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So the setup I am planning on buying is an AMD FX 8320 (8 cores @ 3.5ghz w/ MoBo for 300$) and a GTX 980Ti (480$) and 16GB of RAM(50$). 

 

I was just wondering if I will be bottlenecking at all with this setup? If i am bottlenecking, does anyone have any other cpu+MoBo recommendations at the same price range (300$ish)?

 

BTW I'm in Canada so CDN$ please.

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I'm afraid it will bottleneck the 980ti if you don't overclock it.

 

If you do overclock it, you'll be fine.

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depends on the game. CPU bound games yes, GPU games no.

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4 minutes ago, Adam Boucher said:

So the setup I am planning on buying is an AMD FX 8320 (8 cores @ 3.5ghz w/ MoBo for 300$) and a GTX 980Ti (480$) and 16GB of RAM(50$). 

 

I was just wondering if I will be bottlenecking at all with this setup? If i am bottlenecking, does anyone have any other cpu+MoBo recommendations at the same price range (300$ish)?

 

BTW I'm in Canada so CDN$ please.

 

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yes. always somewhere, by at least a little bit.

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also why by an FX when the next CPU's are just about to come out.

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9 minutes ago, Adam Boucher said:

So the setup I am planning on buying is an AMD FX 8320 (8 cores @ 3.5ghz w/ MoBo for 300$) and a GTX 980Ti (480$) and 16GB of RAM(50$). 

IMO, get an i7-6700 and an RX 480 4GB instead... You will not regret it. Or, get an i5 and a GTX 980 Ti. 

Just avoid the 8320...

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Seriously, hold off on anything cpu based until ryzen comes out. Even if you don't want to buy ryzen it will still shake up cpu pricing. And yes, there will be a bottleneck.

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Wait for Ryzen, see what comes of that. The motherboards should be quite cheap.

 

26 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

IMO, get an i7-6700 and an RX 480 4GB instead... You will not regret it. Or, get an i5 and a GTX 980 Ti. 

Just avoid the 8320...

The 6700 plus a motherboard is very expensive, and the RX480 isn't much cheaper.

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2 minutes ago, dizmo said:

The 6700 plus a motherboard is very expensive, and the RX480 isn't much cheaper.

I didn't properly read the OP.... It's CAD not USD :D

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An FX-8320 and motherboard for $300? I got my FX-8350 and motherboard for $265 CAD brand new in-store a couple years ago. Considering how old that CPU is, it just isn't worth it today. In fact I'm kind of surprised the price hasn't really dropped. In conclusion I'm going to say what everybody else is: AMD Ryzen comes out in a matter of weeks. Wait.

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If your getting a 980ti you will most certainly be bottle necked. Get an i5 and it will also mabey let you keep the i5 next time you change your gpu

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