Is my gpu bottlenecking my cpu?

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I have to agree, that i3 6100 recommended will get you better single threaded performance and allow use of pcie 3.0 which I would recommend having for future upgrades due to the vast performance jumps seen in the newest gpu's.

Also note if you go with the i3, you have room to expand to better cpu's in the future due to the fresh new socket. The am3+ socket of the fx 6300 is at the end of life. Amd's Zen chips will be am4, leaving you no room to expand in the future.

Finally, as with your original question, I wouldn't say a fx 6300...
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($155.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($85.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($47.99 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB Black Edition Video Card ($379.01 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($55.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($79.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN781ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter ($16.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $885.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-07 15:34 AEST+1000
 
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I have to agree, that i3 6100 recommended will get you better single threaded performance and allow use of pcie 3.0 which I would recommend having for future upgrades due to the vast performance jumps seen in the newest gpu's.

Also note if you go with the i3, you have room to expand to better cpu's in the future due to the fresh new socket. The am3+ socket of the fx 6300 is at the end of life. Amd's Zen chips will be am4, leaving you no room to expand in the future.

Finally, as with your original question, I wouldn't say a fx 6300 would bottleneck the newest gpu's but I will say that newer AAA games that utilize multithreading won't perform as good due to lower per core performance. A fx 8370 would be fine but like I said your better with a socket not at its end of life. People get really good rigs by gradual upgrades, something that will be hard with a dead socket that performs WAY worse that the latest on the market / future amd zen.
 
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