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Will the i3 4130 bottleneck XFX R9 280X?
Will the i3 4130 bottleneck XFX R9 280X? and would using a high end or low end mobo affect this?
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June 30, 2014 10:01:46 PM

I've got MSI H81 for my i5 too. If you don't need the extra features of the B85/H87 then you're good to go. About the price, mine is almost the same just £3 more
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June 30, 2014 9:35:10 PM

Yes but I doubt the bottleneck would be that bad. The H81 is a decent board for the price.
June 30, 2014 4:29:23 PM

I mean B85, my bad
June 30, 2014 7:43:55 AM

makishima said:
Don't listen to that guy, i3 isn't a low-end processor, you'll have a better performance in i3+280x than pairing a mid-range card to a high-end processor. You can get a B75 chipset for your i3, no need for a high-end mobo since you will not overclock but if have the money don't hesitate to buy an i5. That guy above me doesn't know what he's saying.




B75 Chipset doesn't have the right socket type for the 4th gen CPU.

maddogfargo said:
It will be OK in most games. But it will hold you back a bit in newer titles that want 4-8 cores for the best performance.

If you can upgrade to an i5 in the near future, that would be a very good match for an R9 280. I'd recommend the Devils Canyon i5 4690k coming out, sinbce it is the same price as haswell.


Planning to upgrade within 1 year, I've seen the results of the i3 in gaming, so i know exactly where it lands in terms of "high end or low end". It smashed every AMD CPU (Including 8320/8350) for gaming even in bigger titles such as BF4. And it even gave the i5 a run for it's money, but considering it's £40 cheaper, that's what's swayed me towards it. I'd rather take my £40 that I saved from the CPU and bucket it into the GPU, same goes for the mobo, the case and everything else tbh. Only exception I will make is for an SSD for quick OS Boot up times.
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June 30, 2014 6:37:55 AM

It will be OK in most games. But it will hold you back a bit in newer titles that want 4-8 cores for the best performance.

If you can upgrade to an i5 in the near future, that would be a very good match for an R9 280. I'd recommend the Devils Canyon i5 4690k coming out, sinbce it is the same price as haswell.
June 30, 2014 5:49:20 AM

As long as he understands it I don't have a problem with it. Primordial Genesis, you'll thank me later, anyway... I still suggest you to get an i5.

EDIT: English is not my first language but I know what I'm saying
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June 30, 2014 5:33:06 AM

makishima said:
Don't listen to that guy, i3 isn't a low-end processor, you'll have a better performance in i3+280x than pairing a mid-range card to a high-end processor. You can get a B75 chipset for your i3, no need for a high-end mobo since you will not overclock but if have the money don't hesitate to buy an i5. That guy above me doesn't know what he's saying.





oh ok, take the advice of a complete noob that can't even type complete sentences.
June 30, 2014 5:31:11 AM

Don't listen to that guy, i3 isn't a low-end processor, you'll have a better performance in i3+280x than pairing a mid-range card to a high-end processor. You can get a B75 chipset for your i3, no need for a high-end mobo since you will not overclock but if have the money don't hesitate to buy an i5. That guy above me doesn't know what he's saying.


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June 30, 2014 5:18:25 AM

Come to think of it, for bitcoin mining, you'd have no bottleneck at all. :) 

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