Will my overclocked AMD FX 6300 bottleneck my gtx 780? Please Help Need Advice!

Ryan Reynolds

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I have had an EVGA GTX 780 3GB SC with ACX cooler for about 2 and a half months now, and I have began to notice that maybe my AMD FX 6300 overclocked to 4.3 Ghz might be bottlenecking my gtx 780 when playing games at 1080p on a 60hz monitor. I have done some research on this subject and it seems that most people say that it won't bottle neck it and there are others saying that it will. I had an ASUS GTX 650 Ti 1GB before and it was great but I wanted to play games on higher settings like Watch Dogs, Goat Simulator
(Yeah I know), Skyrim, Just cause 2, and a few others. I dont have that many super demanding games for instance I dont own Far Cry 3, Crysis 3, metro 2033, or bioshock (bought that for my ps3 before I built my PC) but I plan to get them in the very near future. I bring up this bottle necking because I wonder myself if I am being bottlenecked. I really want to know if it might be because if it is should i overclock a bit more or should I get a more powerful amd cpu like a FX 8350.
my pc
evga gtx 780 3gb sc acx cooler
amd fx 6300 oc to 4.3 ghz
asus m5a99fx pro 2.0
8gb 1600mhz corsair ddr3 vengeance ram
250gb samsung ssd 840 evo
western digital 1tb blue
coolermaster elite 430 case
thermaltake 650 psu
coolermaster seidon 120m liquid cooler
 
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It's not bottlenecking but neither is it a great CPU for gaming compared to an FX 8xxx or Intel setup. This is especially true in CPU dependent games. To equal a stock i5 in gaming you pretty much need an FX 8xxx at 4.5Ghz.
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It's not bottlenecking but neither is it a great CPU for gaming compared to an FX 8xxx or Intel setup. This is especially true in CPU dependent games. To equal a stock i5 in gaming you pretty much need an FX 8xxx at 4.5Ghz.
 
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