Will It Bottleneck Too Much?

[Jwood97]

So I've revised my future gaming PC build for over a month now, but I can't help but wonder if I'm doing it all wrong.

 

I'm investing in a gtx 1080 and suitable monitor, but I don't really have the same desire to invest in a powerhouse of a processor like a 7700K. The ryzen 5 1600 or 1600X processors look much more appealing to me from a price to performance perspective along with the potential for light content creation and/or broadcasting capabilities. Regardless of processor, both potential PC's would be paired with 16GB of DDR4 3200MHz memory.

 

Would an R5 1600 bottleneck a 1080 enough to take away from the gaming experience or even by a noticeable margin? If so, should I downgrade the GPU or upgrade the CPU? Any tips and recommendations are much appreciated by this first-time PC builder.

 

Thanks!

[The Sloth]

in 1080p yes, in 1440p or 4k no. 

[Stevoisboss]

What resolution and refresh rate do you want to game at?

[Jwood97]

10 minutes ago, Stevoisboss said:

What resolution and refresh rate do you want to game at?

1440p @ 60Hz for the majority of games and 4K @ 60Hz for all others

[Stevoisboss]

7 minutes ago, Jwood97 said:

1440p @ 60Hz for the majority of games and 4K @ 60Hz for all others

It's worth it to get a 7700k or rx1700 if you  want to game at those resolutions then. You will hate yourself in the long run if you don't. 

[FloRolf]

5 minutes ago, Stevoisboss said:

It's worth it to get a 7700k or rx1700 if you  want to game at those resolutions then. You will hate yourself in the long run if you don't. 

Wat? It's the exact opposite. The cpu will Bottleneck less at higher resolutions. 

[MVPernula]

5 minutes ago, Stevoisboss said:

rx1700

The AMD is strong in this one

[MVPernula]

6 minutes ago, Stevoisboss said:

It's worth it to get a 7700k or rx1700 if you  want to game at those resolutions then. You will hate yourself in the long run if you don't. 

Yeah what FloRolf said. CPU usage is lower in higher resolutions since games become more GPU bound.

1600x will be just fine in that. Even a 2500k would be good enough.

1 minute ago, FloRolf said:

Wat? It's the exact opposite. The cpu will Bottleneck less at higher resolutions. 

 

[Stevoisboss]

4 minutes ago, MVPernula said:

Yeah what FloRolf said. CPU usage is lower in higher resolutions since games become more GPU bound.

1600x will be just fine in that. Even a 2500k would be good enough.

 

Yea your right. My excuse is that it is 2am in the morning. I'm going to cry myself to sleep now.

[MVPernula]

Just now, Stevoisboss said:

Yea your right. My excuse is that it is 2am in the morning. I'm going to cry myself to sleep now.

It's fine, I know the sensation of your brain getting mushy from far too few hours of sleep.

I'm there now.

 

Fell asleep around 1:30 am, had to go up at 5:45 and woke up 4 times in between.

Now I have work for 9 hours.. RIP

[Jwood97]

From my previous research, investing in a 1700 isn't the answer since the frame rate improvement is almost negligible. It's all pretty much within the margin of error across all current games.