Will it bottleneck?

[Mekkerino]

Hey guys,I'm planning to build an AMD-based Gaming rig. 

For the CPU,i thought a fx-8350 will be ok (a bit overclocked) and for the GPU i chose the r9 380 4gb ddr5 256bit(msi).

The CPU is a bit old,like 2 or more years,while the GPU has just came out.
So,will it bottleneck or will it be alright?

[Nena Trinity]

It will be great for the majority of games but Arma & Dayz is two examples of games that FX is not good at because the game only uses two cores... (what is your goal games etc?!)

[Mekkerino]

Well I really planned on playing Arma,Battlefield and COD but mostly I'm playing CS:GO ,Smite and LOL.

The thing is I just dont want the fps drops I'm currently having in CS and LOL. 

[TravisTea]

What's your budget and where are you located?

[Mekkerino]

@LordSlimJimm my budget is about 950 euros.

I'm located in Romania,but I think i'll buy my parts from Amazon Germany.

[TravisTea]

Ok. I had a friend who had the 8350 cpu and he was huge into Arma 2 and 3. He eventually had to make the switch to an i7 4790k just to make it playable in multiplayer. I've looked up a few videos to compare an i7 to the 8350 and the i7 shows massive improvement over the AMD cpu. In those other games I think you'll be fine, but for Arma I'd be concerned. You'd almost be better off going with a good Xeon cpu. How expensive is Intel over there compared to AMD?

[Mekkerino]

Well the 8350 is 198.33$ and the i7-4790k  397.89$ so....

[TravisTea]

Yeah that definitely takes you outside of your budget a bit.. How much is the Xeon E3-1230V there?

[Mekkerino]

It's more expensive even than the 4790k...I do not want to play Arma3 on ultra(60fps).I think i can deal with medium graphics so that I can have over 60 fps constantly.

[TravisTea]

Oh seriously? That sucks man. Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to look down at that AMD cpu. Even a locked i5 would be better in gaming than that 8350 and more power efficient. If you can get a locked Haswell i5 and an H97 motherboard, or a locked Skylake i5 and H110 motherboard, I think you'd be better off in the long run.

[Mekkerino]

Thanks man,I appreciate you and your help. #MAJORKEY

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I am not trying to create AMD vs Intel debate. Both of them are good in terms of quality but AMD gives you better feature at low price point and Intel gives you much better per core performance compared to AMD. Now AMD is a right choice , if you are in tight budget and want some extra feature. For example for $100 cpu i will go with Fx 6350 and good GPU not i3 because some games are locked for 2 cores (you need more than 2 cores to play this games) . But in your case, your budget is a $200, at that price locked i5 is definitely a better choice than Fx 8350 because normally games are not optimized to use all 8 cores and the games you play use around 2-4 cores so' i5 is much better option than Fx 8350. Even if a game can use all 8 cores, i will go with i5 because of per core performance AVG FPS will be similar but Min FPS of i5 will be much better than FX8350

[Mekkerino]

@amit523dutta I'm thinking to buy an i5 4690k with a h97 board.What GPU would u recommend me for 280$ max.

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[Mekkerino]

Also,thanks for you answer @amit523dutta.It helped me a lot!

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57 minutes ago, Mekkerino said:

@amit523dutta I'm thinking to buy an i5 4690k with a h97 board.What GPU would u recommend me for 280$ max.

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You are buying K series CPU with H series chip set. You will not be able to O.C your K series CPU because H series Chipset doesn't support O.C feature you need Z series Chip set. Here with i5 4690k you need Z97. If max budget for GPU is $280 than go with GTX 960 or R9 380 ( 4Gb Vram) but you can get GTX 970 or R9 390 at $300. The games you are going to play don't need heavy GPU like GTX 970 or R9 390.

Note: 4gb Vram will not increase performance over 2Gb but it will ensure that, in future if you want to play Vram hungry games, it will not hold you back.

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1) If 950 euro is only for Rig (blue/ black theme)

PC part picker Germany : http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/MpDwTW

2) If other peripherals are included in 950 euro like monitor , keyboard, OS etc. (blue black theme)

PC part picker Germany : http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/JKn2t6

 

Note: For games like Arma, CS Go , 2 option is more than enough, but for AAA 1080p , high setting games option no. 1 is best. The reason for blue black theme is at low cost blue in black colored Z97 motherboard is available.

[Mekkerino]

17 hours ago, amit523dutta said:

1) If 950 euro is only for Rig (blue/ black theme)

PC part picker Germany : http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/MpDwTW

2) If other peripherals are included in 950 euro like monitor , keyboard, OS etc. (blue black theme)

PC part picker Germany : http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/JKn2t6

 

Note: For games like Arma, CS Go , 2 option is more than enough, but for AAA 1080p , high setting games option no. 1 is best. The reason for blue black theme is at low cost blue in black colored Z97 motherboard is available.

Thank you a lot man,you really helped me on this one!