CPU Bottlenecking a RTX 3080?

[Taemero]

I'm planning on building my first computer and I'm planning on getting a RTX 3080 (hopefully). I just want to know what CPU I would need for the RTX 3080. Would the Ryzen 3700x bottle neck the GPU? I have heard others say this, but I don't think the new 5800 is worth it for the price difference. I am planning on running at 4K resolution with 144 hz. Not the most demanding games and a couple of 4k editing here and there. 

[Gohardgrandpa]

I’ll think you’ll be fine. I run a 3800x at 4.4ghz all core with a rtx 3080 on a 1440p 144hz monitor and haven’t seen a bottleneck issue yet. You being at 4k should put less strain on the cpu also.

What games do you play ? 

[xg32]

4 minutes ago, Taemero said:

I'm planning on building my first computer and I'm planning on getting a RTX 3080 (hopefully). I just want to know what CPU I would need for the RTX 3080. Would the Ryzen 3700x bottle neck the GPU? I have heard others say this, but I don't think the new 5800 is worth it for the price difference. I am planning on running at 4K resolution with 144 hz. Not the most demanding games and a couple of 4k editing here and there. 

 

i'd get a 5600x over a 3700x for gaming, but it depends on the price you can get a 3700x for.

[SupaKomputa]

5 minutes ago, Taemero said:

I am planning on running at 4K resolution with 144 hz.

For editing in this resolution, you won't have any problem.

For gaming at this resolution, the cpu won't be a huge burden, the difference will be minimal.

[Taemero]

3 minutes ago, Gohardgrandpa said:

I’ll think you’ll be fine. I run a 3800x at 4.4ghz all core with a rtx 3080 on a 1440p 144hz monitor and haven’t seen a bottleneck issue yet. You being at 4k should put less strain on the cpu also.

What games do you play ? 

I don't play that many demanding games, Valorant, Fortnite, Rocket League. I want to play the new star wars squadron, The last of us, and Cyberpunk (when It comes out )

[BTGbullseye]

19 minutes ago, Taemero said:

I don't play that many demanding games, Valorant, Fortnite, Rocket League. I want to play the new star wars squadron, The last of us, and Cyberpunk (when It comes out )

I would go for a 5600X instead on a B550 motherboard. You'll get a definite gaming performance boost from it over the 3700X, and it should be about the same price.

[Taemero]

1 hour ago, BTGbullseye said:

I would go for a 5600X instead on a B550 motherboard. You'll get a definite gaming performance boost from it over the 3700X, and it should be about the same price.

My main concern with the 5600x is that it has it only has 6 cores and I'm afraid that it wouldn't be able to handle multiple applications at once and have slow render times compared to the 3700

[ewitte]

IMO the 5600x and 5800x are not that good of a deal.  If you can't afford a 5900x I'd stick with the 3700 they will eventually release a 5700x probably within 4 months.

[BTGbullseye]

8 hours ago, Taemero said:

My main concern with the 5600x is that it has it only has 6 cores and I'm afraid that it wouldn't be able to handle multiple applications at once and have slow render times compared to the 3700

Look at the performance of the 3600... It can most definitely handle multiple applications at once quite easily, and the render times in productivity aren't that low. Due to the combination of IPC and clock speed advantages in the 5000 series, the 5600x should have similar render performance to a 3700x.