bottleneck?---->athlon x4 860 and gtx 980

[natelliot123]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.52 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus A88XM-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($52.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card  ($549.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Grey ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $923.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-26 09:45 EDT-0400

 

any x4 860 users  out there??

[themaniac]

yes sir it will bottleneck the 980

[JoaoPRSousa]

Of course it will...

[SAV1OUR]

that's one hell a of a bottleneck there 

[theKumba]

Probably.

[Jobbe03]

Gigantic bottleneck.

[AnnoyedShelf]

Yes. Remember to keep your parts balanced.

[Archangel1994]

Cheaping out on everything to fit a GTX 980 will ofcourse result in bottlenecks, it's called imbalance. You need to either expand your budget to fit an I5-4690k/Xeon E3 1231v3 or take the 970 instead

[natelliot123]

how about 970??

[juretrn]

$1000 PC should not have x80 series card and a low end processor ...

[i_build_nanosuits]

OP go with a core i5-4460 and H97 motherboard if you can't afford a good CPU

idealy you should look for core i5-4690K + Z97 motherboard.

 

The athlon bottleneck even a GTX760 in many games.

[natelliot123]

OP go with a core i5-4460 and H97 motherboard if you can't afford a good CPU

idealy you should look for core i5-4690K + Z97 motherboard.

 

The athlon bottleneck even a GTX760 in many games.

how about this ??

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($77.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($72.00 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card  ($549.99 @ Amazon)

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $1001.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-26 09:57 EDT-0400

[flibberdipper]

That will be bottleneck hell.

[ComradeHX]

A lot of people consider cpu bottleneck to be akin to plague around here.

 

As long as CPU can send out 144fps or however many your monitor can display in the games you play, it will be fine.

 

You can use the extra GPU horsepower to turn up game settings + downsampling + ENB.

[i_build_nanosuits]

how about this ??

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($77.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($72.00 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Card  ($549.99 @ Amazon)

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $1001.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-26 09:57 EDT-0400

MUCH  better...but go with a 970 for almost as good performance at much better cost...unless you play at higher than 1080P resolution.

[natelliot123]

MUCH  better...but go with a 970 for almost as good performance at much better cost...unless you play at higher than 1080P resolution.

why go 970 when can afford 980?? i saw 980 got 10-15 more frames in almost all games in benchmark on linus's video . both have 4gb vram

[SkilledRebuilds]

Your CPU could have done only so many instructions per second,........ to manage all those 1&0s per second called CPU/MEM/GPU/DISK/OS <--all this in 1s&0s.. Holysnaffoooooo Mr.CPU

/Mindblown..

You need a faster CPU to manage better Minimum/Average/Maximum FPS.

[i_build_nanosuits]

why go 970 when can afford 980?? i saw 980 got 10-15 more frames in almost all games in benchmark on linus's video . both have 4gb vram

Up to you to decide wheter 10 frames per second are worth 250$USD to you i'm done here, have fun!

[Lord Pantaloons]

please no

 

 

this can't be a serious post

 

 

my heart can't take it

[natelliot123]

up to you to decide wheter 10 frames per second are worth 250USD for you i'm done here, have fun!

ty for ur precius time sir

[Velinzor]

At 4.7Ghz + the Athlon x4 860k will not bottleneck a 980Ti, its been proven and people use bottleneck for slight FPS loss like -2 to -5 fps

[Nena Trinity]

I advice for a FX-6350 or i3-4370 as minimum for that GPU and even then it can be bottlenecks in certain games...  

[The_enforcer_]

are you using the 860k and the 980 now? if so how is it running? i have a 860k and a 970 but want to upgrade to 980