GTX 980 or 1070

[TiffanyKate]

Hi everyone. I have someone building a pc for me with a variety of new and used parts. I’m fine with the risk associated with this - the guy has a 12 month replacement warranty etc, so all good. I have the choice of a 980, or for an extra $200 I can get a 1070. Money is a bit tight, so this is a bit steep for me, but possible if it’s a worthwhile jump in price. Can I please have opinions on whether it’s worth the extra $200, or if it would generally be unnoticed?

Background on the build: i7 6700, 16GB hyper x ddr4, 120gb ssd, 1tb HDD, motherboard - cant remember right now, 1000 psu gold 80+. With the 980 is $1400 (AUD), with the 1070 is $1600. I’m not using a proper gaming monitor, I’m using a 32inch Samsung led monitor, and will be using my pc for light gaming - just wow, sims, fortnite, COD, overwstch, and light photoshop and illustrator graphic design work.

Thanks in advance.

[DOUGIE]

Hi Tiffany.
The GTX 980 is ample for what you intend to use the Computer for.
Benchmark of 9595.
I have a GTX 980 and I do heavy Photoshop rendering with it, no problems whatsoever.

[TiffanyKate]

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Hi Tiffany.
The GTX 980 is ample for what you intend to use the Computer for.
Benchmark of 9595.
I have a GTX 980 and I do heavy Photoshop rendering with it, no problems whatsoever.

Dougie, you’re a saint! Thank you so much. That’s exactly what I wanted to hear. I knew I didn’t need anything crazy awesome for my basic usage, but if it was a huge amazing dramatic difference, then I would have been happy to spend the extra $200. Thanks so much!

[phillpower2]

Hello TiffanyKate,

You could have asked your question in your thread here but fwiw you are wasting money on having 16GB of RAM and a 1000W Gold efficiency rated PSU, neither will be fully utilised, far better to select a motherboard that has at least four memory slots which would allow you to upgrade your RAM at a later date should you need to, my advice to you would be to go for a MB with four memory slots, 2 X 4GB sticks of RAM so that it runs in dual channel mode and a 650W Gold efficiency rated quality brand PSU such as Evga or Seasonic, avoid lesser brands such as Cooler Master, Raidmax and Thermaltake etc, the GTX 980 requires a 500W PSU and the good quality 650W is suggested to allow for any future upgrades such as additional storage devices or GPU upgrade etc.