Question GTX 1660 Ti and I7-8700K Good combo?

[Jeffinno]

I'm really into gaming and I want to run the newest games smoothly without any problems.
So I'm taking into consideration the GTX 1660 Ti and probably i7-8700K. Now I don't really want to buy the CPU because mine isn't that bad (i5-4690) but I'm afraid it won't keep up with the 1660 ti, also I want to know if my 500W supply would be enough for these 2

My PC specs as of now:
GTX 960 2G
I5-4690 3.5 GHz
RAM 16GB

 

[DSzymborski]

Depends on the 500W power supply. While it likely has enough power if it's powering a 960, it could be a junk-tier PSU that shouldn't be used as it is. Would need to know the exact power supply to have an opinion.

 

[Sadlah]

The PSU is enough for everything you listed, The i5 4690 isn't a bad CPU at all, you won't bottleneck much, Obviously upgrading to the 8700k will improve frames and your all around experience. If you're on a budget, upgrade to the 1660ti, then later down the road upgrade the CPU, remember when upgrading though, you'll need a new motherboard and also DDR4 RAM. I run a Gtx 1080 with an i5 6500 and i don't get much bottleneck

 

[Jeffinno]

The PSU is enough for everything you listed, The i5 4690 isn't a bad CPU at all, you won't bottleneck much, Obviously upgrading to the 8700k will improve frames and your all around experience. If you're on a budget, upgrade to the 1660ti, then later down the road upgrade the CPU, remember when upgrading though, you'll need a new motherboard and also DDR4 RAM. I run a Gtx 1080 with an i5 6500 and i don't get much bottleneck

So buy a new motherboard if I want the 1660ti, is that what you mean or when I buy the CPU?

 

[Sadlah]

So buy a new motherboard if I want the 1660ti, is that what you mean or when I buy the CPU?

When you buy the CPU, you're going from a 4th gen to an 8th gen so the sockets will be different, just wanted to remind you about motherboard and ram compatibility

 

[Jeffinno]

I see that my ASRock H81M-VG4 doesn't have the PCI-Express socket which is needed for the 1660

 

[Sadlah]

I see that my ASRock H81M-VG4 doesn't have the PCI-Express socket which is needed for the 1660

Just looked up that mobo, it does have the slot

 

[M.AGamer]

I'm really into gaming and I want to run the newest games smoothly without any problems.
So I'm taking into consideration the GTX 1660 Ti and probably i7-8700K. Now I don't really want to buy the CPU because mine isn't that bad (i5-4690) but I'm afraid it won't keep up with the 1660 ti, also I want to know if my 500W supply would be enough for these 2

My PC specs as of now:
GTX 960 2G
I5-4690 3.5 GHz
RAM 16GB

upgrade the cpu i have ryzen 2400g (4c 8t) and i am getting like 10-20% bottleneck with gtx 1660 ti

 

[Richierich gamer]

i7-8700K is definitely a great combo for gaming. You can play any game on HIgh to Ultra graphics at a very smooth FPS rate and yes, 500w PSU is enough for this combo but make sure to get a gold certified one.

 

[M.AGamer]

i7-8700K is definitely a great combo for gaming. You can play any game on HIgh to Ultra graphics at a very smooth FPS rate and yes, 500w PSU is enough for this combo but make sure to get a gold certified one.

i want to know the deffrence between bronze sliver gold will it matter that much?