What should I do? (Ryzen 3 bottleneck/upgrade path)

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As soon as I heard of AMD's new line of "Zen" processors (Ryzen 3), I became intrigued, and wanted to try it out so that I can get on an upgrade path to Ryzen 7 and a GTX 1080. But when I saw the benchmarks for the Ryzen 3 1200, I was shocked that a $110 processor would perform that well. Now, I have an EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SC 2GB (Mini), which is in a very, very odd place right now, given that the 1060 smashes the card to bits in terms of performance. And given that Ryzen 3 is so unexpectedly strong (based on my expectations), I'm afraid that the chip would be too much for my little 960 to handle. So, does the Ryzen 3 1200 bottleneck a GTX 960? If so, should I just get a Ryzen 7 system for $2300, or should I put up with the potential bottleneck that the 960 may cause?
 
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I believe you're one of the many people who have fallen into the trap of "bottlenecking". Bottlenecking is way overused today and people stress over it way too much.

A Ryzen 3 CPU will go perfectly with a GTX 960. YOU WANT the Ryzen 3 to get bottlenecked by the GTX 960 so that the 960 can give you maximum FPS in game.

There is no such thing as too much CPU for a GPU. As long as the CPU doesn't bottleneck the GPU (GPU getting hindered by the CPU), you're golden!
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I believe you're one of the many people who have fallen into the trap of "bottlenecking". Bottlenecking is way overused today and people stress over it way too much.

A Ryzen 3 CPU will go perfectly with a GTX 960. YOU WANT the Ryzen 3 to get bottlenecked by the GTX 960 so that the 960 can give you maximum FPS in game.

There is no such thing as too much CPU for a GPU. As long as the CPU doesn't bottleneck the GPU (GPU getting hindered by the CPU), you're golden!
 
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I can't thank you enough for the feedback you've given me! I was actually scared that I would have to stick with my current system, which has a damaged HDD and a dead socket type (FM2+). I thought that I would have had to save for a Ryzen 7 system, which came out to about $2700 for me ( Including a desk, a chair, a better keyboard, and a mousepad ). But now, I know that I could upgrade to Ryzen 3 and not have to worry about performance drops. Thank you, your feedback really helps!
 
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Your welcome!! For the best gaming experience on Ryzen, the max you really would even need is a ryzen 5 CPU (for games of this generation). Fortunately, the CPU usually you can cheap out on for gaming.

Though you might want to consider buying the 1300X if possible, if you plan on buying a more powerful graphics card in the future (as the 1300x overclocks better).
 
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The only reason I'll be getting a Ryzen 7 processor is for better performance in multithreaded applications and tasks, like streaming, video encoding/rendering, etc..
 
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You could compromise, and jump right to R5-1600...

Might decide an R7 seems unnecessary afterward, as the R5-1600 does quite well in a variety of system comparison in a wide variety of assorted gaming/work applications......

If you decide R3 first, good luck with your efforts...
 
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