Is my cpu bottlenecking my gpu?

[Gtwilliams]

I have a phenom ii x2 565 @ 4ghz, 8gb of ram, an ssd and an Msi amd r9 290

 

[FreshRestart]

Anyone will do honestly.

 

[callofDEEP]

What's the difference between those two motherboards and would this be Okhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-Z97-Gaming-LGA1150-Motherboard/dp/B00K8KJ6Y8/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1431785880&sr=1-1&keywords=msi+gaming+3

z&x series are a bit enthusiast grade mobo's .. while h is a consumer grade series.. i wouldnt recommend msi just yet.. asus gigabyte are stable..

 

[FreshRestart]

The z97 chipset allows you to overclock your processor as far as I know. The motherboard I suggested and you referred to both have a z97 chipset so they you can overclock your processor with either of them.

 

[Gtwilliams]

Ok well I'll get a z97 chipset motherboard as I'll want to overclock an i5

 

[caveman178355]

Ok well I'll get a z97 chipset motherboard as I'll want to overclock an i5

I was thinking about getting an i5 4690k and the gigabyte z97p d3 and they would pair nicely with an r9 290. i5 is sort of the sweet spot for intel gaming although i went AMD because i couldnt afford intel. Also note that an overclockable intel cpu has a k after the product name (besides the pentium g3258)