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Basically any quad core at least 2.8 Ghz meets the recommendations for most AAA games. 

 

At stock the 4690k is a while away from becoming a bottleneck. Perhaps in super intensive RTS games. 

 

I play Planetary Annihilation (very CPU intensive) at ultra with my 4690k+750ti and get 100+ FPS, with no slow downs.

 

You'll be fine for a while. It's good that you have the unlocked chip, so when it becomes a bottleneck you can OC to squeeze more life out of your CPU.

 

EDIT: As for GPUs getting too hot, get Furmark or something and put them under load for 30mins, if they get close to 80C, you need to start worrying heating. 

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i have a Intel i5 4690k and want to know if it will bottleneck 970's in 2x SLI. i know i have enough power and that my motherboard supports SLI but, how do i tell what slot to put the 2nd GPU in. Also will the GPU's be too close and overheat?

GPU: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp42974kr 

My pc: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/XxCJDJxX/saved/xQmQzy

 

Thanks in advance, Cameron :)

 

 

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No it wont bottleneck, put the second gpu in the other pci lane.

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Hell no. Also, put the second GPU in the slot closest to the top one. Cooling may be a bit poorer for one of them, but it is usually fine and doesn't make much difference 

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Basically any quad core at least 2.8 Ghz meets the recommendations for most AAA games. 

 

At stock the 4690k is a while away from becoming a bottleneck. Perhaps in super intensive RTS games. 

 

I play Planetary Annihilation (very CPU intensive) at ultra with my 4690k+750ti and get 100+ FPS, with no slow downs.

 

You'll be fine for a while. It's good that you have the unlocked chip, so when it becomes a bottleneck you can OC to squeeze more life out of your CPU.

 

EDIT: As for GPUs getting too hot, get Furmark or something and put them under load for 30mins, if they get close to 80C, you need to start worrying heating. 

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1 minute ago, DaltonM said:

Basically any quad core at least 2.8 Ghz meets the recommendations for most AAA games. 

 

At stock the 4690k is a while away from becoming a bottleneck. Perhaps in super intensive RTS games. 

 

I play Planetary Annihilation (very CPU intensive) at ultra with my 4690k+750ti and get 100+ FPS, with no slow downs.

 

You'll be fine for a while. It's good that you have the unlocked chip, so when it becomes a bottleneck you can OC to squeeze more life out of your CPU.

 

2 minutes ago, ★ Coups ★ said:

Hell no. Also, put the second GPU in the slot closest to the top one. Cooling may be a bit poorer for one of them, but it is usually fine and doesn't make much difference 

 

3 minutes ago, Dr_Pleeper said:

No it wont bottleneck, put the second gpu in the other pci lane.

  

thank you all for replying so fast much appreciated.

 

 

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