8th gen intel bottleneck my R9 290 Tri-x?

[k0RNyx]

Hi soo i rebuilt my pc kinda...i bought an i5 8400 with an new MSI Z370 PC Pro motherboard and new DDR4 Hyperx rams....the only old component is my GPU (R9 290 Tri-x 4GB GDDR5) ...And when i start some games my fans goes like crazy...is it possible that that proc is bottlenecking my gpu or smthn....

The old pc was an FX8370 octa core (125w) and ddr3 rams and yeah both components were getting hot expeciali in summer but was working fine....

 

[jimmysmitty]

Absolutely not. Your new CPU is vastly faster than your older one. If anything the 290 is more of a bottleneck than your CPU. Plus the 290 series was known to run a bit hot.

 

[k0RNyx]

do you mean that my r290 is having problems keeping up with my i5?

 

[SgtScream]

If you're talking about the GPU fan "going like crazy", this would make sense as you probably weren't able to use the GPU to it's full potential with the FX8370. Your old CPU was the bottleneck, and now your GPU is the bottleneck and here's the kicker. No matter what system you have...there will always be a bottleneck. Ideally you want the graphics card to always be the bottleneck so you're using it to it's full potential.

 

[k0RNyx]

yeah but you think ill be fine gaming on 80 or 85 degreas.....couse i ubgraded my case to an Coolermaster H500P and have tons of airflow with an watercooled CPU...im a bit scared :/

 

[jimmysmitty]

yeah but you think ill be fine gaming on 80 or 85 degreas.....couse i ubgraded my case to an Coolermaster H500P and have tons of airflow with an watercooled CPU...im a bit scared :/

Yes. They were designed to run hotter. The stock model ran at 93c +.

 

[k0RNyx]

All in all, you think i'm fine with that build? It's not that of a problem if it runs a little bit hotter?

My rig :

PSU 730w SE Thermaltake
GPU R9 290x tri-x
i5 8400
Hyperx Predator DDR4 3200MHZ
MSI Z370 PC PRO

 

[gasaraki]

LOL, 8th gen cpu bottlenecking a R9-290, that's a new one. People need to stop with the bottlenecking bull.

 

[k0RNyx]

Well i was just asking....couse i worked hard to have that pc build myself...and im scared to not Removed up smthn :/

 

[k0RNyx]

BTW guys i heard and read about undervolting those cards makes them more efficient and getting less hot...i tryed to play PUBG before and BF1 i get like 125FPS on PUBG and i get 94C all the time the card is doing ok its in full load but no stutters or some power problems but the fans goes loud as hell......is there anyone that tryed to undervolt those cards??

 

[jimmysmitty]

Yes you can undervolt them although the Tri-X will be harder since its probably clocked higher than a stock R9 290X.

 

[k0RNyx]

Solved the problem....my GPU was actually plugged into a PCIe 3.0 x4 port..(couse it looked cleaner in the case) ...then i realised that i need it to plug into a PCIe 3.0 x16(direct cpu LANES) and now its at 80C stable ....but guys thank you anyway you are all here when i need you

 

[bignastyid]

Watch the language the use of profanity is not allowed here.