Will a 5820k bottleneck an RTX 2070?

[Fausto315]

Recently I've been lacking in the graphics department as my 980 with a mere 4gb of vram just hasn't really been cutting it for modern games even at 1080p. I currently have an i7 5820k which has worked well for me for years. I was looking into the RTX 2070 and it looks very compelling for the price. However, I'm not 100% sure if it would be worth just upgrading my GPU as opposed to just building a new PC when it comes to bottlenecking. Would my CPU bottleneck a 2070? Would it be worth it to just get a new PC altogether even if I get a GPU that is slightly slower than a 2070 if I'm getting a current gen CPU?

[vK 3 1 RON]

tbh I'm rocking a 5820k with a 1080 ti right now and not seeing much bottleneck I am running at like 4Ghz which is a +0.7Ghz but even at the standard 3.3Ghz I'm sometimes at because BIOS being stupid and resetting, the fps is fine. 

 

Edit: To clarify, I'm personally not seeing any bottleneck. Nothing that I look at and say "Wow am I being bottlenecked?" If there is a bottleneck, it'll be 1 or 2 fps, nothing I'm noticing 

[TheNaitsyrk]

6 minutes ago, Fausto315 said:

Recently I've been lacking in the graphics department as my 980 with a mere 4gb of vram just hasn't really been cutting it for modern games even at 1080p. I currently have an i7 5820k which has worked well for me for years. I was looking into the RTX 2070 and it looks very compelling for the price. However, I'm not 100% sure if it would be worth just upgrading my GPU as opposed to just building a new PC when it comes to bottlenecking. Would my CPU bottleneck a 2070? Would it be worth it to just get a new PC altogether even if I get a GPU that is slightly slower than a 2070 if I'm getting a current gen CPU?

If you overclock it, it should be perfect.

[Praesi]

I dont see any Need for an CPU Upgrade.

[Fasauceome]

The 5820k, the amazing overclocker that it is, is just a mildly slower 8700K. 6 cores that don't struggle to reach above 4GHz for your gaming purposes, quad channel ram for decent bandwidth even with low frequency,  etc etc. 

[NumLock21]

I'm running a "5930k" with a 2070 and it works great. I don't know what bottlenecks you're talking about.

[Fausto315]

14 minutes ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

If you overclock it, it should be perfect.

Would it be fine without overclocking? just worried about the lifespan of my CPU and i'm considering switching to an air cooler from an h100i for less noise. I did have it overclocked for a good 2 years but I recently set it back to default because I'm admittedly kind of new to overclocking and despite watching a lot of videos I kinda suck at it and can never find a stable overclock. 

[TheNaitsyrk]

14 minutes ago, Fausto315 said:

Would it be fine without overclocking? just worried about the lifespan of my CPU and i'm considering switching to an air cooler from an h100i for less noise. I did have it overclocked for a good 2 years but I recently set it back to default because I'm admittedly kind of new to overclocking and despite watching a lot of videos I kinda suck at it and can never find a stable overclock. 

That I'm not too sure about. I had 6800K and that could only do 4.2Ghz. It didn't feel ultra speedy. Even in 2016.

[Deli]

20 minutes ago, Fausto315 said:

Would it be fine without overclocking? just worried about the lifespan of my CPU and i'm considering switching to an air cooler from an h100i for less noise. I did have it overclocked for a good 2 years but I recently set it back to default because I'm admittedly kind of new to overclocking and despite watching a lot of videos I kinda suck at it and can never find a stable overclock. 

I've been running my 5820K @ 4.5GHz for 4 years new. Still going strong.

[Votivee]

5820k @ 4.6 GHz here. Haven't taken the OC off in 4-5 years. Running it with a Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4 and it's dead silent. Not sure what the temps are off the top of my head but I don't think they go over 70-75C on a quiet fan curve.

 

Pairs well with my 1080 ti.

[Fausto315]

1 minute ago, Votivee said:

5820k @ 4.6 GHz here. Haven't taken the OC off in 4-5 years. Running it with a Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4 and it's dead silent. Not sure what the temps are off the top of my head but I don't think they go over 70-75C on a quiet fan curve.

 

Pairs well with my 1080 ti.

Can I ask what voltage you're running at? 

[Votivee]

11 minutes ago, Fausto315 said:

Can I ask what voltage you're running at? 

I'll get back to you on that, I haven't had to mess with it since initially setting the OC.

 

I followed this video exactly and then made my own minor tweaks from there:

 

[Fausto315]

15 minutes ago, Votivee said:

I'll get back to you on that, I haven't had to mess with it since initially setting the OC.

 

I followed this video exactly and then made my own minor tweaks from there:

 

slightly unrelated question, my CPU has been overclocked for the past 3 ish years, if I overclock it more, will the lifespan possibly get worse? it's a little over 4 years old by now and I've heard mixed things on overclocking and hardware lifespan.

[Suika]

2 minutes ago, Fausto315 said:

slightly unrelated question, my CPU has been overclocked for the past 3 ish years, if I overclock it more, will the lifespan possibly get worse? it's a little over 4 years old by now and I've heard mixed things on overclocking and hardware lifespan.

Possibly, but you're talking about shaving an extra year or two off an expected 30 year lifespan.

[Votivee]

3 minutes ago, Fausto315 said:

slightly unrelated question, my CPU has been overclocked for the past 3 ish years, if I overclock it more, will the lifespan possibly get worse? it's a little over 4 years old by now and I've heard mixed things on overclocking and hardware lifespan.

Unless you plan on keeping your CPU until the year 2040 don't worry about it

[NumLock21]

1 hour ago, Fausto315 said:

Would it be fine without overclocking? just worried about the lifespan of my CPU and i'm considering switching to an air cooler from an h100i for less noise. I did have it overclocked for a good 2 years but I recently set it back to default because I'm admittedly kind of new to overclocking and despite watching a lot of videos I kinda suck at it and can never find a stable overclock. 

You'll be fine. I run my at stock settings.