Bottleneck issues

[Lacher Prise]

For a total of $190 I bought an i5-760, p55-gd55 mobo, 4x2 1600mhz ram, strix r9 280. Do u guys think that Xeon x3460 will solve the bottleneck?  Also what PSU would you recommend for my build?

[Streetguru]

8 minutes ago, Lacher Prise said:

For a total of $190 I bought an i5-760, p55-gd55 mobo, 4x2 1600mhz ram, strix r9 280. Do u guys think that Xeon x3460 will solve the bottleneck?  Also what PSU would you recommend for my build?

Why would a slower processor help your CPU bottleneck?

You should be alright, maybe 45fps-60fps depending on the game

 

Just save all of your money for a Ryzen upgrade or something

What budget for the PSU?

[JaegerB]

♩Do you remember...♩

Wow, old.

Afaik, the motherboard doesn't support Xeons, you'd need a new one altogether. 

 

Bottleneck is a fickle term, and that xeon is a year older and a fair bit slower than what you already have. It will not solve any bottleneck. What you need to do is just save up for a Ryzen 3 or 5 and a cheap B350 motherboard, and you should be alright.

 

For the PSU, it depends on your budget, but the wattage you should be aiming to get is around 500/550W.

[Lacher Prise]

3 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Why would a slower processor help your CPU bottleneck?

You should be alright, maybe 45fps-60fps depending on the game

 

Just save all of your money for a Ryzen upgrade or something

What budget for the PSU?

Okay just save up for ryzen, maybe $40-60, is that enough?

[Lacher Prise]

3 hours ago, JaegerB said:

♩Do you remember...♩

Wow, old.

Afaik, the motherboard doesn't support Xeons, you'd need a new one altogether. 

 

Bottleneck is a fickle term, and that xeon is a year older and a fair bit slower than what you already have. It will not solve any bottleneck. What you need to do is just save up for a Ryzen 3 or 5 and a cheap B350 motherboard, and you should be alright.

 

For the PSU, it depends on your budget, but the wattage you should be aiming to get is around 500/550W.

Okay I would just save up for ryzen. Does my GPU pairs alright with ryzen?

[Streetguru]

6 hours ago, Lacher Prise said:

Okay I would just save up for ryzen. Does my GPU pairs alright with ryzen?

CPUs bottleneck refrsh rate

 

GPUs bottleneck resolution/quality settings

Your CPU is alright for 60hz, your GPU is alright for 1080p gaming

quick and dirty Ryzen upgrade
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/W9mfNN
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/W9mfNN/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($148.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($74.33 @ OutletPC)
Memory: ADATA - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($83.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $719.61

There's a video for Ryzen CPU scaling in games
 

 

[Lacher Prise]

9 hours ago, Streetguru said:

CPUs bottleneck refrsh rate

 

GPUs bottleneck resolution/quality settings

Your CPU is alright for 60hz, your GPU is alright for 1080p gaming

quick and dirty Ryzen upgrade
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/W9mfNN
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/W9mfNN/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($148.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($74.33 @ OutletPC)
Memory: ADATA - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($83.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $719.61

There's a video for Ryzen CPU scaling in games
 

 

Thank you so much this is really helpful!?

 

19 hours ago, JaegerB said:

♩Do you remember...♩

Wow, old.

Afaik, the motherboard doesn't support Xeons, you'd need a new one altogether. 

 

Bottleneck is a fickle term, and that xeon is a year older and a fair bit slower than what you already have. It will not solve any bottleneck. What you need to do is just save up for a Ryzen 3 or 5 and a cheap B350 motherboard, and you should be alright.

 

For the PSU, it depends on your budget, but the wattage you should be aiming to get is around 500/550W.

Okay I would just save up for ryzen. Does my GPU pairs alright with ryzen?

[Streetguru]

2 hours ago, Lacher Prise said:

Does my GPU pairs alright with ryzen?

Refer to:

2 hours ago, Lacher Prise said:

GPUs bottleneck resolution/quality settings

You GPU is still alright for 1080p gaming,

Since it's basically a 7950 you could look up benchmarks for that to get an idea of where it sits, but it's likely 1080p medium-ultra in AAA games, just always be sure to turn off AA, and turn down shadow quality/reflections.