I7 980x bottlenecking

[You_found_dom]

So I saw a deal for a 980x on eBay, and I was wondering if a 5600 xt would cause a bottleneck, and if so, I am open to suggestions for new gpu’s

[Fasauceome]

7 minutes ago, YT_DomDaBomb20 said:

So I saw a deal for a 980x on eBay

It would have to be a hell of a deal for it to be superior to a Xeon X5670. What's it gonna run you?

 

As for bottleneck, it depends entirely on the game and  performance target

[GreyestGoat]

980X at 4.4ghz will feed a 5600XT but i would go no higher in spec for a GPU unless you game at 1440P+

[toasty99]

I7 980x is a good CPU but not one I necessarily reccomend.

 

If you already have a motherboard (or find one under $50) then X58 is good. However, as the person above said a X5670 is just as good once overclocked and far cheaper. Even a X5650 on a good board offers amazing performance. 

[bimmerman]

If you are going to overclock it (like, 4.2+ GHz) then the bottlenecking will be limited. It'll be OK at 1080p but becomes less of a bottleneck at higher resolutions.

 

If you are NOT going to overclock it heavily, pass on it. Stock performance is atrocious by modern standards.

 

Same goes for the Xeons mentioned above. The i7-980x is far easier to overclock but that's about the only material difference. Both are overclockable to just as high of GHz, just depends how much effort you want to put in.

[You_found_dom]

14 hours ago, bimmerman said:

If you are going to overclock it (like, 4.2+ GHz) then the bottlenecking will be limited. It'll be OK at 1080p but becomes less of a bottleneck at higher resolutions.

 

If you are NOT going to overclock it heavily, pass on it. Stock performance is atrocious by modern standards.

 

Same goes for the Xeons mentioned above. The i7-980x is far easier to overclock but that's about the only material difference. Both are overclockable to just as high of GHz, just depends how much effort you want to put in.

 

14 hours ago, toasty99 said:

I7 980x is a good CPU but not one I necessarily reccomend.

 

If you already have a motherboard (or find one under $50) then X58 is good. However, as the person above said a X5670 is just as good once overclocked and far cheaper. Even a X5650 on a good board offers amazing performance. 

 

15 hours ago, GreyestGoat said:

980X at 4.4ghz will feed a 5600XT but i would go no higher in spec for a GPU unless you game at 1440P+

 

15 hours ago, Fasauceome said:

It would have to be a hell of a deal for it to be superior to a Xeon X5670. What's it gonna run you?

 

As for bottleneck, it depends entirely on the game and  performance target

Yes I do plan to oc and probably game at 1080p

[You_found_dom]

Also I will check out the xeons mentioned

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, YT_DomDaBomb20 said:

Also I will check out the xeons mentioned

If you are overclocking, like you mentioned, then that's the best route. Those things overclock like mad, I believe the X5675 is one of the best.

@Zando Bob knows

[You_found_dom]

3 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

If you are overclocking, like you mentioned, then that's the best route. Those things overclock like mad, I believe the X5675 is one of the best.

@Zando Bob knows

Okay thanks I’m just used to working with old amd parts

[You_found_dom]

7 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

If you are overclocking, like you mentioned, then that's the best route. Those things overclock like mad, I believe the X5675 is one of the best.

@Zando Bob knows

And just to make sure does it support buffered or unbuffered ram?

[Fasauceome]

1 hour ago, YT_DomDaBomb20 said:

And just to make sure does it support buffered or unbuffered ram?

Depends on the motherboard

[Zando_]

8 hours ago, Fasauceome said:

If you are overclocking, like you mentioned, then that's the best route. Those things overclock like mad, I believe the X5675 is one of the best.

@Zando Bob knows

X5675 is (on average) the best bin for the price. Though most of these chips will do 4.2-4.5, just worse bins take more voltage to do so. The Westmere-EP chips also have better IMCs than the i7s AFAIK. Certainly better than the quad cores. 

6 hours ago, Fasauceome said:

Depends on the motherboard

For X58, unbuffered should work same as with any other system. For buffered/registered you'd need 5520. Only 5520 board I know of that can OC is the EVGA SR-2.