AMD Gaming PC help needed

[geky]

Hello,

I will build a gaming PC for my nephew and am trying to reuse existing components I have so the budget stays low.
The target is a budget PC to be able to play games at medium settings 1080p with low or no antialising.

I have the following components:
ASRock AM1B-ITX, socket AM1 mobo
Cooler master elite case
MS tech 550 Val PSU
Windows 7

I am thinking to buy:
AMD Athlon™ 5350, 2,05 GHz AM1 processor
SAPPHIRE R7 260X 2GB GDDR5 graphics card
Mushkin 8 GB DDR3-1333 Kit, (996769, Essentials) RAM

Questions:
Would that configuration have severe bottlenecks on the CPU point of view? or RAM due to single channel supported by the Mobo?
Any other foreseeable problems?
Please do not answer with suggesting other mobo-CPU configurations, I am aware that I can build the PC with other components however I am trying to reuse existing staff.

Thank you for the help

 

[plaintuts]

Get a gtx 750ti It doesn't require additional power from the psu, similar performance with the 260x

Bottleneck won't be much of an issue since the Gpu rather low end.

 

[mrt3]

Hello,

I will build a gaming PC for my nephew and am trying to reuse existing components I have so the budget stays low.
The target is a budget PC to be able to play games at medium settings 1080p with low or no antialising.

I have the following components:
ASRock AM1B-ITX, socket AM1 mobo
Cooler master elite case
MS tech 550 Val PSU
Windows 7

I am thinking to buy:
AMD Athlon™ 5350, 2,05 GHz AM1 processor
SAPPHIRE R7 260X 2GB GDDR5 graphics card
Mushkin 8 GB DDR3-1333 Kit, (996769, Essentials) RAM

Questions:
Would that configuration have severe bottlenecks on the CPU point of view? or RAM due to single channel supported by the Mobo?
Any other foreseeable problems?
Please do not answer with suggesting other mobo-CPU configurations, I am aware that I can build the PC with other components however I am trying to reuse existing staff.

Thank you for the help

No bottlenecks on CPU and RAM point of view
No foreseeable problems

good enough specs to handle your GPU

 

[herrwizo]

Depending on the game, you can have serious bottlenecks on CPU front, mainly due to very slow performance per core (i.e. if you play PlanetSide 2, DayZ or World of Tanks, there are seveal more CPU-limited games). For more GPU-limited games, the 260X you picked will do the job nicely at low, mostly even medium at 1080p. In older games you can even expect high details.

Do not worry about single channel, this translates at several percent performance in games at best. Sometimes even zero.

 

[geky]

Get a gtx 750ti It doesn't require additional power from the psu, similar performance with the 260x

Bottleneck won't be much of an issue since the Gpu rather low end.

The 260X is using 115W at full power, way withing the spec of the PSU, so thanks but I will stick with 260x as its cheaper.

 

[plaintuts]

I meant, some models of gtx 750ti doesn't require pci-e power connection from the psu

 

[geky]

As it turns out the 260X is throttling :-(

I think that the reason is not the Athlon 5350 CPU.
I can monitor both the CPU and GPU at the same time and I see that the CPU never stresses to more than 50% load while the GPU is stress tested with Unigine valley.
The GPU frequency drops constantly from 1050 to 751, fps also drop when the throttling occurs.
It is interesting to note that at the same time as the frequency drops the load on the GPU also drops.

Could it be that the throttling is due to the mobo?

Any ideas??

 

[plaintuts]

Increase the Gpu fan speed in catalyst, check if the problem persist

 

[geky]

doesnt seem to be temp related.
Temps are below 75 degrees C.
I am afraid its throttling due to mobo bottleneck.
The PCI-E is rev 2.0, 16x but only 4 lanes.

any ideas?

 

[herrwizo]

It looks like a mobo bottleneck, yes. Only 4 lanes on a single x16 (v2.0) slot, this is a very wierd decision on mobo design part.