Is a first Gen i7 920 enough for 4k video and gaming

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WINTERLORD

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Was wondering if an first i7 920 would be a problem. For 4k game and video I will use 3x radeon 280x since I already got 2 but will the CPU make much a difference in 4k video and gaming
 
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Maybe sometimes it will, it depends heavily on the game and your settings. I will point out that CPU workloads are generally the same regardless of your resolution & detail settings, so you're more likely to find a bottleneck at lower settings. The stress on your GPUs at 4K will probably hide any CPU issues that you might have had otherwise.

As an aside, your CPU is nearly 4 years old. You're definitely in "upgrade territory" if you have the money to do so. If you don't, don't worry about it, its still not terrible.
 
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I would go with AT LEAST an 850 watter...
 
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Yes ima update the psu but wondered if in high 4k resolutions would require greater CPU. So or instruction set with newer chips u wonder if they'll have somethin like video sync or whatever earlyer chips not first Gen had to speed up video recoding
 
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