Gtx 1070 bottleneck

Solution


For 7th-gen (Kaby Lake): i5-7500 ($196)
For 6th-gen (Skylake): i5-6600 ($213)
For 4th-gen (Haswell): i7-4790 ($303)

For AMD: None at the moment. Wait for Ryzen.

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Titan
Moderator
It depends on the games and settings, some of the newer games are far more CPU-intensive, with the most intensive ones scaling all the way to an overclocked i7-6900k/6950X.

Most games are far more GPU-intensive than CPU-intensive and will be fine with a more mainstream CPU. With Ryzen only a week away, you may want to wait for Intel's price adjustments before buying anything if you plan to build in the very near future.