How to avoid bottlenecking.

[hornsan1]

Will I encounter any bottlenecking with sli 580's or a single 590 running with a 2600k. Will i need to do some heavy overclocking?

 

[jaguarskx]

No you will not.

The i7-2600k should easily reach 4.0GHz, getting it to go above 4.5GHz may be somewhat difficult though.

 

[wa1]

^+1

 

[gmcizzle]

No, 2x 580 or 590 will not be bottlenecked with a 2600k. 3x or 4x 580 might though, unless you get like 5+ghz...of course you would never run that setup on LGA 1155 to begin with.

 

[4745454b]

I'm going to say you could, but not in the way your thinking. I was recently in a thread where someone was telling me that a bottleneck is only where either the CPU or GPU is much stronger then the other. I disagree. A bottleneck is where one part of your computer will prevent the rest of the system from "being all that it can be". A 2600K and two 580s/one 590 will be fine. But if you pair that setup with a 1440x900 monitor, you'll have a bottleneck. I mention this because even a single 1080 monitor might not be enough let the GPUs "stretch their legs". If you are getting GPUs like that, you really want a surround setup, or a 3D setup. I highly suggest getting a single GTX580 now if you only have a single 1920x1080 screen. To get more then that is a waste.

Similar concept applies with the 2600K. The 2500K is nearly just as good for gaming.

 

[hornsan1]

i intend on using 3 1080p monitors with this setup

 

[hornsan1]

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