Amd fx8320 with gtx 970

vimsen97

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Hey!. is the amd cpu going to bottleneck the gtx 970? and can i overclock the cpu with msi 970 gaming motherboard without any consern??
 
Absolutely not and the motherboard is a great one, made for OC and gaming.
I would however chipping in few more and get the 8350 since it's a higher clock speed of 4.0GHz out of the box. I've got it and it's a beast!
 
i had a budget rahim, but ive heard if you oc the 8320 it will be same as the 8350? is that right? and ive already ordered :) here is the build :

AMD FX-8320 Black Edition
Socket-AM3+, 3.5GHz, 8-Core, 16MB Cache, 125W, 32n
CM Storm QuickFire XT Keyboard Blue

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Kjøler

Corsair CX 750M, 750W PSU

Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl

Gainward GeForce GTX 970 4GB PhysX CUDA

HyperX Fury DDR3 1866MHz 8GB White

Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB 2.5" OEM

MSI 970 GAMING, Socket-AM3+

Philips 24" LED 247E4LHAB/00

Seagate Barracuda® 1TB
SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0), 64MB Cache, 7200RPM, 3.5"
1.00 828354 nVIDIA's Pick Your Path (Voucher)
for GTX780, 780Ti, 970, 980, The Crew or Assassin?
 


It's still a pretty solid build and will play very well on games without doubt! 😀
 


What if I were to use an MSI GTX970 and an AMD FX8320 along with an Asus M5A97 Motherboard? Would that makes a difference?
This is my current build : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/J6CXZL
This is one a friend suggested, but I will have to compromise on peripherals and speakers which I don't want to unless the the difference is substantial: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zjLQgs