E7500 + AMD 7850

[falcon89]

Hello,
I have intel e7500 oc at 3.5 GHz (333*10.5)=1333 FSB = 4gb ddr3 ram is it going to bottleneck AMD 7850 and how the bottleneck happens?

 

[wanderer11]

Yes that cpu is going to hold you back. I think you would be better off with something like a 7750.

 

[twelve25]

Why, so the video card can hold him back instead? A higher end C2D is in the same ballpark as the low end Sandy bridge Dual core pentiums, so they can run MOST games just fine.

See this article for a system built around a G530 which is going to be similar in performance to the E7500, or maybe even a little slower: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-pc-overclocking-pc-building,3273-10.html