Is i5 11600k and 3080 good for 1440p gaming?

[BLT_Sharpies]

I know that the i5 bottle necks the 3080 but i think its only bad at 1080p. Is it? LMK what you think. The link to the build is here.

[NineEyeRon]

Do you own the hardware already? Are there special deals on to get these two and only these two?

 

With a good reason I would say these are fine paired together, workload dependant of course. It would need to be something like a special deal that reduces the price etc that makes it hard to pass up (and a CPU upgrade difference too much). I don't think putting the money elsewhere in the build would help unless you had a poor PSU picked out or made compromises on RAM or storage.

 

Personally I would probably put any money saves right back into the PSU as usually I underspend on them and this would be a good chance to break that habit. I would already be topped out on my monitor in this scenario but could bump RAM to 32GB.

 

As for the build, I would change the fans to Noctua and no RGB for them and the case, man I hate RGB cases.

[BLT_Sharpies]

Just now, NineEyeRon said:

Do you own the hardware already? Are there special deals on to get these two and only these two?

 

Personally I would probably put any money saves right back into the PSU as usually I underspend on them and this would be a good chance to break that habit.

No i dont have the hardware yet but i live by a micro center so i can probally get them. and ill put more into psu thanks.

 

[NineEyeRon]

17 minutes ago, BLT_Sharpies said:

No i dont have the hardware yet but i live by a micro center so i can probally get them. and ill put more into psu thanks.

 

I would get a couple more opinions from the forum and weight them all up against each other first. 
 

Don’t listen to the first random person who posts…

[Eighjan]

16 minutes ago, BLT_Sharpies said:

No i dont have the hardware yet but i live by a micro center so i can probally get them. and ill put more into psu thanks.

 

It's going to depend on the games you play; how new they are, etc.

[BLT_Sharpies]

1 minute ago, Eighjan said:

It's going to depend on the games you play; how new they are, etc.

I want to stream on twitch, fortinte, apex etc. I only want to play at 1440p 144 or 165hz.

[Eighjan]

3 minutes ago, BLT_Sharpies said:

I want to stream on twitch, fortinte, apex etc. I only want to play at 1440p 144 or 165hz.

Don't rule out the option of a 3070 &/or an 11700K... or be ready to fall back to 10600K/700K.

Keep all six on your radar & see what becomes available...

[BLT_Sharpies]

4 minutes ago, Eighjan said:

Don't rule out the option of a 3070 &/or an 11700K... or be ready to fall back to 10600K/700K.

Keep all six on your radar & see what becomes available...

ok. Thank you.

[Mark Kaine]

i dont get it everyone says bottleneck calculators are trash, yet everyone is somehow also a bottleneck calculator expert themselves…?

 

That said, i think you should be fine, even if there is a small bottleneck.

 

4 minutes ago, Eighjan said:

11700K

"waste of sand" -GN 

[BLT_Sharpies]

Just now, Mark Kaine said:

i dont get it everyone says bottleneck calculators are trash, yet everyone is somehow also a bottleneck calculator expert themselves…?

 

That said, i think you should be fine, even if there is a small bottleneck.

 

"waste of sand" -GN 

ok

[Dedayog]

29 minutes ago, BLT_Sharpies said:

No i dont have the hardware yet but i live by a micro center so i can probally get them. and ill put more into psu thanks.

 

May want to check if Microcenter has 3080's in stock.

 

But it's a good pairing, buddy uses them with his 49" SuperUltrawide Samsung.

[yuval123]

you need to get alitle cheeper gpu and stronger cpu

[Mark Kaine]

3 minutes ago, BLT_Sharpies said:

ok

3070 is fine btw, but you'll run into some issues if you want "144" fps, in some titles it'll be more like ~70 (at high settings)

[BLT_Sharpies]

1 minute ago, Dedayog said:

May want to check if Microcenter has 3080's in stock.

 

But it's a good pairing, buddy uses them with his 49" SuperUltrawide Samsung.

ok thank you. I was also looking at a 3070 because its 200 dollars cheaper and can play all the games i like at 165hz 1440p

[Eighjan]

5 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

"waste of sand" -GN

I say that an xx700K & a 3070 are a better balance than an xx600K & a 3080...

 

A 3070 is more than capable for 1440p/144, too.

[NineEyeRon]

5 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

i dont get it everyone says bottleneck calculators are trash, yet everyone is somehow also a bottleneck calculator expert themselves…?

 

That said, i think you should be fine, even if there is a small bottleneck.

 

"waste of sand" -GN 

I don’t get it either, calculators are likely rubbish. Nothing wrong with a bottleneck unless you are going to extremes or trying to pair a budget CPU with an enthusiast GPU. 
 

I don’t see any issue pairing a current good gaming CPU with a current upper tier GPU. You will still get more FPS than you wild with a mid tier GPU.

[BLT_Sharpies]

Just now, Mark Kaine said:

3070 is fine btw, but you'll run into some issues if you wan5 "144" fps, in some titles it'be more like ~70 (at high settings)

yes ik. Im fine with that. But im fine with some games having lower fps. I also mainly play fortnite and apex so it should be fine.

[BLT_Sharpies]

Just now, NineEyeRon said:

I don’t get it either, calculators are likely rubbish. Nothing wrong with a bottleneck unless you are going to extremes or trying to pair a budget CPU with an enthusiast GPU. 
 

I don’t have any issue pairing a current good gaming CPU with a current upper tier GPU.

Ya facts

[NineEyeRon]

1 minute ago, BLT_Sharpies said:

Ya facts

No facts, just opinions.

[Eighjan]

5 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

3070 is fine btw, but you'll run into some issues if you want "144" fps, in some titles it'll be more like ~70 (at high settings)

Fortnite & Apex don't "need" a 3080 for 1440p/144Hz... those are two that OP has quoted as possible titles.

[Mark Kaine]

5 minutes ago, Eighjan said:

A 3070 is more than capable for 1440p/144, too.

depends on the game, MHW *max* settings i get ~100 , same for ROTTR, especially with 2xSMAA shenanigans. : p

 

1 minute ago, Eighjan said:

Fortnite & Apex don't "need" a 3080 for 1440p/144Hz...

yea, why i said "some" titles. (at high settings) 

 

 

[Eighjan]

10 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

13 minutes ago, Eighjan said:

Fortnite & Apex don't "need" a 3080 for 1440p/144Hz...

yea, why i said "some" titles. (at high settings) 

Those two were options given by the thread creator, but yeah... "ball-park it", why not?

[thechinchinsong]

If you're fine with the slightly lower frame rates of an RTX-3070 compared to the 3080, then just buy the i5-11600k and RTX-3070. You will never be able to tell the difference between the i7 and the i5 if you're playing at 1440p with an RTX-3070. Even if you're streaming it won't matter since you should use NVENC on the RTX card to handle that too. Don't consider i7 + 3070. If you're willing to spend more than i5 + 3070, then upgrade to i5 + 3080, you will see a much larger FPS improvement compared to going for i7 + 3070. Your original idea was solid. i5+3080 is a good combo for 1440p gaming.

[LogicalDrm]

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[King of Memes]

6 hours ago, BLT_Sharpies said:

I know that the i5 bottle necks the 3080 but i think its only bad at 1080p. Is it? LMK what you think. The link to the build is here.

You dont understand bottlenecking, it happens all the time. Plus, its so much more dependant on the situation then the actualy hardware. Open up minecraft and make 1,000 command blocks that each spawn 10,000 bees. Turn up your render distance a lot and lower the graphics settings to minimum. The game will crash and your seriously bottlenecking your hardware. Any CPU + GPU can work together as long as they are good enough for what you want to do.