboard ,CPU ,Ram, and PSU and also playable at medium settings with a 1440P monitor .

Games i play are WAR THUNDER, CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS, WORLD OF WAR SHIPS .ASETTO CORSA .Thank you.

 

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RX580 is a little light to be running a 3440x1440 display. GTX1070Ti and up is what I would be looking at, perhaps a Vega 56? Medium settings will be interesting. Usually the people that buy those monitors have the budget to throw at a higher end GPU, so not sure there is much data about that pairing.

Yes, H97 chipset is capable of running any PCIe graphics card.

Thermaltake TR2 is a mediocre series of power supplies. I don't mind using them on lower power systems, but full time gaming with a high wattage GPU, not so much.

Your CPU is getting a little dated. However, since you are almost certainly going to be GPU bound, it shouldn't be much of a problem for now.

I can certainly understand getting an expensive monitor now and then upgrading later. People tend to keep monitors far longer than any other PC component.

 

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RX580 is a little light to be running a 3440x1440 display. GTX1070Ti and up is what I would be looking at, perhaps a Vega 56? Medium settings will be interesting. Usually the people that buy those monitors have the budget to throw at a higher end GPU, so not sure there is much data about that pairing.

Yes, H97 chipset is capable of running any PCIe graphics card.

Thermaltake TR2 is a mediocre series of power supplies. I don't mind using them on lower power systems, but full time gaming with a high wattage GPU, not so much.

Your CPU is getting a little dated. However, since you are almost certainly going to be GPU bound, it shouldn't be much of a problem for now.

I can certainly understand getting an expensive monitor now and then upgrading later. People tend to keep monitors far longer than any other PC component.

 

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So for now could i use a 1070ti or vega 56 with that motherboard cpu and ram and only change the psu for now , maybe that would hold me over for the bigger update later ?Would that work ? Thank you .

 

[Eximo]

That will certainly get you the most performance now.

You could also keep an eye out for an i7-4790 to drop in there, though on their own they are still pretty expensive.

One method I suggest somewhat regularly is to pick up a used business PC. You can find i7-4790 desktops for around $300. Buy that, swap the CPUs, and re-sell the computer for $200. $100 CPU upgrade. (Have to make it a good deal to get your money back quickly though)