Will FX 8320 (without OC) bottleneck gtx 960

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I am going to buy a gaming pc in mid feb 2015 , But im bit confused that fx 8320 will bottleneck gtx 960 amp edition
MY spec:
Mobo= MSI 970 gaming edition
Ram = 8gb (2x4) DDR3
PSU = Corsair cx600w
HDD = Seagate 1tb 7200rpm
CPU = AMD FX 8320
GPU = Zotac gtx 960 amp edition
AND PLEASE ALSO CHECK MY OTHER SPECS WOULD NOT BOTTLENECK

Thanks in advance
 
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Will it bottleneck? Yes, although it is highly dependent on the type of game you play, whether it is CPU dependent or not, in games that emphasize on CPU it bottlenecks your GPU as well... to understand how bad it will be take a look at these benchmarks
1. http://www.anandtech.com/show/8227/devils-canyon-review-intel-core-i7-4790k-and-i5-4690k/5
2. AC:Unity test...
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Will it bottleneck? Yes, although it is highly dependent on the type of game you play, whether it is CPU dependent or not, in games that emphasize on CPU it bottlenecks your GPU as well... to understand how bad it will be take a look at these benchmarks
1. http://www.anandtech.com/show/8227/devils-canyon-review-intel-core-i7-4790k-and-i5-4690k/5
2. AC:Unity test: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://gamegpu.ru/action-/-fps-/-tps/assassin-s-creed-unity-test-gpu.html&prev=search
3. AC:Black: flag http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://gamegpu.ru/action-/-fps-/-tps/assassin-s-creed-4-black-flag-test-gpu.html&prev=search
4: Far cry 4: http://www.techspot.com/review/917-far-cry-4-benchmarks/page5.html
5: Hitman absoloution: http://www.techspot.com/review/917-far-cry-4-benchmarks/page5.html
In most games fx 8350 at 4 ghz is below i3 4th gen as it can be witnessed in these charts, if you have the FX CPU then you can't help it and jumping to gtx 960 will boost your performance still, if you want to buy that CPU... AVOID!!! any i3 or i5 4th gen will be far better
 
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For games that do not scale well across multiple cores , I can see a slight bottleneck occurring. Crysis and Crysis warhead are very demanding games even now but due to optimization would benefit from High clock speed opposed to 4 or 8 threads. On the other hand there are games like BF3 that are known to leverage 6 or 8 cores and not heavily rely on a faster CPU speed. Metro Last Light is an oddity as it is not known to really use more than 4 cores but does still benefit from high overclock. (see pentiumg3258 OC reviews)
As far as a GTX 960 goes at 1080p your CPU is going max out most games.

Note: if you cannot find a benchmark with a GTX 960 and FX 8320 paired. Try searching for FX 8320 and either a GTX 660 ti or GTX 760 since it is close to their performance.
 
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BF4 and Crysis 3 were some exceptions, even most current gen games like far cry 4 and Assassin creed black flag and unity and other games prefer faster single core performance to muti-core performance, as far as games that are not CPU intensive are concerned, there is no significant difference between any types of CPUs in terms of performance and providing fps, bearing this on mind, I vote for a cheap i5 3rd- 4th gen or even 2nd gen over anything AMD has to offer, an i5 2500k smokes FX-9590... I myself was an owner of fx 8350 but got rid of it and bought i5-4670k... the difference? day and night literally
 
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