amd fx 8320 with sli gtx 970

[jackobean90]

was just curious as to if an amd fx 8320 with sli gtx 970 is a bottleneck

 

[Alec Mowat]

At this point in time, I would say most likely, yes.

It will depend more on the application and how it manages the cores and threads though.

 

[NightAntilli]

Depends on the game and on the resolution you play. It'll bottleneck a lot sooner than Intel CPUs.

 

[jackobean90]

what if the cpu was to be overclocked

 

[Alec Mowat]

what if the cpu was to be overclocked

It would help, but those chips get very hot, very fast. You will need at least an H110i and a tower that fits it.

 

[jackobean90]

what if the cpu was to be overclocked

It would help, but those chips get very hot, very fast. You will need at least an H110i and a tower that fits it.

i have a corsair h90 it is already oc to 4.6 and it doesnt go above 50c on full load 100%

 

[NightAntilli]

At the speed you have it chances are very small that it'll bottleneck anything, unless you play at low resolutions.

You can probably push the chip even further. Anything below 1.55 vcore is considered safe, and you can go to at least 62 degrees. Some people say 70, but stick to 60 just to be safe. Above 4.5 GHz power consumption increases a lot though, so you can leave it where you are if you don't feel the bottlenecks.

 

[jackobean90]

At the speed you have it chances are very small that it'll bottleneck anything, unless you play at low resolutions.

You can probably push the chip even further. Anything below 1.55 vcore is considered safe, and you can go to at least 62 degrees. Some people say 70, but stick to 60 just to be safe. Above 4.5 GHz power consumption increases a lot though, so you can leave it where you are if you don't feel the bottlenecks.