Will an i7-4770k Be Bottlenecked by a GT 630?

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Hi everyone.

Well, my question is the exact same as the title. Will an i7-4770k be bottlenecked by a GT 630?

I've looked about on the web, but can't find anything...

Thanks in advance.
 
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Very much so. The reason you likely can't find it on the web is because it's a bit of a no-brainer, assuming that you're referring to gaming. For a gaming PC, the typical thing is that you want your GPU to cost more than your CPU, or at least have them at similar prices. Meanwhile, the GT 630 is less than one-fifth the cost of an i7-4770k.

For typical desktop usage, you won't get "bottlenecking" because nothing in a desktop will put a GT 630 through its paces. Desktop usage is mostly CPU/RAM intensive, with very little usage for the graphics...
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Playing DayZ most likely.

It's a more CPU intensive game, so I was going for that.

I could get the CPU, and something cheap like a 660 or, at a push, 670?

 
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Usually it's the CPU that bottlenecks the GPU, and it's rarely vice versa. In your case, you may nail the CPU on the head, more than needed, but your card is still very low end so don't expect a high fps. Even if the game uses the CPU a lot, your frame rate is almost always determined by your GPU. You will need a better GPU if you want a playable frame rate. The CPU has much less to do with frame rate, so you could save a hundred bucks by switching to the 4670k since there is almost zero difference in gaming performance between the two and put that extra money into a beefier GPU. Remember, GPU determines your frame rate vastly greater than your CPU. Hope this helps.
 
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Very much so. The reason you likely can't find it on the web is because it's a bit of a no-brainer, assuming that you're referring to gaming. For a gaming PC, the typical thing is that you want your GPU to cost more than your CPU, or at least have them at similar prices. Meanwhile, the GT 630 is less than one-fifth the cost of an i7-4770k.

For typical desktop usage, you won't get "bottlenecking" because nothing in a desktop will put a GT 630 through its paces. Desktop usage is mostly CPU/RAM intensive, with very little usage for the graphics card, so in that department it's smooth sailing.

For watching videos, there also won't be any "bottlenecking", as videos playback is dependent upon the CPU for the most part, but incorporates hardware acceleration as well. Hardware acceleration just means that part of the work is offloaded to the GPU, but the i7-4770k is more than capable to do so by itself, so 1080p video watching will be a breeze.

But for something like gaming, 3D rendering, etc, that's where a graphics card will be put to work and you won't be able to see the benefits of your i7-4770k at all. It'll simply be too massive a bottleneck in those departments.
 
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Gonna get the R9 280x, get the CPU around March time... happy days :)

Thanks for your input!
 
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Just saying, if you plan on gaming only: I'd recommend saving up, and getting a R9 290X maybe, and a 4670k?

Remember LGA 1150 is for Haswell processors only.
 
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Well thanks for all of your thoughts.

Oh, and PCDave, I may do that, depends on if I get a jo in the next few months! (still at school, not like I'm unemployed or anything!)

Thanks everyone!
 
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