A few questions about bottlenecking

[noahmorgans]

1. I have done a little research on youtube but it still isn't clear to me. What is bottlenecking? Which type is better?

2. Will an i5 7600k with a GTX 1050 create a bottleneck I don't want?

 

[nitinvaid20]

If you have lower CPU and High Performance GPU then there is bottleneck same as with the GPU and CPU vice versa
and no i5 7600K wont bottleneck the GTX 1050
even you can go for the GTX 1060 it will hande your CPU properly in games
if you are going for the GTX 1050 then recommend you to go for the GTX 1050ti

 

[noahmorgans]

If you have lower CPU and High Performance GPU then there is bottleneck same as with the GPU and CPU vice versa
and no i5 7600K wont bottleneck the GTX 1050
even you can go for the GTX 1060 it will hande your CPU properly in games
if you are going for the GTX 1050 then recommend you to go for the GTX 1050ti

Someone told me yesterday that I should go up to the 1050 Ti at very least because I was already bottlenecking and I was pretty sure they were wrong so I needed to ask. Thank you very much.

 

[Wolfshadw]

I hate this term as it's be blown WAY out of proportion.

A computer bottleneck occurs when one computer component holds back the performance of another computer component. In a CPU bottleneck, the CPU is running at 100% capacity and the GPU is left waiting for data from the CPU. In a GPU bottleneck, the CPU has data to transfer to the GPU, but the GPU is too busy still processing the latest set of commands from the CPU.

The plain and simple answer here is this:

Unless you are pairing a low-end processor with a high-end graphics card, don't worry about it. Any performance loss is minimal and not likely noticeable.
Unless you are pairing a low-end graphics card with a high-end CPU, don't worry about it. The graphics card can only process what the CPU sends it's way. It it's sitting there waiting because the processor it too busy to send it data.

If you have a mid-range graphics card and a mid-range CPU, is there a bottleneck? Sure. Is it going to be a noticeable issue? NO!


All systems bottleneck somewhere. 99% of the time, it's the software you're trying to run:
A badly fragmented hard drive is going to cause a bottleneck.
Insufficient RAM is going to cause a bottleneck.
A poorly coded Operating System or Game is going to cause a bottleneck.
And yes, a poorly matched system build will cause a bottleneck.

Bottom line is, 99% of the time, 99% of people wouldn't recognize a bottleneck even after it bit them in the posterior. It's a buzzword that does little more than market higher-end (and higher costing) components.

Technically, your I5-7600K, paired with the GTX 1050Ti (assuming a GPU based software) would cause a slight bottleneck.
Would you notice? Unlikely.
Should you care? No.

-Wolf sends

 

[nitinvaid20]

If you have lower CPU and High Performance GPU then there is bottleneck same as with the GPU and CPU vice versa
and no i5 7600K wont bottleneck the GTX 1050
even you can go for the GTX 1060 it will hande your CPU properly in games
if you are going for the GTX 1050 then recommend you to go for the GTX 1050ti

Someone told me yesterday that I should go up to the 1050 Ti at very least because I was already bottlenecking and I was pretty sure they were wrong so I needed to ask. Thank you very much.

You have i5-7600K you can even go for GTX - 1070 only few CPU demanded Games will bottleneck
in my case i have i5-4670k@4.4Ghz with Asus Strix GTX 1060@6GB
running smoothly everything only games like cities skylines when population is like more then 70K then the CPU goes to 100% starts lagging

 

[madmatt30]

Bottlenecks been covered here.

The question I would ask is are you actually considering a completely new build with a 7600k & a gtx 1050?
Theyll work fine together BUT there are combos for the same kind of outlay that will generally be a better pairing.