will my cpu bottleneck my gpu

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So im looking at buying the nvidia 980 ti graphics card but im not sure if i will need to upgrade anything else on my pc so it doesn't bottleneck, my current specs are Processor: Intel Core i3 4130 3.4Ghz, RAM: 8GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3 1600MHz/PC12800, Power Supply: Corsair CX430 430W, Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS and Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB.

So im going to upgrade my gtx 750 ti to a gtx 980 ti and im not sure if anything else will need upgrading, im pretty sure my power supply will need upgrading but not sure about my processor.

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well again bottlenecking is a relative term. For a while their i was using my ti g1 with an old i7 870, and that thing only had a stock speed of 2.9ghz. Granted it did have 4 hyperthreads so eh. No i don't believe you'll be "bottlenecked" with that setup, but if you want a more stable frame rate then upgrading the i3 would be your best bet. You're gonna want at least about a good 500-600 watt psu, if you wanna run a ti and oc it that is.
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well again bottlenecking is a relative term. For a while their i was using my ti g1 with an old i7 870, and that thing only had a stock speed of 2.9ghz. Granted it did have 4 hyperthreads so eh. No i don't believe you'll be "bottlenecked" with that setup, but if you want a more stable frame rate then upgrading the i3 would be your best bet. You're gonna want at least about a good 500-600 watt psu, if you wanna run a ti and oc it that is.
 
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okay thanks so ill get a 600 watt psu and any recommendations on what cpu would be okay? Thanks.

 
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it depends on what you're trying to do. If you're just playing games almost any 4 core with at least 3 ghz will do. Streaming maybe look into a 4 core with hyperthreading. Heavy rendering, virtual machines 6-8 cores or more.
 
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Gonna be for mainly gaming maybe streaming in the future would the Intel Core i5-4690 @3.5GHz be alright?

 
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