A10-5800K with GTX 970, Bottleneck ?

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On certain games the A10 will hold you back. You'd be much better off with an i5 build. Here's one that's slightly cheaper than what you have:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($181.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.38 @ Newegg)
Memory: Apotop 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($65.70 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($41.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $668.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when...


It should bottleneck, but only by a little. Your CPU is on par to a IVY bridge I3 3.3 ghz and a FX 4170. If you O.C. that CPU it will minimize the Bottleneck. Other than that you will game just fine with that CPU.
 

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On certain games the A10 will hold you back. You'd be much better off with an i5 build. Here's one that's slightly cheaper than what you have:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($181.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.38 @ Newegg)
Memory: Apotop 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($65.70 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($41.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $668.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-24 11:30 EDT-0400
 
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