Do I need to upgrade any of the parts on my pc for new graphics card?

I could very likely purchase one of the new generation of video cards, whether it is a 1070 or depending on the release of amd's polaris, is yet to be decided. I was wondering with my current setup how much I may have to upgrade to avoid bottle necks. The bit I am worried about is upgrading the motherboard which will inadvertently force me to upgrade the CPU which will be costly, but I let you guys decide.

My build currently:

CPU - Intel i5 3470
GPU - MSI R9 270
Motherboard - MSI H61M-P31 (G3)
PSU - XFX 550w platinum
RAM - 8GB Corsair Value DDR3 PC3-10600 (1333)
CASE - Fractal design R4
Storage - Samsung 850 evo 128GB (OS) / Seagate 1TB 7200rps 6G/bs

Still playing at 1080p but I have an ABSOLUTE necessity for minimum 60 fps on any game while maxed with maybe a few settings like AA tweaked. Partly the reason I only play Dota 2 (or maybe becasue I am addicted to it ;)) is because I get paranoid playing any other game below 60fps. So before you say you can get a 2/3xx or 9xx card to play most games maxed at 1080p, I'd rather get something fresh and future proof.

Edit: Those 1070 benchmarks are going to make it very hard to wait for polaris.

You should be fine.

What he said. Just as long as you're sticking to 1080p. More RAM wouldn't hurt though, especially since you can double what you have by adding $30 to your 1070 order.

Well that is promising, thanks for replies guys if anything I should probably get a new psu. But regards RAM, that motherboard only supports up to DDR3 and 1600MHz so I'm not sure it would be worth upgrading if I plan on getting a new motherboard further down the line.

Edit: Even getting another 8GB stick at 1333 MHz is it really worth the effort?

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to a certain extent yes. i mean you will already ahve the system cracked open to swap the gpu, whats another thirty seconds to pop in a secnd stick of ram? even if you dont utilize it, you will be running in dual channel mode. and then if you decide to begin experimenting with VMs or whatnot you will have the head room to do so. not to mention if games begin eating more RAM or having higher requirements etc.

I'm not completely sure on RAM compatibility and performance but should I just get another 8GB 1333MHz stick of any brand and it should be fine?

I might get an OC board and CPU but other than that nah.

What were you going to do for a GPU? Think about the new AMD cards. I would also keep that 270 as a backup card if you were thinking of selling it.

Yeah I'm waiting for amd to release polaris and decide from there. I probably keep the r9 270 but I would have to sell dirt cheap if I have any chance on selling it.

treat the 1070 like a titan x, adjust accordingly

Oh no I'd sell it for at least 120. If 140 isn't your asking price you're a fool. It was a GREAT card and if they were available when I was building my PC I would have gotten 2 in XFire on an AM3 platform. But I couldn't find any cards, Mobos weren't under 150 USD, and I didn't feel like waiting so I built a Phenom 2 box instead. Does fine with a 370 too. Honestly if you found a Q6600 box somewhere slap it in there and you have a nice machine. Dell BTX if you can.

Well I have an old fractal design core 1000 lying around and I could put it in that and maybe use as the building blocks for a server for plex as a project over summer but I wonder does a graphics card contribute at all to plex encoding, still an idea I suppose.

Nvidia recommends a 600w psu so do you think I should upgrade my psu? I made a mistake saying my current psu was platinum, I think it's bronze.

I mean... you should probably be able to get by with what you have, but if you do want to upgrade the EVGA SuperNOVA 650w/750w is pretty hard to beat right now.

Thanks, will look into it.

more or less. i mean if you know what you have in there already you can try and find a similar one (ie same brand, speed, model etc) but realistically yeah any 8gb ddr3 stick will work fine. even if it was 1600Mhz it would just run at 1333Mhz since thats the speed of the slowest stick. similar to how in SLI or CrossFire setups, the cards run at the slowest card speed

You're absolutely fine with what you got for a 1070 or 1080 upgrade. And don't worry about the psu being bronze or whatever. Your bronze one will only pull abit more power from the socket to give 550W to the pc.

I over buy for the PSU, generally if it recommends 600w go for 700w higher
If it recommends 1000w go for 1100w or higher

Generally thats clever, but on this budget and that fairly tame cpu and no cpu overclocking cuz of H-chipset it's not likely a issue.