Will my GA-78LMT-USB3 support gtx 1070 with fx 6350 cpu

[Harri_]

I have a GA-78LMT-USB3 mother board and a fx 6350 CPU model and I was wondering if I can use a gtx 1070 with the components I have?

 

[GhislainG]

It will support it, but the GPU will not reach its full potential with that system.

 

[Harri_]

So what specs do you recommend to reach full potential? How much do you think the price range will be?

 

[GhislainG]

What's your budget? What games will you play? Not all games require a powerful CPU and reaching record breaking FPS isn't that useful (though it's nice).

According to reviews, a GTX 1070 basically performs like a GTX Titan X. An FX-6350 rarely is paired with a very powerful GPU, but it can be done. An i7 would definitely be better, but an i5-4690K or an i5-6600K would be almost as good for gaming only.

If you overclock your AMD CPU (somewhat challenging with an inexpensive motherboard), then it should offer acceptable performance. How important is reaching full potential to you? That will dictate your budget. A CPU like the i7-5960X probably is the best CPU to achieve that goal, but it's hard to justify just to get a few more FPS.

 

[Harri_]

What's your budget? What games will you play? Not all games require a powerful CPU and reaching record breaking FPS isn't that useful (though it's nice).

According to reviews, a GTX 1070 basically performs like a GTX Titan X. An FX-6350 rarely is paired with a very powerful GPU, but it can be done. An i7 would definitely be better, but an i5-4690K or an i5-6600K would be almost as good for gaming only.

If you overclock your AMD CPU (somewhat challenging with an inexpensive motherboard), then it should offer acceptable performance. How important is reaching full potential to you? That will dictate your budget. A CPU like the i7-5960X probably is the best CPU to achieve that goal, but it's hard to justify just to get a few more FPS.

 

[Harri_]

Oh ok and my motherboard is AMD ready so that would mean I'll have to get another motherboard so I can use i7 right

 

[GhislainG]

Yes if you want to upgrade to an Intel CPU, but since you seem to be budget limited, do you really need an i7? Will you record game play or use the system for something else that requires an i7? A Skylake (socket 1151) i5 or i7 also requires new DDR4 memory (a few motherboards support DDR3L, but you probably have DDR3 memory).

Upgrading to an FX-8350 or FX-8370 also isn't worth it because the gaming performance difference with the FX-6350 is not enough. It would be nice if you could overclock your CPU, but your motherboard isn't very good. You can try it, but make sure that it doesn't throttle at full load because that causes serious FPS drops. Read this to see what throttling does: https://forum.teksyndicate.com/t/clock-speed-drops-w-fx-6300/47789

What revision is your motherboard?

 

[Harri_]

But on the GeForce site, it says it requires i7's however i7's are like 200 to 300 pounds and thats a lot of money for a tiny thing so i think im gonna go with i5 6500k

 

[GhislainG]

The i5-6500K is an excellent CPU; the i7 is better only if you perform other tasks like recording while gaming.