Need a CPU that wont bottleneck the GTX 980

BingoMingo · Sep 19, 2014

Need a CPU that wont bottleneck the GTX 980. First time building entire PC and am not really sure.

Price doesn't matter much although the cheaper the better. Just need something that I will be 100% sure wont bottlenect the GTX 980.

All help is appreciated.

LukaBoki · Sep 19, 2014

i5 4460 is a good one and it won't bottleneck.
Anything above this CPU is,of course,better.

viewtyjoe · Sep 19, 2014

Echoing LukaBoki, basically any Haswell i5 or above won't bottleneck anything currently out.

Traciatim · Sep 19, 2014

What you really want is an i5-4690k or i7-4790k and a decent cooler and then try to get it in the 4.2-4.5Ghz range.

LukaBoki · Sep 19, 2014

Joseph DeGarmo · Sep 19, 2014

An i5-4690k running at stock should work fine with it.

LukaBoki · Sep 19, 2014

i5 4460 running at stock would work fine.

maddogfargo · Sep 19, 2014

i5 4460 and above
FX 8320 and above

Just note, the 4460 is a locked CPU and you cannot overclock it.

The FX 8320 is unlocked and scales nicely when overclocked. But it uses more power.

Power use will be within $5-10 per YEAR between these platforms.

Brunostako · Sep 19, 2014

Any 4-core Core i5 from Haswell will do the job great. If want to go directly to the i5-4590K is up to you.

Traciatim · Sep 19, 2014

maddogfargo :

Whatever you do, don't go with the AMD FX series, these in general perform really terribly in a huge number of games. If you are looking for a performance gaming machine AMD simply doesn't have anything to compete with Intel i5 and i7 chips these days.

LukaBoki · Sep 19, 2014

"Perform terribly" isn't the frase you're looking for,"perform poorer than most i5 CPUs" is more suitable.

Traciatim · Sep 19, 2014

LukaBoki :

Replace i5 with i3 and you might have a point, not so terrible if you can get them super cheap, like in the bargain bin at walmart where they belong.

Brunostako · Sep 19, 2014

LukaBoki :

I agree with LukaBoki, the AMD FX-8XX0 are not bad, but the i5 Haswell simply perform better.

If you wanna ensure performance, go with 4-core i5s.

tsuneo6 · Sep 22, 2014

LukaBoki :

unless you start streaming ofc, those extre cores come in handy when streaming!

bmacsys · Sep 22, 2014

Traciatim :

Have you ever even used a 6300 or 8320? If you did I think you would have a had a more intelligent response to the op's question.

Traciatim · Sep 23, 2014

bmacsys :

Nope, I do a Phenom II x4 965BE which is overclocked and still performs abysmally bad though and have seen piles of benchmarks of those years old designs and have used many i3's that are bout on par with them though. AMD hasn't been relevant in performance gaming machines for years.

thomas van schoonderwoerd · Sep 23, 2014

Does a gtx 970 from msi bottleneck a intel core i5 4440?

LukaBoki · Sep 23, 2014

No,it is perfectly fine.

RagingCuppCakes · Oct 7, 2014

LukaBoki :

I have a AMD 3820. Would that bottle neck? Im considering the gtx 980 during winter

LukaBoki · Oct 7, 2014

AMD A8 3820 is gonna be a huge bottleneck for the 980.
You should look into buying a new MoBo and CPU and a GTX 970,980 isn't worth it(you get 12% more performance for 50% higher price).

Hugh Jass · Sep 14, 2015

RagingCuppCakes :

That's like saying you're gonna buy a Ducati but the wheel's are BMX wheels. Expect yourself to fumble.

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