If I have a 3570k that isn't OC'd and a GTX 670 will it bottleneck?
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chugot9218
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No it will likely not bottleneck at stock speeds. All machines technically have a bottleneck, it is the slowest component, so if your GPU is way more powerful than your CPU, the GPU can only give the CPU information as fast as it can take it. In that case, the CPU is the bottleneck. If the CPU is more powerful than the GPU, the CPU has more available capacity, and the GPU is the bottleneck. Ideally, all components will "balance" but as I said, there is always one component that will be slower than the others.
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What games are you playing? An example of why to overclock is the newer maps on BF3 multiplayer. With the same CPU and GPU you have listed, I had to go to 4.1GHz to get CPU utilization under 100%. What is the overall impact of *not* getting under 100%? Not sure. But in my rather small brain, if I'm hammering all four cores at 100%, something is not getting done or is waiting in a queue longer than it needs to.
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Why would you buy an unlocked processor (k model) if you dont plan to overclock it? It's a very simple process, you can google tutorials if you are unsure.
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Agreed, the 3570k is the easiest chip I have ever overclocked. I am at 4.3 with a CM hyper 212 while leaving voltages on auto. (I am too lazy to tweak it and temps are fine so I leave it alone.)
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I have the same set up, and if I am running into bottlenecks, I never noticed (well same CPU/GPU). Battlefield 3 multi runs fine for me, I have a slight OC on my CPU, you don't have to do much to get a few extra mhz out of it, just changing the multiplier.
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And as a said, there is always a bottleneck, it's just whether it affects the performance of the task you are trying to perform. That CPU and GPU at stock will let you play almost any game in high/ultra settings anyways, worry about performance if you find yourself running into issues somewhere specific.
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