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Which CPU should I get?

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  • Bottleneck
  • CPUs
  • Intel i5
  • AMD
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October 14, 2014 9:10:47 AM

I was deciding on a CPU for my first build but I wasn't sure which one to get out of these two. AMD FX 8320 + CM hyper 212 EVO (OC'ed) or i5 4460. Also will either of these bottleneck a gtx 770 SLI?

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October 14, 2014 9:20:41 AM

i5 4590 + GTX 970 4GB VRAM
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October 14, 2014 9:22:54 AM

Sorry forgot to mention that I won't be getting the two 770's straight away. I'll be getting one for now. I can't afford the 970
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October 14, 2014 9:30:19 AM

then i5 4590

But GTX 770 has usually only 2GB RAM
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October 14, 2014 9:39:13 AM

The FX 8350 will cause bottlenecks in some more CPU intensive games, even worst if you plan to use GTX 770 SLI.

The Core i5 is what you need. Games hardly use 4-cores, is better to have 4 strong cores instead of 8 weaker cores.
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October 14, 2014 9:43:49 AM

So I should get the i5 4460 then?
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October 14, 2014 9:47:30 AM

Yes, if that's the one available to you.

For the GPU, the GTX 970 4GB would be better.
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October 14, 2014 9:48:55 AM

I can't afford the gtx 970.
I'll go with the i5 then
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October 14, 2014 9:49:43 AM

What about a xeon equivalent to the i5 4460? How would that do?
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October 14, 2014 9:52:38 AM

Just checked the prices of the xeon processors and I've decided not to even consider getting one
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