Is this a Huge Bottleneck

Tobyfan1122 · Apr 10, 2013

Hey guys, Im doing my build but, I found the graphics card I would like to get, Its this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121634

thats the card, My current pc is a
AMD A6-3650
H55 CPU Cooler
Corsair 300r
750W PSU
Geforce GTX 550 Ti

Now I know their is a HUGE BOTTLENECK their, but would it be able to wait 3 months after purchase So I can grab an Intel I5 3570k and a gigabyte GAZ77X-UD5H MOtherboard, how bad would the Bottleneck be.

mclovits · Apr 10, 2013

Tobyfan1122 :

That A6 CPU is not going to perform very well with a GTX 680. You would be getting pretty severe bottlenecks in CPU-intensive games. That's not to say performance would be bad, just that it would be much lower than the full potential of the GPU.

For the time you have to wait I'd say just ride it out until you can switch to a 3570k, then you will have a very strong PC.

Last thing: I would recommend a 7970 as of right now. I'm an Nvidia fanboy myself and I do enjoy the extra features, but in reality, a 7970 is around $60-80 cheaper in most scenarios than a GTX 680 and offers almost identical, if not better performance. Personally I'd go that route, just because of how much money you save for similar performance.

Tobyfan1122 · Apr 10, 2013

mclovits :

Tobyfan1122 :

That A6 CPU is not going to perform very well with a GTX 680. You would be getting pretty severe bottlenecks in CPU-intensive games. That's not to say performance would be bad, just that it would be much lower than the full potential of the GPU.

For the time you have to wait I'd say just ride it out until you can switch to a 3570k, then you will have a very strong PC.

Last thing: I would recommend a 7970 as of right now. I'm an Nvidia fanboy myself and I do enjoy the extra features, but in reality, a 7970 is around $60-80 cheaper in most scenarios than a GTX 680 and offers almost identical, if not better performance. Personally I'd go that route, just because of how much money you save for similar performance.

So I should buy a 7970 from AMD, wait it out till I can get the 3570k and the Asus gtx 680?

mclovits · Apr 12, 2013

Tobyfan1122 :

mclovits :

So I should buy a 7970 from AMD, wait it out till I can get the 3570k and the Asus gtx 680?

You can do whatever you choose. Personally, if I were in your situation, I would purchase a 7970, unless you can find a 680 for a smokin' deal, and then I would wait for Intel to release its Haswell CPU's. They should be coming out pretty soon, but if you don't want to wait, a 3570k will perform really great, just make sure you have enough $ to afford a decent CPU cooler so you can overclock that CPU a bit.

Tobyfan1122 · Apr 12, 2013

mclovits :

Tobyfan1122 :

You can do whatever you choose. Personally, if I were in your situation, I would purchase a 7970, unless you can find a 680 for a smokin' deal, and then I would wait for Intel to release its Haswell CPU's. They should be coming out pretty soon, but if you don't want to wait, a 3570k will perform really great, just make sure you have enough $ to afford a decent CPU cooler so you can overclock that CPU a bit.

I Have a Corsair H55 In Push Pull I get No higher than 25 Degrees Celcius, on full load, on my A6 3650

mclovits · Apr 12, 2013

Tobyfan1122 :

mclovits :

Tobyfan1122 :

You can do whatever you choose. Personally, if I were in your situation, I would purchase a 7970, unless you can find a 680 for a smokin' deal, and then I would wait for Intel to release its Haswell CPU's. They should be coming out pretty soon, but if you don't want to wait, a 3570k will perform really great, just make sure you have enough $ to afford a decent CPU cooler so you can overclock that CPU a bit.

I Have a Corsair H55 In Push Pull I get No higher than 25 Degrees Celcius, on full load, on my A6 3650

Then you wouldn't have any problems cooling an i5 3570k at 4.2-4.4GHz

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