How hard of a bottleneck will this be

Katepues · August 10, 2020

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	$429.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI X570-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$119.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive	$187.55 @ Amazon
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 960 4 GB Video Card
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$99.99 @ Best Buy
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$907.50
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-09 19:57 EDT-0400

Just wondering how big this bottleneck will be, and will i still be able to play some games and use adobe programs.

I am using the stock cooler and i have a 1tb ssd.

I will ofcourse upgrade the gpu, but you know.. money.

VeganJoy · August 10, 2020

unless you need 24 threads and a ton of pcie lanes but little gpu processing power, this is a strange build but could be suited for certain specific workloads. a 1650 super would use the same wattage and be significantly more powerful. for gaming, the 960 would be a substantial bottleneck; your performance would likely be the same with a 3900x or a 3100, possibly even less. dropping the cpu+mobo for a much cheaper setup to invest in a better gpu would be wise if you plan on playing a lot of games. but will a 3600 with less pcie lanes from the chipset fulfill your other needs?

as for components, id personally recommend against the CM MWE gold as their customer support is terrible, so if it dies you'll have an awful time. corsair LPX is more expensive than other similar ram, and not having an ssd in 2020 is inadvisable at best. low airflow case aint great either but you likely wont need any fancy airflow case, if you prefer the looks of the h510 thats fine.