Bottleneck? - Phenom II X6 1055T, R9 280X iPower IceQ X²

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Hi all. My HD 5870 kicked the bucket, so I took the opportunity to upgrade to a R9 280X. The card hasn't arrived yet, but now I'm worried that my processor might not be able to keep up. My system is written below. Do I have a bottleneck? thanks

Asus M4A87TD USB3 Socket AM3 AMD 870 Motherboard
Phenom II X6 1055T
R9 280X iPower IceQ X²
8 GB Ram
 
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You shouldn't overclock on that motherboard anyway. And you'd need a custom cpu cooler.

M5A87's don't have many power phases to help control overclocking or voltages in general. They don't have heatsinks on their VRM so they overheat easily.
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Your cpu is about as strong as a fx4100 - http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-Phenom-II-X6-1055T-vs-AMD-FX-4100.

It will probably only let your 280x get to about 90% of it's performance. And it'll struggle with cpu intensive games.

You got to get a better cpu and motherboard
 
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emanresu8

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Yeah, I was worried about that. I play mostly strategy games (EU4, StarCraft 2, Rome 2, CK2), so this could be a problem. How much would overclocking my CPU do for me? I've never messed around with that before.

Also, out of curiosity, what is it about my motherboard that is outdated/old/bad? I know less about how mobos age than cpu/gpus. I.e., what are the critical specs that tell you it's bottlenecking?
thanks again
 
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You shouldn't overclock on that motherboard anyway. And you'd need a custom cpu cooler.

M5A87's don't have many power phases to help control overclocking or voltages in general. They don't have heatsinks on their VRM so they overheat easily.
 
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emanresu8

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Ok, thanks for the explanation, i7Baby. Given that my current mobo/cpu will allow me to use ~90% of the new GPU's capacity, it seems like it would be pretty difficult to upgrade the mobo/cpu without creating a graphics bottleneck (and probably not worth the money for a really small upgrade). I guess I should have thought this through more and saved a new bucks on a cheaper GPU. Such is life...
 
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