Upgrading gpu to a gtx 1080

[asixz]

I've been wanting to upgrade my gpu for a while and since payday is coming up I decided to do it. However I'm not completely sure if it will benefit me or work at all, therefore this thread.

My current build:
CPU: Intel i5-3570 (overclocked a bit, not the K version)
GPU: MSI gtx 960 2G
PSU: Corsair CX500M
RAM: 16GB
Motherboard: Gigabyte H55M-UD2H DDR3 (Not completely sure, typing this at the top of my head)

So I'm thinking about the gigabyte GTX 1080 8G OC version. Will this work with my current build? Would it get enough power, not get dragged down by my cpu etc.
Thanks in advance!

 

[avenge]

Any CPU lower than I7 5 or 6 series with overclock will be some bottleneck for GTX 1080, this also depends on the game, video settings, resolution and desired frames. If I were U, I would upgrade CPU, motherboard and RAM for now and wait for the new NVIDIA GPU's that are about to came in the next few months.

 

[stavros58]

Ok I have the 3570K cpu clocked to a modest 4.2 I recently swapped my 970 for a 1080 and I'm getting double the framerate and no bottlenecking running it on a 1920 x 1080 144hz monitor and I'm more than happy with it. I'm running full detail and the frame rate is brilliant so im not sure you need to sell everything etc etc. Get the 1080 see how it goes then if you have an issue upgrade but personally I would try it plus my son is running a 1080 on an overclocked sandy bridge and he thinks its brilliant and that's on a 60hz monitor 8 gig ram and a six-year-old Mobo. Looked at a pro benchmark review they had and with Division on Ultra 1080 res they got 109 frames my rig hit 110 frames at same setting so don't read too much into this bottlenecking stuff sure it happens but how much and can a well setup rig avoid it pretty much. A PC has so many variables and games have so many settings there is always a way around it, even monitors are pretty complex these days.