Decision with GPU??!?

[lucaswyrm]

So i think im going to buy GTX 1070 TI, but my friends are saying it's not going to work with my i5-3470 cuz it's too old...... What should I do?

CPU - i5 3470
RAM - 4GBx2 1600Mhz
PSU - 500W 80plus bronze

 

[King_V]

What is your motherobard? Some OEM boards might have trouble with it as they might have a BIOS that's finicky.

But they are wrong that it won't work because your system is too old.

What is your monitor's resolution and refresh rate?

 

[zalphab]

Your CPU is not that relevant here... what is your Motherboard ? Do you have a PCIE gen3X ? Card will always work... maybe the limit in your system is elsewhere... maybe not at its full potential ?

 

[NightAntilli]

It's going to work, but it's not going to be able to fully stretch its legs at lower resolutions. That, and your relatively slow 8GB memory might also become a limit. But it really isn't such a big deal.

 

[Petarded]

Yes it will work
lga 1155 chipset supports
"Graphics Support
Primary GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 (x16)"

 

[dontlistentome]

I think what your friends are trying to tell you is you are thinking of spending more on one component, the videocard, than your entire computer is worth. That's a big imbalance.

For a system with an i5 Ivy Bridge I'd say an Nvidia 1060/AMD 580 is the most you'd want to pair it with. This assumes we are talking 1080p 60hz gaming here.

 

[King_V]

I think what your friends are trying to tell you is you are thinking of spending more on one component, the videocard, than your entire computer is worth. That's a big imbalance.

*IF* that's what they're saying, it's still wrong. Hell, a friend of mine put together a new system a couple of years ago, and of the $1500 it cost, half of it was the GTX 1080 (which had just come out at the time). He already had the 2560x1440 monitor (144Hz refresh I think)

It also neglects the fact that the video card is portable over to a newer system.

Whether this interpretation is true, or not, I can't really see why/how OP's friends made their determination that it's not going to work.