Which graphics card should i combine with my AMD FX 4300 processor? RX 460, RX 550 or R7 360?

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So i am about to replace AMD R7 250 1GB Version and i wanted to know which of these 3 graphics cards would bottleneck my AMD FX 4300 processor. The graphics cards are the RX 460,RX 550 and the R7 360.
Which of these 3 graphics cards will bottleneck my AMD FX 4300 processor and which wont bottleneck it? Also I have overclocked the fx 4300 from 3.80Ghz to 4.00Ghz

PC Specs:
AMD FX 4300
ASRock N68C-GS4 FX
Kingston 8GB DDR3 1866Mhz Ram
Corsair 650 Watt Power Supply
 
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When your recording you using more CPU.
Copy and paste from my other post since it looks like you did not read it.

In CPU intensive games their will be a bit of a bottleneck in GPU intensive games the video card will be the bottleneck.
Their never been a PC built without one and never will all a bottleneck is refering to is the slowest part doing the task at hand and it can change to a different part doing a different task
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Your CPU will bottleneck both those chips since they are substantially more capable than your CPU. IE without a newer or faster cpu you will not get the most out of any of them as your cpu will be at max load and the graphics card (any of them) will have plenty more to give but be unable to do so.
 
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So my processor will bottleneck all of these 3 graphics cards?
 
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I am afraid so. I have a friend with an fx 6300 and an RX 480 8gb and the bottlenecking is very obvious. Similar situation in your case. You are due an entire system upgrade, however, if you want a gpu now, I suggest getting something decent untill you upgrade the rest of the system(even if it's bottlenecked severily)- the minimum I would go in that case would be a gtx 1060 6gb or RX 580/570 8gb when they go down in price. Otherwise you would just be wasting money imo.
 
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Yes, your current system will bottleneck any of those cards, the 4300 is a very weak low end CPU.

You did not list what your current GPU is to be able to tell you whether you should even bother upgrading GPU before CPU Platform upgrade.
Either way you need a full platform, your new motherboard will not support anything better then a 6300 which is not a very big step up. You need to be either looking a ryzen 5 build or pentium g4560 (or i5 if you can afford it).
 
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Also i forgot to mention that i have overclocked my fx 4300 from 3.80Ghz to 4.00Ghz. Will this make any diffrence? And i have the R7 250 1GB Version
 
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Also in another thread there was a guy with a similar problem. He combined the fx 4300 with r7 360 and the comments that he could even combine the r9 380 and it would not bottleneck it. Is it true?
 
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Dont listen to that crap get the RX 460.
Yes the 4300 even overclocked is 5 years old and not the best processor but it's not like your buying a high end card.
In CPU intensive games their will be a bit of a bottleneck in GPU intensive games the video card will be the bottleneck.
Their never been a PC built without one and never will all a bottleneck is refering to is the slowest part doing the task at hand and it can change to a different part doing a different task.
 
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Are you sure it wont bottleneck it? Also i have seen some videos on youtube where they benchmark the fx 4300 with the rx 460 and the r7 360. Here is a video with the rx 460 (the video with rx 460 is stuttering because he was recording and check the first comment in this video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW8V2f-I0qk&t=204s
And here is a video with the r7 360: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PuIPAlFE3M

Even CyberPower made a pre-built pc combining the fx 4300 and the rx 460. Here is a review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVp5nTYbAx4
And the website (dont forget to check the ratings): http://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-ultra-desktop-amd-fx-series-8gb-memory-amd-radeon-rx-460-1tb-hard-drive-black/5615009.p?skuId=5615009
 
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When your recording you using more CPU.
Copy and paste from my other post since it looks like you did not read it.

In CPU intensive games their will be a bit of a bottleneck in GPU intensive games the video card will be the bottleneck.
Their never been a PC built without one and never will all a bottleneck is refering to is the slowest part doing the task at hand and it can change to a different part doing a different task
 
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Ok bro thank you. I also want to thank everybody that replied to my thread and helped me make a decision. Tom's Hardware forum is one of the best i have ever seen that has such a nice community. So i will buy the RX 460. Have a nice day!
 
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