AMD APU & GTX 1070 bottleneck?

[jbrown5056]

Found a good deal on Craigslist. AMD A10 9700, 16gb ram, GTX 1070 turbo. How badly will the amd APU bottleneck the 1070?

 

[skywalkerqq]

Found a good deal on Craigslist. AMD A10 9700, 16gb ram, GTX 1070 turbo. How badly will the amd APU bottleneck the 1070?

It shouldn't bottleneck in average use, depends what you're using it for. You could invest in a better processor, AMD sells cheap right now.

About the 1070, the fan almost never runs idle. It may get loud in demanding tasks.

 

[dontlistentome]

There's no way I'd pair an old tech APU with a 1070. I suppose there's the chance you have some non typical use planned where this makes sense, but I don't know what that would be. I mean what usage involves a 1070 plus 16gb ram and yet only needs an A10?

I'd rather have a Ryzen quad core and a 1060 than that APU and a 1070.

It depends on the deal you're getting too. Ram and videocards cost a lot right now, it might be worth it just to get your hands on the ram and 1070 if the price is low enough.

 

[InvalidError]

I wouldn't bother with anything AMD from the pre-Ryzen era but if the price is right, the bundle may be worth it for the 1070 alone.

 

[jbrown5056]

Will be used as a gaming rig & its only $800. Playing games such as Pubg, arma3, dayz, squad, etc. Games like arma are CPU intensive so I was thinking of maybe swapping the a10 and fm2 mobo for maybe an older i5 and mobo so I can still use the ddr3 ram.

 

[volkgren]

Considering the A10-9700 is on the AM4 socket, you can always upgrade to a better Ryzen CPU. If the price is right it can be upgraded.

 

[mdd1963]

If you have the money for a GTX1070, it certainly deserves at least an R5-1600 or above...

 

[jbrown5056]

Can't seem to reply to posts on mobile. @volkgren I'm pretty sure amd released a amd4 version of the a10 9700 but the Craigslist ad has a FM2 mobo(Gigabyte Ultra Durable GA-F2A88XN-Wifi) So I don't think Ryzen upgrade is an option and I'm not sure if Ryzen even has support for the ddr3.

 

[InvalidError]

Can't seem to reply to posts on mobile. @volkgren I'm pretty sure amd released a amd4 version of the a10 9700 but the Craigslist ad has a FM2 mobo

I'm not seeing an FM2 version of the A10-9700, only AM4. Either the Craiglist listing is wrong on either component or it is indeed offering incompatible components as a bundle. Smells fishy.

As for DDR3 on Ryzen, the AM4 platform is DDR4-only, so that isn't a possibility even with Bristol Ridge (old-gen AMD stuff ported to AM4) APUs.

 

[volkgren]

FM2? Seems like a no go.