FX 8350 fine for GTX 1080?

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Hey guys.

So you probably read the title and thought what the hell is this kid thinking. But I recently saw a limited time offer for a G1 Gaming 1080 which is about $100 AUD less than usual, the usual being nearly $1000, and the offer being $860. I realise that it will be heavily bottlenecked by my CPU, but this is just a really good deal and I was thinking the bottleneck shouldn't be as drastic as I run a 1440P monitor.

So I guess the real question is do I get a GTX 1080 now, and upgrade to zen or something similar by next year, or wait until zen releases and get a new CPU and get the GPU by next year. Or just wait a year and see what happens.

Current Specs:
ASUS PG279Q Monitor (1440p 144Hz)
Fx 8350
GTX 780 Ti
16 GB RAM
Some crappy mother board
And an SSD just in case that means anything.
 
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Its fine. In fact 4x MSAA with maximum graphic detail settings is going to be very heavily GPU bounded even on 1080p.
Here with a mere FX 4350 and RX 480 I could get 57-80 FPS on Watch Dogs 2 full ultra 2x MSAA 1080p. Maybe the framerate is bottlenecked by the GPU, but even with a great CPU you need an even greater GPU if you want to play with good enough graphics (high) at 144 FPS.

Go and overclock. My CPU is still alive after years of 1.5V+ VCore. You want Northbridge to be 1.5x the multiplier of your RAM at >2400MHz to ease L2/3 cache bottleneck and increase IPC, and your FX CPU to be at least above 4.5 GHz. Also you might want RAM >1600MHz and HT Link to be at the same speed of your NB. And NB core/CPUNB to be at 1.3V.

Have fun! :)
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Its fine. In fact 4x MSAA with maximum graphic detail settings is going to be very heavily GPU bounded even on 1080p.
Here with a mere FX 4350 and RX 480 I could get 57-80 FPS on Watch Dogs 2 full ultra 2x MSAA 1080p. Maybe the framerate is bottlenecked by the GPU, but even with a great CPU you need an even greater GPU if you want to play with good enough graphics (high) at 144 FPS.

Go and overclock. My CPU is still alive after years of 1.5V+ VCore. You want Northbridge to be 1.5x the multiplier of your RAM at >2400MHz to ease L2/3 cache bottleneck and increase IPC, and your FX CPU to be at least above 4.5 GHz. Also you might want RAM >1600MHz and HT Link to be at the same speed of your NB. And NB core/CPUNB to be at 1.3V.

Have fun! :)
 
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