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Am I bottlenecking my system?

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Howdy folks, I'm building a new system soon, and these are the parts I have selected:

CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz LGA1155
Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 Motherboard
HDD: WD Caviar Blue 500GB WD5000AAKX
PSU: 750W "Silverstone" 80PLUS Gold ST75F-G
RAM: Corsair 16G (2x8G) 1600MHz CL9 Vengeance CMZ16GX
SSD: Samsung 830 Series 64GB SSD
Case: Corsair Vengeance C70 Mid Tower Gaming Case Military Green
Graphics Card: Gigabyte Radeon 3G HD7970 OC

I'm most concerned about the graphics card. If I use this card with my current motherboard, will it ruin my future system? Lurking around the internet, I've heard the term 'bottlenecking', and I'm afraid something similar may happen to this system I am about to build.

What do you guys think? Thanks in advance :bounce: 

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Graphics card Master

Nup, your all good on bottlenecks.

Motherboards wont bottleneck anything attached to it, unless you try running a graphics card in a 4x slot or something like that.

Pro-Tip. Can halve the RAM to 8GB is its just a gaming rig. Then spend what you have saved on a 128GB SSD, as 64GB gets used up fairly quickly.

EDIT: This video may help explain some things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGdo75gasaQ
Though he is a bit off with the component pricing. Your $200 CPU will adequately support your $400 graphics card.
Graphics card Master

2x4GB. That way you can take advantage of the dual channel configuration on the Z77 platform.
While this does limit your upgrade path to 16GB, that's is the most you will ever need. Any usage that would need more than that is more suited for the X79 platform.
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