Can the gtx 1070 damage my system?

[Astro RAM]

So to the main point. I recently bought a gtx 1070 gigabyte version. And installed it into my current system. Which is a amd 8320 and 16gbs of ddr3 ram. My original plan was to upgrade cpu mobo and ram this month or the next. An Intel i5 6600k cpu if anyone needed to know.

However unforseen events has pushed that back to about 5 month or so now. Potentially

So in sort will this bottle neck to anyou serious damage to my system. Like to the gpu or main system in general?

I know this may be silly to ask, but it is something I worry about.

 

[Multipack]

No not at all. It'll be fine. You will still get reasonable performance from the 1070 with that CPU. I would advise upgrading when and if you can tho if you want to truly use the power of your card.

 

[MWP0004]

I'd wager if you stood back a few feet and threw it as hard as you can at the motherboard, it might.

But just having it installed and causing a bottleneck with your CPU, no, it will cause no damage. You might notice elevated temperatures if your CPU is pegged at 100% usage, though.

 

[Multipack]

I'd wager if you stood back a few feet and threw it as hard as you can at the motherboard, it might.

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Haha I wouldn't endorse doing that no.

 

[Stysner]

First of all: A bottleneck can NOT harm your system, ever. If your CPU runs the fastest it can, nothing happens to the hardware, your 1070 just can't run at full capacity because the CPU is behind. So unless you've overclocked that 8320 too far, or it gets to hot under full load (which it should not, obviously), there is no possible way for a bottleneck to harm your system.

The only things that could happen are:

- The CPU runs hot, which is a CPU only problem, has nothing to do with the 1070. If it gets too hot it'll shut down the PC before it harms it.

- Your PSU can't deliver enough power and is overstressed by that 1070, but if you had any other graphics card before (reasonably high-end), it would've used more power than that 1070... So the 1070 is actually easier on the PSU.

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If you have a PSU of a decent brand that can deliver 450W-500W or more, you are A-OK.

 

[Astro RAM]

No not at all. It'll be fine. You will still get reasonable performance from the 1070 with that CPU. I would advise upgrading when and if you can tho if you want to truly use the power of your card.

Yeah i know lol. But something screwed my plans to pick up the holiday sales. At least my 1070 is given out decent performance for its current state.

 

[Astro RAM]

First of all: A bottleneck can NOT harm your system, ever. If your CPU runs the fastest it can, nothing happens to the hardware, your 1070 just can't run at full capacity because the CPU is behind. So unless you've overclocked that 8320 too far, or it gets to hot under full load (which it should not, obviously), there is no possible way for a bottleneck to harm your system.

The only things that could happen are:

- The CPU runs hot, which is a CPU only problem, has nothing to do with the 1070. If it gets too hot it'll shut down the PC before it harms it.

- Your PSU can't deliver enough power and is overstressed by that 1070, but if you had any other graphics card before (reasonably high-end), it would've used more power than that 1070... So the 1070 is actually easier on the PSU.

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If you have a PSU of a decent brand that can deliver 450W-500W or more, you are A-OK.

I got PSU with a 650W. Thanks for the advice, just need to save up like the $400 or so in parts to upgrade in the months. Sucks I am missing out on these holiday deals.