Will Pentium G3220 bottleneck?

jeraldtapz

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So I have a 1366x768 resolution monitor. I am used to using my laptop with this resolution in light gaming and coding at school so I don't intend to replace the monitor anytime soon but upgrading is always a welcome option if I can get the money for it.

I am planning to buy the Pentium G3220 and Sapphire R7 250 Boost or the R7 260, if it comes out on the market early enough, just for playing some games like League of Legends , Skyrim, Tomb Raider and Mass Effect 3. I don't mind not getting Ultra on everything but I want at least High settings with some decent anti-aliasing.

I know that being in lower resolutions allows the gpu to process more frames but can sometimes be limited by the CPU.
Now, my question is will this CPU bottleneck R7 250 at this low resolution?
 
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it shouldn't bottleneck those gpus no. although if you can stretch your budget a little more an i3 or fx 6300 would be a better choice. in a pinch the pentium will work. You could look into b85 chipset boards or h81 chipset boards to save some money to get an i3. (you can get some boards in each chipset around 60.00 which will work well for a budget build)
it shouldn't bottleneck those gpus no. although if you can stretch your budget a little more an i3 or fx 6300 would be a better choice. in a pinch the pentium will work. You could look into b85 chipset boards or h81 chipset boards to save some money to get an i3. (you can get some boards in each chipset around 60.00 which will work well for a budget build)
 
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