7870+i3=good?

[brownninja97]

I do quite a bit of editing in the photo and video world so that would make the i5 a better choice right

[Hyydrah]

I remember reading a few articles about how some CPUs from 2+ years ago didn't bottleneck many games such as Crysis 2. It'll probably be fine, good luck.

[TechFan@ic]

I do quite a bit of editing in the photo and video world so that would make the i5 a better choice right

A better choice over the i3 ? yes.

[brownninja97]

yes i know it would be better then the i3 i was thinking of the amd alternative such as the 8350 or the 8320

[Morfy]

The i3will bottleneck it.HARD. It depends on scenario, but mostly the new games optimised for more cores and MP. I get sucky consistency in my bf3 experience with a 3240 clocked at 3.4 ghz. How do i know it's bottlenecking? Cpu usage and gpu. Gtx 660, 60% load in MP, i3 95% load, so a 7870 will be the same, you will feel the lack of cores pretty soon, don't listen to people speaking from ''internet experience'', most of them are confusing. Still a good choise for SP games, but not for long.

[SoySauciE]

The i3 2120 I know 100% sure will bottle neck the 7950. I know because I too had a i3-2120 and a 7950. Games like Crysis 3 I was only getting 2 fps avrg (in high) even when overclocked to 1150 i only saw a gain for 2-3 fps(thats how i knew there was some bottlenecking going on.) Tomb raider was okay 40-50fps but in some areas it would drop to 20-25. I just upgraded to 3770k and pretty much gained a good 20-30 fps in all games