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i7-860 Bottlenecking Question

zander1256
By zander1256
in CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory
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3 hours ago, zander1256 said:

Hey guys! I am building a budget system for a friend of mine and I was wondering if an i7-860 would bottleneck a HD 7850. Thanks in advance for any responses.

It shouldn't but make sure the system has enough RAM so the GPU can borrow if needed and make sure the MOBO is a decent one so the MOBO does not cause any bottlenecks.

My Rig: 2x Xeon x5690 @ 3.45Ghz 24GB DDR3 EEC RAM Asus STRIX GeForce GTX 970 SuperMicro X8DT3 Windows Server 2008 R2

 

Here's a little TL;DR of what you need to know about the GTX 970 and R9 390

R9 390 works better in VRAM-bound scenarios and compute bound scenarios and is best paired with higher end processors

GTX 970 works better in CPU-bound scenarios and tessellation bound scenarios and is best paired with lower end processors

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8 minutes ago, zander1256 said:

Hey guys! I am building a budget system for a friend of mine and I was wondering if an i7-860 would bottleneck a HD 7850. Thanks in advance for any responses.

why such an old cpu

im sure you can get something newer

If you need remote help fixing something on your computer

I can help over Teamviewer if you wish

just msg me on my profile

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3 hours ago, zander1256 said:

The system will have 8gb of DDR3 so it should be fine.

Yep it should be.

My Rig: 2x Xeon x5690 @ 3.45Ghz 24GB DDR3 EEC RAM Asus STRIX GeForce GTX 970 SuperMicro X8DT3 Windows Server 2008 R2

 

Here's a little TL;DR of what you need to know about the GTX 970 and R9 390

R9 390 works better in VRAM-bound scenarios and compute bound scenarios and is best paired with higher end processors

GTX 970 works better in CPU-bound scenarios and tessellation bound scenarios and is best paired with lower end processors

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