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I3 7100 with 980ti

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I have an 980ti and my friend is selling his used i3 7100. And I was wondering how bad the bottle necking would be if I were to buy it and pair it with the EVGA 980ti classified with 8gb of ram.

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Will bottleneck quite heavily

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Depends on games and resolution

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just do it. it would be ok at 4k but at 1080p the cpu bottleneck plays in. 

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Just don't go for it. i3 is a massive bottleneck for a 980ti. It would be a waste of money.

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But it's the CPU and mobo for $110 USD because buddy buddy deals

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4 minutes ago, IcyIsaac said:

But it's the CPU and mobo for $110 USD because buddy buddy deals

Go for it and switch the CPU out ASAP.

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14 minutes ago, IcyIsaac said:

But it's the CPU and mobo for $110 USD because buddy buddy deals

Could you specify the mobo? If not what is it? Because if it something like eg. H110 i would strongy reconcider. I7 or a i5 CPU swap wouldn't make much sense unless you would go with a non-k processor. It might also lack premium features. 

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2 minutes ago, IcyIsaac said:

It's a b250 msi board with wifi

 

If that is the case go for it and as Krillingt suggested sell the i3 and get something like an i5 7500- a great price-to-performance CPU

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