Please dont reply that I should better get a skylake or lga 1150 processor because thats not an option for me right now. I currently have an i3 2120 paired with a 7870 xt and they work wonderfully. But now I wanted to start maxing out some recent games like fallout 4, farcry 4, gtav, witcher 3, so Im thinking in getting a gtx 970. I know I wont get 60fps maxed in many titles, but at least I dont want my new 970 to not use all its power (get a bottleneck). Will an i5 2500 be enough to achieve this, or an i7 2600 would be necessary? Keep in mind my mobo cant overclock any cpus, so I will just use their regular stock speeds.
Or hey, maybe an i7 2600 will still bottleneck my 970 ... Im not sure.
Also, an i7 cpu will cost me $80~100 more than the i5 one. I want to know if its worth it overall.
Or hey, maybe an i7 2600 will still bottleneck my 970 ... Im not sure.
Also, an i7 cpu will cost me $80~100 more than the i5 one. I want to know if its worth it overall.