i5 4690k bottlenecking

Resolvinqs

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I was wondering if this CPU: i5 4690k would be bottlenecking my GPU. My GPU is a Evga Nvidia gt 730 2gb gddr5. Im planning on making a computer. The specs of the computer were going to be.

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K Processor 3.5 GHz LGA 1150
Motherboard: MSI Computer Corp. LGA1150/Intel H81/DDR3/SATA3 and USB3.0/A&GbE/MicroATX Motherboard H81M-E33
PSU: Evga 430w 80+ psu.
Case: Rosewill Dual Fans MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case FBM-01
Ram: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR3 1600
HDD: WD Blue 1TB Desktop 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 7200rpm Internal Hard Drive
GPU: EVGA GeForce GT 730 2GB GDDR5 64bit

I have the psu and the graphics card and am wondering if this is going to bottleneck my cpu.
 
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The bottleneck here would be the graphics card, holding back the overall performance potential for the processor. I'd avoid using the GT 730. It's performance isn't even on par with most recent integrated graphics. Try a GTX 950 as a minimum starting point. Also you're most likely going to want a Z97 motherboard in order to fully utilize that 4690K. Otherwise switch to a 4460.

Try a Z97 PRO4 or Extreme4
The bottleneck here would be the graphics card, holding back the overall performance potential for the processor. I'd avoid using the GT 730. It's performance isn't even on par with most recent integrated graphics. Try a GTX 950 as a minimum starting point. Also you're most likely going to want a Z97 motherboard in order to fully utilize that 4690K. Otherwise switch to a 4460.

Try a Z97 PRO4 or Extreme4
 
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yeah no your GPU is far to weak to be bottlenecked by such a powerful CPU. you could toss a GTX 980 in thee and have no to extremely limited bottlenecking (only on games that use 6+ cores which is most new AAA games but even then usually 4 cores is just as good since those games don't fully utilize 6+ cores well enough to make a difference)
 


yeah you could still through a GTX 980 in with a i5 4460 with no to extremely limited bottlenecking. If you have no plans to overclock in fact I would encourage you to do so and save some cash.