fx6300 hd7950 bottleneck?

[sailingdutchman]

hello,

I'm planning on building a pc with an amd fx6300 and sapphire hd 7950 and i was wondering if there would be a cpu bottleneck.

if so, what cpu should i buy instead.

 

[SkilledRebuilds]

Circumstantially Yes, but Not Really.

 

Built MANY machines (3 people I'm friends with besides customers) with that exact combo a while ago and their ALL fine, the only difference/performance limitation is when your using a CPU heavy game, and a stronger CPU can provide a better experience to your gameplay.

Not withstanding the 6300+7950 will max out most to all games details (Bar Antialiasing in Crysis3) with perfectly acceptable FPS.

[themaniac]

hello,

I'm planning on building a pc with an amd fx6300 and sapphire hd 7950 and i was wondering if there would be a cpu bottleneck.

if so, what cpu should i buy instead.

i'm pretty sure the gpu is about as powerful as the r9 290 so i'm pretty sure there will be a bottleneck not sure how much though

[Manny Calavera]

if you can strech on 8320 that would be great

tell us your budget, location, build

[sailingdutchman]

i'm pretty sure the gpu is about as powerful as the r9 290 so i'm pretty sure there will be a bottleneck not sure how much though

i think it's more like the r9 280

[OnCue]

i'm pretty sure the gpu is about as powerful as the r9 290 so i'm pretty sure there will be a bottleneck not sure how much though

The 7950 is not close to the same level as an R9 290. I've used both extensively.

To the OP, I had almost that exact same configuration for a while and there wasn't a noticeable bottleneck. It performed very well.

[SkilledRebuilds]

i think it's more like the r9 280

The 280 is an overclocked 7950.

The bottleneck is real in certain titles like Planetside 2 (CPU heavy title), however small as hell you wouldn't notice the difference much at all unless the 'game engine' IS QUITE the Crapola stand.

[sailingdutchman]

i live in the Netherlands 

budget is +-€700 (750$)

CPU:                AMD fx 6300

motherboard:  gigabyte ga-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+

memory:          kingston hyperx 8 gb (2x4gb) ddr3 1600

videocard        Sapphire Radeon hd 7950

storage           Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

case                Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case 

PSU                seasonic s12ii 520 watt (not sure should check)

OS                   Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)

[SkilledRebuilds]

Grab a spare/new 120mm fan to AIM at the chipset on the board as it is known to get quite hot to the touch and the heat will rise into the CPU cooler adding an extra few degrees.

Adding airflow can reduce/mitigate this entirely.

[sailingdutchman]

Grab a spare/new 120mm fan to AIM at the chipset on the board as it is known to get quite hot to the touch and the heat will rise into the CPU cooler adding an extra few degrees.

Adding airflow can reduce/mitigate this entirely.

are there better motherboards for around the same price which don't have this problem or is it a common problem with the 970 chipset.

[Profquast]

Get a UD3P or a heatsinked asus board.The UD3P is less than €10 cheaper and will deliver some actual overclock results. I have that board combined with a 8320 and hyper 212 EVO and I got it to 4.4GHz at 8 cores and 4.6GHz at 6 cores, though I didn't really push the second one and could probably go further. You will thank yourself later.

[Mr.Reggin]

''bottlenecks'' dont realy exist. Its just that the CPU wont sqeeze out as many FPS as an i5 or better would. With the saved money you could get a better gpu anyways. Dont come with ''CPU intensive games like Planetside 2 need more CPU power'', my cousing runs it on an oc'd AMD Athlon 64 3000+ at 3Ghz without problems

[sailingdutchman]

Get a UD3P or a heatsinked asus board.The UD3P is less than €10 cheaper and will deliver some actual overclock results. I have that board combined with a 8320 and hyper 212 EVO and I got it to 4.4GHz at 8 cores and 4.6GHz at 6 cores, though I didn't really push the second one and could probably go further. You will thank yourself later.

you're talking about the GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3P right?

[Mr.Reggin]

you're talking about the GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3P right?

KFC is love

[upliftsleet1974]

I have no bottleneck using a 6300 with my 270x hawk. So it will work fantastic. 

You may see a slight bottleneck in games like Dayz and Arma 3 but not by much still very playable

[sailingdutchman]

KFC is love

more like dead chicken.

[Mr.Reggin]

more like dead chicken.

:.(

[Profquast]

you're talking about the GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3P right?

Yep, that one. BIOS is a bit annoying though, the mouse doesn't really work so you have to use the keyboard and it has a strange issue that it turns on all the fans on boot, than shuts off and boots again. It's harmless though a bit odd. Other than that it's a nice board, only a shame they didn't release a BIOS update.