8320 + gtx 970

[littlepigboy5]

My friends 860k is bottlenecking his 970 @2560x1080 and I was wondering, if I upgraded him to an 8320, if he would continue to see that bottleneck. I realize it'd be better to grab an i5 and a new mobo, but I found an 8320 for $80 and he doesn't have cash to blow on pc parts 

[Guest]

Less bottleneck but still in some game there would be

[bcredeur97]

8320 is on a different socket so he'd have to get a new mobo either way.

 

and to be honestly it's not worth investing in AMD's old sockets right now

[QueenDemetria]

2 minutes ago, littlepigboy5 said:

My friends 860k is bottlenecking his 970 @2560x1080 and I was wondering, if I upgraded him to an 8320, if he would continue to see that bottleneck. I realize it'd be better to grab an i5 and a new mobo, but I found an 8320 for $80 and he doesn't have cash to blow on pc parts 

The 8320 uses a different socket than the 860k, so your friend would need a different motherboard too. it wouldn't bottleneck as much, but it depends entirely on the game.

[bcredeur97]

im almost tempted to say it's better for him to grab an i3 and a new mobo.

 

i5 is the sweet spot, but honestly i3's aren't that bad unless you really need the extra cores

 

 

look into used stuff

[littlepigboy5]

On 12/3/2016 at 9:33 PM, bcredeur97 said:

8320 is on a different socket so he'd have to get a new mobo either way.

 

and to be honestly it's not worth investing in AMD's old sockets right now

 

On 12/3/2016 at 9:34 PM, QueenDemetria said:

The 8320 uses a different socket than the 860k, so your friend would need a different motherboard too. it wouldn't bottleneck as much, but it depends entirely on the game.

it's not a different socket...  They are both am3+

[littlepigboy5]

1 minute ago, littlepigboy5 said:

 

it's not a different socket...  They are both am3+

wait nevermind, sorry, brainfart.