Help with New Pc Build

[Perky...]

Hey, im new to building pcs and i wanted to know what bottlenecking is, i recently upgraded some things on my pc from a prebuilt that included: i5 7500, gigabyte mobo, 8gbs ddr4 ram.The upgrades i made: ryzen 7 3700x with a b450-f rog strix motherboard with g-skill 16gbs ddr4 ram and also a nzxt case to have better aesthetics. I have not upgraded my gpu and was just wondering how a bottleneck will affect my performance. The gpu i am using is a gigabyte gtx 1060 3gb. I play competitive fortnite and csgo, mainly fortnite tho. I have not yet finished building the pc because the power supply i had didnt support the 8 pin cpu connector, i also found out that i will have a gpu bottleneck, as i said i dont really know much about pcs, i just want some info on how my pc will perform. Please help me and give me tips for my build.

[papajo]

So how much are you willing to spend for a GPU ?

[Perky...]

Im looking at the rtx 2070 in the near 3-4 months as i just spent little under $1300 canadian i am just wondering if i will get better performance compared to before, i still dont fully understand what a bottleneck is and how it will affect my performance. i am definitely getting a 2070 in the near future but am i good for now?

[papajo]

6 minutes ago, Perky... said:

Im looking at the rtx 2070 in the near 3-4 months as i just spent little under $1300 canadian i am just wondering if i will get better performance compared to before, i still dont fully understand what a bottleneck is and how it will affect my performance. i am definitely getting a 2070 in the near future but am i good for now?

Its simple your CPU can handle faster GPUs.

The GPU you have is on the slow side compared to more recent models so as it is now you will have lower framerates without your CPU sweating a bit about it because the GPU is slowing things down when it comes to gaming.

If you get a faster GPU you will experience higher FPS count. 

 

rtx 2070 is a nice GPU and much faster than a 1060 3GB GPU. 

 

EDIT: All that being said you wont experience lower FPS rates compared to your older setup that also had the 1060 3gb you are using today, on the contrary the FPS might go a bit higher since you are using better hardware compared to before. 

[Lonehelljumper]

13 minutes ago, Perky... said:

Im looking at the rtx 2070 in the near 3-4 months as i just spent little under $1300 canadian i am just wondering if i will get better performance compared to before, i still dont fully understand what a bottleneck is and how it will affect my performance. i am definitely getting a 2070 in the near future but am i good for now?

You are good for now. My advice is to wait for the 3000 series GPU's to come out before you upgrade. The 2000 series is goong to be replaced in the next 6 months so no need to upgrade until then. 

[Perky...]

20 minutes ago, Lonehelljumper said:

You are good for now. My advice is to wait for the 3000 series GPU's to come out before you upgrade. The 2000 series is goong to be replaced in the next 6 months so no need to upgrade until then. 

Ohh so thats when the 3000 series is coming out, will do thank you!

[Haro]

54 minutes ago, Perky... said:

Ohh so thats when the 3000 series is coming out, will do thank you!

Just a quick thing couldn't help but notice your GPU is in the bottom slot which means that it's not getting the full lanes 

Put it at the top spot 

[Perky...]

3 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Just a quick thing couldn't help but notice your GPU is in the bottom slot which means that it's not getting the full lanes 

Put it at the top spot 

will do! what is full lanes? sorry im new to this

[Haro]

12 minutes ago, Perky... said:

will do! what is full lanes? sorry im new to this

Basically there are multiple pcie slots on your mobo and the top one since it's the closest to your cpu can work at full x16 lanes or "bandwidth" so the top one will to put it simply runs your GPU faster because it's getting more lanes or "information" hope this helps (if correct you should notice a big improvement in performance)

[Perky...]

Just now, TofuHaroto said:

Basically there are multiple pcie slots on your mobo and the top one since it's the closest to your cpu can work at fill x16 lanes or "bandwidth" so the top one will to put it simply run your GPU faster because it's getting more lanes or "information" hope this helps (if correct you should notice a big improvement in performance)

i havent put in a power supply into the build so i wouldnt knownthe difference between the two, thanks

[Haro]

2 minutes ago, Perky... said:

i havent put in a power supply into the build so i wouldnt knownthe difference between the two, thanks

Your welcome