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Would an i5 be bottlenecking Titan X?

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Hey guys, I'm planning on buying a new CPU along with Titan X. I heard that the CPU was never the bottleneck when it comes to gaming so I was wondering if I were to get an i5 would it affect my gaming experience at any time? I have a H87 board thus I'm not planning on buying the 4690k, would that be a problem then? Please use simple terms when you guys are educating me, I'm not that good with computer stuff even I'm in electrical engineering. I hate my major! Also, I have 8G of ram :D

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If it's a locked i5 (like 4460) and you're playing at 1080p, I wouldn't be surprised if it did bottleneck in certain games. That being said, you should not buy a Titan X for 1080p. At higher resolutions you should be fine.

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You should be completely fine. Might loose like 1-2% of performance but you won't notice.

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If it's a locked i5 (like 4460) and you're playing at 1080p, I wouldn't be surprised if it did bottleneck in certain games. That being said, you should not buy a Titan X for 1080p. At higher resolutions you should be fine.

I'm planning on 1440p 144hz and yes I am probably gonna buy a locked one. Would that be a problem then?

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I'm planning on 1440p 144hz and yes I am probably gonna buy a locked one. Would that be a problem then?

I haven't seen any benchmarks with locked i5's and the Titan X so I don't know for sure, sorry. It should be fine though, if anything it'll just be a small performance loss.

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I'm planning on 1440p 144hz and yes I am probably gonna buy a locked one. Would that be a problem then?

Well honestly a Titan X is so powerful I could see even a 4670 (non k version) with small bottleneck. If you dont want/cant update your bios or 4690k go 4670k. They are both fine processors I would be proud to own and allow a titan to show its true power.

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Well honestly a Titan X is so powerful I could see even a 4670 (non k version) with small bottleneck. If you dont want/cant update your bios or 4690k go 4670k. They are both fine processors I would be proud to own and allow a titan to show its true power.

I can live with small bottlenecks because I'm planning on upgrade to the new 1151 socket next year, I just hope it won't be that noticeable 

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I can live with small bottlenecks because I'm planning on upgrade to the new 1151 socket next year, I just hope it won't be that noticeable 

Perhaps you'd better wait then and save some money, unless you need a spare CPU? (That's if you don't already have one and a motherboard).

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Perhaps you'd better wait then and save some money, unless you need a spare CPU? (That's if you don't already have one and a motherboard).

I have a G3258 currently on my H87 board. Can't OC it. 

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There would be no bottlenecking except in really really really cpu intensive games which is like 2% of all games

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Bottlenecking isn't really that big an issue. If you find your CPU at full load and the gpu is isn't, then you have an actual bottleneck. Check out Jayztwocents, he has a good episode on bottlenecking. Even if he is a dick hole. :P

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