Want to get a 1070, will it bottleneck on my current hardware

rpgamer246 · Jun 29, 2016

So I'm in the market to get a 1070, currently use a 760, mainly play over watch, looking to run games like gears and some other games this coming holiday but I'm worried the 1070 might bottleneck, here's my motherboard and CPU

CPU is AMD FX-6300 Vishera 6-Core 3.5 GHz (4.1 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W FD6300WMHKBOX Desktop Processor

Motherboard is MSI 970A-G43 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

I have 16gigs of ram 750w power supply, looking to game 1080p 144hz

Gam3r01 · Jun 29, 2016

Heavy bottleneck.

rpgamer246 · Jun 29, 2016

Will I need to upgrade both mobo and cpu, or just the cpu? Any suggestions?

Dark Lord of Tech · Jun 29, 2016

You need to get a decent i5.

madmatt30 · Jun 29, 2016

Fx chips are good for 60-70fps not for 100htz+.
Pair it with a RX 480 or gtx 970 max

If you really want 100htz+ gaming then it has to be Intel

trampus123 · Jun 29, 2016

the AMD FX8350 will work fine

madmatt30 · Jun 29, 2016

^ yes it'll work fine , as will the 6300 he already owns.

Neither will make full use of a 1070 though or make decent use of a 144htz screen.

If the purchase of a 1070 was to drive a 1440p 60htz screen then fine with an fx CPU .

For 144htz though only a high clocked I5/ I7 is sufficient to push high a constant fps higher than 60.

rpgamer246 · Jun 29, 2016

So I either get a better cpu like the Fx 8350 and deal with not utilizing 144hz fully or I find a good deal on an I7/mobo combo. Thanks a bunch guys

madmatt30 · Jun 30, 2016

^ that is pretty much the gist of it yes.
You can't upgrade to an 8350 anyway though mate , your g43 motherboard will not handle one.
I know these boards , its on its limit with your current 6300.

rpgamer246 · Jun 30, 2016

madmatt30 :

Thanks, any suggestions on an I7 combo I can get that won't break the bank? Specifically that I can get that 144hz gaming once I get a 1070 to go with it. I currently have ddr3 aswell but I know ddr4 is the standard now

madmatt30 · Jun 30, 2016

With owning16gb of ddr3 you may want to consider sticking with haswell to save purchasing new ram.

trampus123 · Jun 30, 2016

go with a I5 6600k its only $250. and a Asus MB z170 pro gaming it is only $160. add a 16gb ram they are like $60. or so.
If you have a good cooler you can get a EZ OC at 4.0 I have seen that CPU hit 4.8 on under a AIO cooler like a H100I gtx from corsair. This is a bit on the price side but you will be good to go for the next gen games

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