Can my System support a Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 Card?

[cook127]

Hi

i was wondering if my system would be able to run a Gtx 960 Graphics card. Here are my system specs.

CPU: Intel Core i7 - 3770 CPU 3.40GHz
RAM: 16.00 GB
Motherboard: Asus sabertooth Z77
PSU: 850w

Thank you

 

[MrGruffles]

Yes

 

[Milheim]

Short answer: Yes. What are you concerned about exactly?

 

[cook127]

I want to be able to play street fighter 5 and i built my system 3 years ago, and was wondering if my system was still up to scratch, i think maybe a 970 might be pushing it?

 

[Milheim]

I think your system could handle the 970 too as the recommended PSU is 500W on it. 960 vs 970 depends on how much $$$ you want to spend.

 

[cook127]

Thank you, also it did say that i should upgrade my CPU for it and would preferably would like to for an i7 series, would i be able to upgrade to one those with my current system specifications and if so which ones would be possible to upgrade too?

 

[Milheim]

The recommended specs I see for the CPU regarding Street Fighter V is a Core i5-4690K. The i7 you're running now is a bit older, but I don't think you need to upgrade it currently. If you really want to then I'd think anything for socket LGA1155 will fit, however the OS may not like that particular hardware upgrade and you may have to reinstall.

 

[cook127]

I see so do you think my system would run the game well if i upgraded to a 960 or 970?

 

[Milheim]

Yes, the 960 is the recommended GPU.

 

[cook127]

Ok thanks for the help!