Question about which GPU would be best used with my CPU

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So, I have an AMD A10 7860K CPU OC'd at 4.20 ghz and I am wanting to upgrade to a discrete GPU (I've just been using the onboard R7) I've read a lot about the possibility of certain GPUs getting bottleneck issues with this CPU, so my question is which GPU in your opinion would work best with this and bottleneck the least?

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PSU: EVGA G2 650 watt
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RAM 16 GB.
 
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Not really. Looks like you are thinking backwards. Having a gpu that's potentially more able than the cpu is actually a good thing. It allows the cpu to live up to its full potential. Even if you don't use the entire potential of the gpu, that's just on that particular game, another might just use more.

Info flows from sources to cpu to gpu to monitor. A bottleneck is a component that slows the flow. Your cpu will always work at its own speeds, it can't be a bottleneck, it's not going to slow anything. It's just that the gpu is able to handle more, so doesn't fully utilize what the cpu an throw at it.

So no, there's no bottleneck with your cpu, even with a 1060/6 or rx480/8, it will just turn out to be wasted money as you'll not see...
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I thought about the GTX 1060 but would I have a lot of bottlenecking with my CPU?
 
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If it's a 3Gb it wouldn't bottleneck too much, actually for most game you would be fine unless very intensive CPU games. The 3Gb is around GTX 970 level whereas the 6Gb is around GTX 980 level so there's quite a difference between them.
 
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Not really. Looks like you are thinking backwards. Having a gpu that's potentially more able than the cpu is actually a good thing. It allows the cpu to live up to its full potential. Even if you don't use the entire potential of the gpu, that's just on that particular game, another might just use more.

Info flows from sources to cpu to gpu to monitor. A bottleneck is a component that slows the flow. Your cpu will always work at its own speeds, it can't be a bottleneck, it's not going to slow anything. It's just that the gpu is able to handle more, so doesn't fully utilize what the cpu an throw at it.

So no, there's no bottleneck with your cpu, even with a 1060/6 or rx480/8, it will just turn out to be wasted money as you'll not see the gpu really able to deliver its maximum possible usage.

The 1050ti would be good, the Rx470 better, 1060/3 or rx480/4 would be best, as there's no guarantee that upcoming games won't be even more gpu demanding than they are now.
 
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