Bottleneck

[Abdallah Al Manmud]

Soooo, I have an i3 7100 and a GTX 1070 SC. I’m thinking of getting an i5 7640X. Will this i5 be able to draw out my GPU’s full potential? And is this i5 compatible with Z270 A Pro Motherboard?

[SansVarnic]

-=  Moved to CPU's, Motherboards and Memory =-

[AdamBGames]

This cpu isnt compatible with the board. z270 uses the lga 1151 socket and the 7640x uses the 2066 socket

[DocSwag]

It's not compatible. You'll need a 7000 or 6000 series non-X CPU.

[wONKEyeYEs]

4 minutes ago, Abdallah Al Manmud said:

i3 7100

I have an i3 6100 and an R9 390x

and the fps loss over an i7 6700k is only aboot10%.

[FloRolf]

1 minute ago, wONKEyeYEs said:

I have an i3 6100 and an R9 390x

and the fps loss over an i7 6700k is only aboot10%.

Well the 390x is a lot slower than the 1070 and it also highly depends on the resolution you are playing at. 

[i_build_nanosuits]

1 minute ago, wONKEyeYEs said:

I have an i3 6100 and an R9 390x

and the fps loss over an i7 6700k is only aboot10%.

yeah maybe but the GTX 1070 is a lot more powerful than R9 390X

Also, i highly doubt those figures you talk about unless you game at higher than 1080p resolution.

[Fasauceome]

Don't get the 7640x. It's not compatible and the motherboard required would make it not worth it.

Also, my brother uses an i5 7400 and a GTX 970, which faces pretty stark bottlenecks in titles such as Overwatch and For Honor. What games do you play?

[AngryBeaver]

18 minutes ago, Abdallah Al Manmud said:

Soooo, I have an i3 7100 and a GTX 1070 SC. I’m thinking of getting an i5 7640X. Will this i5 be able to draw out my GPU’s full potential? And is this i5 compatible with Z270 A Pro Motherboard?

Honestly if you want to make the bottleneck go away you should consider a 7700k. They can be found used for around 200-240. You could go for a 7600k for around 120-150, but the loss of hyperthreading makes me advise against it. You have a z board might as well get a K sku to go with it.

[Abdallah Al Manmud]

23 hours ago, fasauceome said:

Don't get the 7640x. It's not compatible and the motherboard required would make it not worth it.

Also, my brother uses an i5 7400 and a GTX 970, which faces pretty stark bottlenecks in titles such as Overwatch and For Honor. What games do you play?

Well, I’m playing through all the games. At the moment I’m playing 2012-2014 games

 

23 hours ago, fasauceome said:

Don't get the 7640x. It's not compatible and the motherboard required would make it not worth it.

Also, my brother uses an i5 7400 and a GTX 970, which faces pretty stark bottlenecks in titles such as Overwatch and For Honor. What games do you play?

 

[Fasauceome]

7 minutes ago, Abdallah Al Manmud said:

Well, I’m playing through all the games. At the moment I’m playing 2012-2014 games

 

 

If you have a very large game library then there's no doubt you'll want an i7 to cover your bases