My Upgrade Possibilities

[corvair62]

I have an ASUS Essentio Series CM6870-USO12S
Processor - i7-3770 cpu @3.4GHz Quad Core
RAM -16GB
Graphics Card-NVIDIA GeForce GT 630

I would really like to upgrade my graphics card, but I an having problems narrowing down which one would work. I have ran this set up for over three years and I like the performance, but I want to run my games at better settings. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance.

 

[heavyartillary9]

well the first question is, how many watts is your power supply ?

 

[elbert]

I suggest you pick up a 1050ti when they launch. They should launch some time mid month upto aournd the 18th. The 1050 should launching end of month.

 

[corvair62]

heavyartillary9 I'm willing to change out my power supply, but I believe currently it's at 300w. I know the larger cards require more wattage and any suggestions there is much appreciated as well.

 

[heavyartillary9]

if your willing to go up in power supply, then I suggest you go with 1060, or 1070, depending on how much you want to spend

 

[corvair62]

I was looking at an EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDr5. You all think that would do well for another 3 years or so. Or is the 1070 really worth the extra 200 for it? I'm going to upgrade my power supply as well. The 1060 needs a min. of 400w and 500w for a 1070. I thought about going up to maybe 750w or so. Any suggestions on a good and reputable power supply?

 

[elbert]

This is what I suggest. The seasonic is a highly rated power supply.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($259.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $314.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-13 16:40 EDT-0400

 

[corvair62]

Thanks elbert! That will help narrow it down. Maybe I'll go ahead and take the plunge. For around 300 I can't complain.

 

[elbert]

No problem and hope the new parts work great.

 

[sga2016]

Did you do this? I have a cm6870, bought a new (650 watt) power supply, and a gtx 1060, but I can't get video from the 1060. My old card (an amd radeon 770) still works fine..

 

[corvair62]

sga2016 yes I did. I uninstalled all my drivers and then installed the newest through NVidia GeForce. Everything on my end worked great.