Will this GPU become bottlenecked?

tealfootballgamer

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The processor I'm currently looking at for my Mini-Itx build is an Athlon X4 760k and I'm wondering if it will bottleneck the MSI R9-270x Itx card shown here http://www.msi.com/product/vga/R9_270X_GAMING_2G_ITX.html#hero-overview.

I've seen mixed responses concerning the full sized 270x but was wondering if there was any difference for the itx 270x.

Also if it does bottleneck then what motherboard and CPU would one suggest that is both as budget friendly as possible and will fully support a 270x itx?

Here's my build again just in case: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/tealfootballgame/saved/2rH8TW

Lastly, I just want to say thank you to everyone that has helped me thusfar at tom's hardware. I really appreciate all the feedback!
 

AngeleJR

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I used to have the that CPU paired with the GTX 660. I had noticed a little bottleneck. How do I know this you might ask? When I upgraded to I7-4770K, I saw a major performance boost with my games that heavily used graphics card! The GTX R9 270 is usually compared to the 660/760 (not saying that they perform the same, although some say that they do.) Anyway, hope I helped!
 


No real performance difference between itx and full height. There will be some bottleneck in places but you won't get a better CPU for that price and it's not like they're badly mismatched.