Will intel pentium g3220 bottleneck r7 265 and can my 450w psu handle the r7 265?

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I want to build a budget gaming pc and i was wodering if a G3220 would bottleneck the R7 265, and can Raidmax RX-450k (450w) will handle R7 265?

This is the pc specs that i want to build:
Intel Pentium G3220
AMD Radeon R7 265
ASRock H81M Motherboard
Corsair 4GB (1x4) DDR3 1600Mhz RAM
Seagate Caviar Blue 500GB
Raidmax RX-450k (450w)

If its bottleneck or the psu can't handle the R7 265, should i buy GTX 750 Ti?
 
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There is a BIG DIFFERENCE between games in how much CPU and GPU power is required.

You seem to be interested in multiplayer games which often require more CPU power than single players so you might be more CPU bottlenecked.

However, you should be able to play most games at reasonable quality levels if you carefully tweak the game graphic settings to achieve your desire FPS. I...
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450w will handle it no problem BUT raidmax arn't really a big quality manufactorer and so you might just for the safty of the system get the 750 ti . The g3220 will handle both GPU's fine in all but extreme cpu intense games.
 
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1) Use this as a guideline for relative GPU performance (20 games averaged):
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_750_Ti/25.html

Factor in price.

other:
That CPU may bottleneck the video card in some games, however that doesn't mean it's not a good choice for a budget rig which it probably is.

For the record, a "bottleneck" means any component that is slowing down a system.

So again, it may bottleneck the GPU in some games and the GPU itself may be a system bottleneck in others so what really matters is what the best CPU and GPU combination are for the budget which is probably what you've chosen.
 
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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4G4k7P

1) The G3258 is overclockable on the motherboard I listed (and other non-Z87/Z97 boards). Other Pentiums are not.

2) I recommend an IDENTICAL stick of 4GB memory later when budget permits. Read motherboard manual for correct slot to use for one or two sticks.

3) The R7-260X is a pretty good deal for the budget.
*If you want a BETTER CARD look at:
a) Price vs performance (again, use my Techpowerup link above as a guide)
b) look at customer feedback results (rough guide of quality)
 
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ok, maybe i will buy corsair or seasonic psu, but can i play games like battlefield hardline, csgo, dayz and next gen games?
 
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Other cards (including rebates):
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r7265acnj4
or
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-112320020g
or
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-n750ti2gd5oc

The XFX may not have the same quality as the Sapphire but is cheaper.

The GTX750Ti uses less power (not an issue with the one I chose), doesn't have the same performance however probably will close the gap a bit once overclocked (should overclock better than R7-265). It MAY be better quality than the XFX which is similar and is cheaper than the Sapphire.

*So basically pros and cons to all three.
 
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There is a BIG DIFFERENCE between games in how much CPU and GPU power is required.

You seem to be interested in multiplayer games which often require more CPU power than single players so you might be more CPU bottlenecked.

However, you should be able to play most games at reasonable quality levels if you carefully tweak the game graphic settings to achieve your desire FPS. I generally recommend:

a) 40FPS average with VSYNC OFF (if screen tearing isn't annoying), or

b) 60FPS (60Hz monitor) with VSYNC ON
*In which case I'd use Adaptive VSYNC for NVidia or the "Dynamic" version for AMD via RadeonPro. Use FRAPS with VSYNC OFF to tweak so you are at 60FPS about 90% of the time then force on the Adaptive/Dynamic method.

(May want to save this post for reference. Makes sense once you think about it a bit.)
 
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should I buy G3258 or GTX 750 ti?

 
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What GPU do you already have.
 
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