Upgrading my PC for the first time

Maim · Aug 13, 2017

Hello, I've been thinking about upgrading my first gaming PC which I bought at the start of 2013. But I was wondering what more I would need to upgrade the graphics card from a GTX 680 to a GTX 1080 Ti Aorus.

Motherboard: MSI Z77 MPower, Socket-1155
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Processor
Graphics: Gainward GeForce GTX 680 2GB
Memory: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 8GB
SSD: Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB
PSU: Corsair TX 750W

I have installed a liquid cooling unit and I am running Windows 10. Is there anything essential I need to upgrade to run the GTX 1080 Ti? Upgrade CPU? Thank you for the help

Capitan Harlock · Aug 13, 2017

Hi welcome to TPU.
Is your Cpu overcloked?
What is the main resolution you play with?
Next upgrade would be adding another 8gb of ram , you have 8gb with 1 dim or 2?

Jetster · Aug 13, 2017

Your good to go. But if your running 1080p resolution the GTX 1080 is a huge upgrade. The GTX 1070 would be a huge upgrade No need for the Ti variant unless your going 4K or 1440 in the future. More ram would be nice also

Is the TX750 the V2?

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Processor	Intel Core i5-3570K Processor
Motherboard	MSI Z77 MPower, Socket-1155
Cooling	Intel® High Performance Liquid Cooling
Memory	Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 8GB CL9
Video Card(s)	Gainward GeForce GTX 680 2GB PhysX CUDA
Storage	Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB 2.5"
Case	Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl
Power Supply	Corsair TX 750W PSU

System Name	Xeon build X58 / Main Rig Ryzen X370/X79 on pause
Processor	Intel Xeon x5650 @ 4.2Ghz with HT / Xeon E5 1680 v2 @4.5Ghz/Ryzen 7 3800x with PBO
Motherboard	Asus Rampage II Extreme socket 1366 / Asus P9X79 Pro socket 2011/Asus X370 Prime Pro Am4
Cooling	Thermalright Archon +Ty 140mm\|Fans : 2 front-1top-1rear-1bottom/ Gelid Phantom Twin Tower
Memory	16gb DDR3 1600mhz Kingstone Hyper x Qc / 16gb DDR3 1600MHZ Patriot Viper 3/Crucial B 3200 16gb DDR4
Video Card(s)	Sapphire hd 7950 3gb Boost edition dual fan X / ZOTAC 1080 Ti Blower Edition
Storage	INTENSO ssd sata 3 240gb+Seagate B 2Tb+WD g 1tb+WD g 3tb+WD r 3tb+Seagate B 4tb+Lexar 2Tb NVMe
Display(s)	AOC E2460S 24" 1080p 60hz 1ms / LG 32UK550B 32" UHD 4K HDR 10 with Freesync
Case	Enermax Phoenix / Silverstone Raven rv01/Fractal on hold
Audio Device(s)	SoundMaxHD+5.1 BHT1100 BLUESKY,Fiio E10 Olympus+SuperluxHD668b+KZ HBB pr2,Superlux E205.
Power Supply	Sharkoon WPM Gold Zero 650W semi modular / Corsair RM 850 Fully Modular
Mouse	Generic Mice / Corsair M90
Keyboard	Generic Keyboard / Microsoft WK600
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 /Windows 10 Pro 64

System Name	Juliette // My HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// ASUS RTX 4060 OC
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	G903 and a Master Mouse MM710/No mouse, MS game copntroller
Keyboard	EVGA / Logitech K400
Software	Windows 11 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

Upgrading my PC for the first time

Maim

Capitan Harlock

Jetster