Bottlenecking

[Aprilfooldude]

So, I've been looking to build a laptop out of this thing: http://www.eluktronics.com/N950KP6-BYO#product-description
Which is basically a laptop shell with a graphics card, and rgb keyboard (gotta have it), two open DDR4 SODIMM slots, and an empty LGA1151 socket.
Now, what I'm worried about, is that if I pick up an i5-7400, it'll bottleneck the 1060 6gb. But honestly I'm here to get your opinion.

[TraskJ]

1 minute ago, Aprilfooldude said:

So, I've been looking to build a laptop out of this thing: http://www.eluktronics.com/N950KP6-BYO#product-description
Which is basically a laptop shell with a graphics card, and rgb keyboard (gotta have it), two open DDR4 SODIMM slots, and an empty LGA1151 socket.
Now, what I'm worried about, is that if I pick up an i5-7400, it'll bottleneck the 1060 6gb. But honestly I'm here to get your opinion.

An i5-7400 and a 1060 are a good combo, in my admittedly limited knowledge. If you plan on recording or streaming you want more cores, but otherwise it should be great for 1080p and OK for 1440p. 

[Jsmith]

No, I don't think it should.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Only in games like Assassins Creed Origins n Frostbite engine games (BF1/BFV) that will absolutely use up to 100% of 4 cores.
So bar a select few games (which you can tune to be a bit better),... not really an issue as the CPU can drive past 100fps in most titles,.. your going to be GPU limited for the most part.

 

iE Fortnite not a problem, Battlefield however, will use all 4 cores fully, but your not rocking a GTX1070-1080 for "excess" that the CPU can't drive when B'necked,..so the GTX1060 up to GTX1070 is likely the best match for you anyway., 8 Threads is needed going with a higher GPU to get the most out of it by not having a CPU/Game threading issue in place.

[Aprilfooldude]

On 7/2/2018 at 6:20 PM, SkilledRebuilds said:

Only in games like Assassins Creed Origins n Frostbite engine games (BF1/BFV) that will absolutely use up to 100% of 4 cores.
So bar a select few games (which you can tune to be a bit better),... not really an issue as the CPU can drive past 100fps in most titles,.. your going to be GPU limited for the most part.

 

iE Fortnite not a problem, Battlefield however, will use all 4 cores fully, but your not rocking a GTX1070-1080 for "excess" that the CPU can't drive when B'necked,..so the GTX1060 up to GTX1070 is likely the best match for you anyway., 8 Threads is needed going with a higher GPU to get the most out of it by not having a CPU/Game threading issue in place.

See the thing is, I'm buying the laptop shell as I mentioned before, which comes with the GPU fit to the casing. I would need to pay more for a model with say a 1070. Unfortunately, that's a good $200 I do not have. I'm not expecting this thing to beat the best of the best and plow through frames like it's going out of style, I'm just expecting it to work like it should and be a very personal computer considering I made the dang thing run. But if it'll run GTA V, it'll run all of my steam games, considering it's the most demanding game I have, next to maybe Watch Dogs 2.

[Nena Trinity]

On 7/3/2018 at 3:08 AM, TraskJ said:

An i5-7400 and a 1060 are a good combo, in my admittedly limited knowledge. If you plan on recording or streaming you want more cores, but otherwise it should be great for 1080p and OK for 1440p. 

1440p? Are you mad?! Maybe in CS:GO & Rocket League sure but not in AAA titles! O3O

[TraskJ]

6 hours ago, Nena360 said:

1440p? Are you mad?! Maybe in CS:GO & Rocket League sure but not in AAA titles! O3O

Should be OK for low settings 60fps, according to benchmarks I've seen.