I have been wanting to build a PC for a while, and this summer i probably will. I chose the parts and decided on an AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor for the CPU and and MSI Radeon R 390 for the GPU. However I am worried there may some bottleneck. If there is is there an alernate CPU around the same price range that won't bottleneck?
Will the AMD A10-5800K bottleneck a Radeon R9 390?
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People will have mixed opinions about this but i'd say it would. If you are GOING to build i extremely do not recommend an A10, instead get an i3-6100 or wait until Zen & Pascal (New AMD GPUs & Intel too). I wouldnt say there is much point spending so little on a CPU and loads more on a GPU. An i3 is still budget choice and will yield much better performance.
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If you are really set on the A10 for any reason i recommend overclocking too which will help eliminate any bottleneck
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Depends on the game. But why buy an apu and a dedicated gpu? It's just a waste of money. APUs cost what they do because they have a decent igpu and you wont even be using the igpu. You should by a better cpu rather than an apu. For about what the 5800k costs(in the us) you can get an i3 thats just a bit faster an leaves you a much better upgrade path. Best thing to do is wait till about a week before you are ready to build and ask for new build advise and we can post builds that will give you the best performance for your money and good chance it won't contain and apu, the 390 may also be a bad choice by then as there's a good chance Pascal and/or Arctic islands will be available.
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The APUS are great for what they are but I think anything over a r 380 will most indeed bottleneck because APUS are unlike a Cpu if you must use a AMD CPU your best bet would be a 6350 and overclock it ... If not A I5 4460 would Ideal if you wanting to save money I5 4690k would be better but theres nothing wrong with a A10 5800 AND A discreet card but too much of a card can cause bottlenecking like I said.
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As others have said, I would expect some bottlenecking, unless you're playing exceptionally GPU-intensive games, in which case you might be able to get away with it. But with that high-end of a GPU, I wouldn't settle for anything less than an FX-8350 or a Core i5. But, of course, if you go with the FX-8350, you're already at the top of AMD's lineup, so maybe the i5 would be the better bet from an upgradeability standpoint.
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