A8 5600k or A10 5800k with the GTX 660?

[gfhoihoi72]

I have a PC with the AMD A8 5600k processor and the Nvidia GTX 660 video card, I read that the A8 5600k bottleneck the GTX 660 so I started thinking about buying the A10 5800k processor. But does it make enough difference in performance to spend 120 euro for that processor?

 

[ethereal essence]

I'd say overclcock the A-8 as well. The processor will be a bottleneck on cpu dependent games, however you shouldn't have major bottleneck issues in most games.

 

[gfhoihoi72]

Ok, thanx. But do I need a better CPU cooler or can I just use the stock one if I overclock the A8?

 

[ethereal essence]

I'd say get an aftermarket cooler for overclocking. The APUs have a pretty decent heatsink from what i've been told, but I wouldn't use it for anything other than light overclocking.