Will my CPU and GPU bottleneck each other?

[gene098]

I can go with either ryzen 5 1600 or Ryzen 7 1700

But for GPU im looking at the GTX 1050TI

would either CPU or GPU bottleneck each other in programs like...(In order of importance)

- Photoshop large documents PSB
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Music (Currently my PC loads VSTs quite slowly)

- FL Studio
- Kontakt
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- ZBrush
- Maya ( Mainly for the general UI for sculpt, retopo, rigging , UVs, etc, very little rendering, Im mainly looking to render real time in UE4)
- Substance Painter and Designer
- Marmoset Toolbag
- MARI
- Unreal Engine 4 (For real-time cinematic shorts)
- 3DS Max (Just a little, very little rendering)
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Heres the build...


PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZZQX8K
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CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($289.99 @ SuperBiiz)
OR
Ryzen 5 1600

Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($74.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: *GeIL - EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($127.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($117.60 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Mini Video Card ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: *Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $822.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria

 

[nitinvaid20]

go for ryzen 5 1600 that will be best for your GPU too and it wont be bottlenecked

 

[TechyInAZ]

I'm gona be honest here, any CPU is going to bottleneck several of those programs. But that's normal.

There is ALWAYS going to be a bottleneck in a system, so what's most important is if you have a "proper" bottleneck, meaning one that is very severe and hampering performance of another component/software significantly.

So to answer your question, buy the Ryzen 7 1700, Photoshop (definitely photoshop) and several of those programs are CPU intensive to the point that the extra cores on the 1700 will make a noticeable difference in speed.

 

[gasaraki]

None of those programs use the video card so the GPU is not bottling anything.

 

[gene098]

I'm gona be honest here, any CPU is going to bottleneck several of those programs. But that's normal.

There is ALWAYS going to be a bottleneck in a system, so what's most important is if you have a "proper" bottleneck, meaning one that is very severe and hampering performance of another component/software significantly.

So to answer your question, buy the Ryzen 7 1700, Photoshop (definitely photoshop) and several of those programs are CPU intensive to the point that the extra cores on the 1700 will make a noticeable difference in speed.

Would the 1050TI help to make sure that the Ryzen 7 1700 will be running at its best in PS and the other CPU intensive programs?

 

[gene098]

Anything guys?

 

[madmatt30]

GPU honestly doesn't make a difference in any application you listed apart from 3dsmax (if you enable cuda rendering) & maybe UE4 (which I'm not 100% sure supports cuda acceleration anyway)

The 1600 I'd argue is enough for your uses , of course if you can afford the 1700 its 25% CPU for 30% more money so the choice is yours there.
Honestly think you'll be fine with either.

 

[TwilightRavens]

Honestly in my opinion i'd rather have my GPU bottleneck my CPU, that way at least the GPU will have 100% utilization and not waiting on the CPU like if you paired a 1080 ti with a i3 or Pentium for example.