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Will a GTX 970 or 980 Bottleneck an i5 2500k?
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Joseph DeGarmo
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You may need to overclock the 2500k for either of those GPUs. That CPU is on par with an i7-930, which can bottleneck a GTX 780.
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Yes you can overclock with that CPU cooler...how much you can overclock? I don't know. The exact same CPU may be able to get a different OC...some are just from a better batch...and of course the rest of the temp(idle, case, ambient, load) may affect the OC...along with the cooling of the CPU cooler.
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i5 2500k is a solid chip, I love it. I put mine up to 5.0ghz no sweat (to see if I could). I wouldn't recommend trying so without decent cooling though.
I run it at 4.5ghz with a Noctua NH-U12P SE2 and it idles between 30-40'c, closer to 40 mostly. Ran at between 18-30'c before OC!
Can't wait for my MSI GTX 970 <3
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