Will this CPU bottleneck this gpu?

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I'm building a budget pc for about 400-450 dollars and I was planning on getting an AMD Athlon ii x4 640 quad core and an Radeon HD 7850 1GB. Im worried the processor might bottleneck the GPU, can anyone help?
 
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you will have more FPS with an i5/i7, considering that you can say that there will be a bottleneck. Will your rig be able to play all games on high/ultra, yes, it will. Personalyy, i would go with atleast the FX 6300 from AMD and OC it. For the price of an i5 you can buy the fx 6300 + mobo.
 
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I don't think it will bottleneck. The 7850 is good, but it's not that powerfull, the cpu might only bottleneck the card just a tiny bit at about 1680 x 1050 and above, but hardly anything at all really. You could also go for a 965 they're going for cheap now a days, I actually have a saved part list that is in this price range, it's meant to forget everything but performance for dollar :

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/ismaeljrp/saved/1x2s
 
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It depends on the game, The CPU should not be a bottleneck for the card in most games. It's not the best gaming CPU mostly due to the low clockspeed but that's a different issue. If you can overclock that would help.

The only Game I can think of that will witness a bottleneck would be Skyrim (That's due to it's notorious for CPU pounding ).

Other than that, you'll be fine
The only advice I'll give you is to get a MB that is good for OC (THIS WILL HELP).
 
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Maybe a bit, if you could afford a Phenom II x4 9xx there will be no problem. I have that combination.
 
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Thank you! I think i will go with the phenom!
 
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actually... whatt about this cpu...

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006G76LZY/?tag=pcpapi-20
the phenom ii x4 965 isnt compatable with my mobo... then again... i should probably just get a different mobo as you said..
I've never built a computer before so I'm kinda conflicted

 
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