Will the fx 8320 bottleneck a gtx 980?

[amr sameh]

Will the fx 8320 bottleneck a gtx 980? i dont have the money to buy a very good cpu and gpu. so i figured out a gpu is more important in gaming. i wish intel had something overclockable in the 120-130$ price point as i favor intel but they dont. so, does this cpu bottleneck the 980 ? and is there any other cpu that is decent in this price point?

[dragoon20005]

the intel i3 will be a good CPU for the price point

 

downgrade to the GTX970 or pick the 290X and you will be able to afford the i5

[Castdeath97]

Yes, I would suggest a 970 and i5 4460 instead.

[Tim Drake]

In my opinion if you can't afford it yet, get a Pentium K with a Z97 and upgrade later.

[Jedicake]

i wish intel had something overclockable in the 120-130$ price point as i favor intel but they dont. so, does this cpu bottleneck the 980 ? and is there any other cpu that is decent in this price point?

They do? Get an i3 or a G3258

[amr sameh]

well maybe i forgot to mention this.. i dont want a dual core. some games run shitty on a dual core even with a very good gpu like the 980

[s3ns3]

i wish intel had something overclockable in the 120-130$ price point as i favor intel but they dont. so, does this cpu bottleneck the 980 ? and is there any other cpu that is decent in this price point?

cpu oc is more like a hobby nowadays. the fx line is old if you really want the 980 get an i3 4150/60 because it will be better for gaming.and its on 1150.easy upgrade in the future. 

but a balanced build will be i5 4460 with gtx 970

[Arwanell]

i have i3 with 970

works just fine, playing all games on ultra at 1080p

i do mean to upgrade to i5 or i7 in about a year, but for now its super

[Hero7750]

I have an i3 4360 and I love it, definetly recommend it more than an fx chip.

[Mush Brain]

Will bottleneck like fuck.

[Brandon Cassie]

You all clearly are misinformed about bottlenecking lol

[Aniallation]

In my opinion if you can't afford it yet, get a Pentium K with a Z97 and upgrade later.

They do? Get an i3 or a G3258

 

G3258/"Pentium K" will bottleneck a 980 even worse then an FX-8320 in AAA titles. If switching from FX8 to Intel on a high-end GPU best to save up for at least a locked i5.

[i_build_nanosuits]

i5-4690k / Z97 / GTX970/R9 290X

[Dazza477]

In my opinion if you can't afford it yet, get a Pentium K with a Z97 and upgrade later.

 

Exactly what I did, and I can run pretty much everything.

 

The Pentium is a placeholder you can genuinely game on until you get an i5.

[Tim Drake]

G3258/"Pentium K" will bottleneck a 980 even worse then an FX-8320 in AAA titles. If switching from FX8 to Intel on a high-end GPU best to save up for at least a locked i5.

Read post again skrub

[Aniallation]

Read post again skrub

What? You said get PK+Z97 and upgrade later. Instead of getting worse performance in the mean time, might as well keep using the FX until you've saved up enough for an i5+H81.

[Tim Drake]

What? You said get PK+Z97 and upgrade later. Instead of getting worse performance in the mean time, might as well keep using the FX until you've saved up enough for an i5+H81.

Thus taking much longer and making him exert way more effort than he needs too.

 

Much cheaper to overclock a pentium to 4.2Ghz on stock temporarily then upgrade to i5 later

[Aniallation]

Much cheaper to overclock a pentium to 4.2Ghz on stock temporarily then upgrade to i5 later

No it's not, it will be more expensive because you will have to buy the Pentium in the first place.... There is actually more effort involved in getting a Pentium first and upgrading later because later on he will have to take out the Pentium and swap it for the i5 when he could just be doing it in one go.

 

Not to mention again that G3258 even overclocked will perform worse then FX-8320 in games that are demanding enough to take advantage of a 980, so Pentium K in any argument is irrelevant in the first place. 

[WaitForMeImOnDialUp]

in most new games NO it will not bottleneck. the gpu is more important than the cpu as long as the cpu is good enough which the 8320 especially when oc'd is more than good enough for most games. the 8320 paired with 980 will get you over 60 fps in about every game out there and 100+ fps in most games

 

people here act like every single game is cpu intensive which most arent really.

 

that said, if you have 980 money you can get a i5

[Tim Drake]

No it's not, it will be more expensive because you will have to buy the Pentium in the first place.... There is actually more effort involved in getting a Pentium first and upgrading later because later on he will have to take out the Pentium and swap it for the i5 when he could just be doing it in one go.

 

Not to mention again that G3258 even overclocked will perform worse then FX-8320 in games that are demanding enough to take advantage of a 980, so Pentium K in any argument is irrelevant in the first place. 

"doing it in one go"

 

One is installing the cpu twice.

 

One is installing the motherboard and cpu... twice..

 

hmm

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kh9Wzy

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kh9Wzy/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $129.98

 

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CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($135.75 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($73.88 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $209.63

 

This also includes before buying an intel motherboard

 

I'm sorry, you were saying?

 

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2014/06/24/intel-pentium-g3258-review/5

 

Not huge performance difference compared to price...

 

The Pentium is an amazing stepping stone.

 

[Aniallation]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nPW6sY

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nPW6sY/by_merchant/

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($135.75 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($73.88 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $209.63

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($173.61 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.85 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $218.46

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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I'm sorry, you were saying?

 

That for less then $10 more he could be getting much more performance and have zero bottleneck with that 980 altogether. If only you paid attention instead of going on about the same thing over and over

[Tim Drake]

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($173.61 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.85 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $218.46

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-12 20:08 EDT-0400

 

 

 

That for less then $10 more he could be getting much more performance and have zero bottleneck with that 980 altogether. If only you paid attention instead of going on about the same thing over and over

 

This is exactly what I would prefer him to do but you defended getting an FX before an i5.

[Aniallation]

This is exactly what I would prefer him to do but you defended getting an FX before an i5.

I'm not sure how it was coming across, but the point I was trying to get at is that saving up for a locked i5+H81 was a better idea then getting an 8320 OR G3258+Z97, but for some reason you kept defending the G3258.

[Tim Drake]

I'm not sure how it was coming across, but the point I was trying to get at is that saving up for a locked i5+H81 was a better idea then getting an 8320 OR G3258+Z97, but for some reason you kept defending the G3258.

Then we both misinterpreted each other..

I thought you meant get an FX 8320 until he could afford an i5..

And I was trying to say if you need something while saving up for an i5..

But I would much prefer someone to save up for a good motherboard (h87/h97) and a gold old locked i5 than get an FX 8320 and all the expensive gear to over clock it and make it worth the money.

[Aniallation]

But I would much prefer someone to save up for a good motherboard (h87/h97) and a gold old locked i5 than get an FX 8320 and all the expensive gear to over clock it and make it worth the money.

Honestly with a locked i5 you won't notice a difference between H81 and H87/H97, it's just that the latter boards look nicer. I'd consider the 7 boards for future CF, but with the 980 for SLI you will need a Z board anyways