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Pentium g3258 will bottleneck my build?

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depends on what you are using the PC for, but for general gaming a little, yes.

on the addition of a second GPU, deffo yes. the G3258 is a general placeholder

for an upgrade path to quad core (not quad thread) processors.

wasn't meant to be the end all in CPU usage.

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So I just finished my build

CPU - Pentium g3258 (no OC yet)

COOLER - hyper 212 EVO

MOBO - Gygabyte GA-B85-D3H

MEMORY -2x4gb hyperX Fury white 1600

HDD - 1TB Blue Caviar

GPU - Asus Strix Radeon r9 380 4gb

CASE - core v21 micro atx tower case

PSU - Corsair builder 600w 80+ Bronze certified

 

I want to get a second GPU but I dont know if my CPU will bottleneck both GPU, I want to know if I can stay with the same gpu or if I should buy another CPU in that case what CPU would be the cheapest i should get?

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You'll never use the 380 to it's full potential, with games always getting more CPU intensive.

 

I'd upgrade to something like an i5-4460.

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Get an i5-4460 at least imo

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You'll never use the 380 to it's full potential, with games always getting more CPU intensive.

 

I'd upgrade to something like an i5-4460.

So right now i am not using the full potential of my GPU, even if i OC it?

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2 cores are obsolete these days... i3's have 4 threads.

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depends on what you are using the PC for, but for general gaming a little, yes.

on the addition of a second GPU, deffo yes. the G3258 is a general placeholder

for an upgrade path to quad core (not quad thread) processors.

wasn't meant to be the end all in CPU usage.

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depends on what you are using the PC for, but for general gaming a little, yes.

on the addition of a second GPU, deffo yes. the G3258 is a general placeholder

for an upgrade path to quad core (not quad thread) processors.

wasn't meant to be the end all in CPU usage.

What would be the least CPU i should get for a seconf gpu?

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Even if you overclock it you wouldn't be using it to it's full potential.

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- Robbivip

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what are you doing with your PC? gaming? what games? general web crawling/videos?

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Some gaming, Web/video, some Movies/series/animations (1440p),and Programming

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Yes it will. You're better off with i3 or an i5 (recommended)

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Some gaming, Web/video, some Movies/series/animations (1440p),and Programming

at 1440p you will be fine but i do advise you to upgrade the cpu when you have the money too

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