Will the Ryzen 5 1500x and the GTX 1050 ti bottleneck when video editing and playing games?

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I was wondering, will this PC sufficiently video edit and play games at 1080p with specs I have? I want to make sure nothing bottle necks. Here is the PC Part Picker list https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LZ6L29. Thank you in advance.
 
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I think people generally misunderstand this whole "bottleneck" thing.

When dealing with a cpu and a video card, the issue is whether your cpu can pass enough data to the video card to "keep it busy" or the video card can process the video data as fast as the cpu is capable of. It's better to think of it as being "cpu limited" or "video card limited".

For example, if you have a low end video card, and run different cpu's with it, there comes a point where it pretty much doesn't matter how much faster cpu you get. The video card is maxed out and faster cpu's won't get you any better game performance. It's not that the video card causes the cpu any problem. It's just that the performance isn't going to get any better with more money...

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I think people generally misunderstand this whole "bottleneck" thing.

When dealing with a cpu and a video card, the issue is whether your cpu can pass enough data to the video card to "keep it busy" or the video card can process the video data as fast as the cpu is capable of. It's better to think of it as being "cpu limited" or "video card limited".

For example, if you have a low end video card, and run different cpu's with it, there comes a point where it pretty much doesn't matter how much faster cpu you get. The video card is maxed out and faster cpu's won't get you any better game performance. It's not that the video card causes the cpu any problem. It's just that the performance isn't going to get any better with more money spent on a faster cpu. That doesn't mean you can't get a faster cpu. And in some cases it makes sense to get the faster cpu at first so that in 6 months or a year you can upgrade to faster video when you have the money.

Likewise, if you get the highest end video card, but a slow cpu, in effect you've wasted money on the video card because the cpu can't feed data any faster. It doesn't hurt the video card, just your wallet.

That said, the cpu/video card pair you named should perform well.
 
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