Need help figuring out a Bottleneck problem

[MesZa]

I'm thinking of building a PC, but I feel like I've got a bottlenecking problem on my hand.

 

My processor is going to be a Ryzen 5 3600, but my GPU is going to be a 3060 Ti.

 

I'm from Australia, so PC Partpicker Aus doesn't show a lot (nor at good prices). I found a relatively cheap 3060 Ti, and it wasn't much more expensive than the 2070 Super I found, so I jumped at the chance, but I thought I might have a bottlenecking problem. So I put the details of my would-be setup into a bottleneck checker, and it came out with a 20% bottleneck. 

 

Should I downgrade to something like a 2060 Super, 2070 or 2070 Super and put that money towards a better processor like an i5 10600k?

[bellabichon]

Bottleneck calculators aren't super accurate, in my opinion. What games are you planning to primarily play, and at what resolution? Most games are pretty GPU-bound these days, and the 3600 is still a very solid CPU. 

[SlashedM]

Does the Bottleneck checker even have a 3060ti option? As far as I know a 3070 and a 3600 doesn't even bottleneck much, and is a decent pairing, considering that a 2080 is paired with a 3600 and the calculator says GPU Bottleneck. It depends on games and res, thats why these calculators aren't always the best (and is usually ignored by others)

[Fasauceome]

4 minutes ago, MesZa said:

So I put the details of my would-be setup into a bottleneck checker, and it came out with a 20% bottleneck. 

just ignore bottleneck calculators. it's a fine pairing. HWunboxed did an examination with an RTX 3070 and R5 3600 just recently

[MesZa]

19 minutes ago, bellabichon said:

Bottleneck calculators aren't super accurate, in my opinion. What games are you planning to primarily play, and at what resolution? Most games are pretty GPU-bound these days, and the 3600 is still a very solid CPU. 

I'm mainly going to play Rainbow Six Siege, Valorant, LoL and Minecraft, but I'll also occasionally play an open world game.

[tishous]

6 minutes ago, MesZa said:

I'm mainly going to play Rainbow Six Siege, Valorant, LoL and Minecraft, but I'll also occasionally play an open world game.

All of those are very easy to run, so you probably don't need a GPU even as powerful as a 2060 Super. You found a 3060ti at a reasonable price though so you should just keep it in case you want to play more demanding games in the future.

 

Also, the R5 3600 is easily able to reach 240fps in each of these games, which is the highest refresh rate I would assume you have, so don't worry.