Is my cpu bottlenecking my PC?

[SKELAHTOR]

I recently upgraded my PC
My original build looked something like this:
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/LnZBBm

I later on bought a radeon r7 360x 2gb from sapphire
as well as a amd athlon x4 860k

I have the newest drivers from amd for the 360x
(I tried the beta drivers as well and found a little boost in preformance)

Now for the most part I am seeing no problems really
For games like Bioshock, and Tomb Raider I see decent FPS I can run them both on Ultra without issues. (enabling PhysX on Tomb Raider is buggy and kicks my system in the nuts so I play on Ultra)

But for DirectX 9 games like TF2 my system just $#!7$ the bed.
TF2 is a cpu heavy game but I also have the capability to run it in DirectX 8 as well, I see a preformance boost. But deviate between 120 fps and 30 fps??????

And in GTA V I also see issues, for example I can only run it on lowest everything but looking at YT videos of similar builds people are nearly maxing this out with older cards and such.

I'm not suuuuuuuuuuuper into PC preformance at the enthusiast level but I'm willing to live with the Devil now and upgrade in the future...

What do you guys think?
- SKELAHTOR


EDIT: I play games at 1280x1024 if that makes any difference in suggestions.

 

[CTurbo]

A 860k will not bottleneck a 360x. Those parts just aren't very strong. I would not expect great results at 1080p.

 

[SKELAHTOR]

A 860k will not bottleneck a 360x. Those parts just aren't very strong. I would not expect great results at 1080p.

Any recommended upgrades?
Thanks for responding so fast.

 

[CTurbo]

Yeah get a better video card. The 860k should be able to handle something like a GTX960, R9 280, R9 285, R9 380, or R9 280x.


Of course, if you are still using an EVGA 430w psu then you would need to upgrade that too.

 

[SKELAHTOR]

Yeah get a better video card. The 860k should be able to handle something like a GTX960, R9 280, R9 285, R9 380, or R9 280x.


Of course, if you are still using an EVGA 430w psu then you would need to upgrade that too.

Oh so the cpu is fine but its the video card thats bad. So upgrading the graphics card and a new psu to handle said upgrade I should be good? Also which of the cards you mentioned will I get the most for my money?

 

[CTurbo]

The video card is not "bad" it's just a lower-mid tier video card.

Any of the video cards mentioned above would be a huge upgrade.

Here are the best prices of them. The 280x is the best and most expensive. The 380 is next best, and next most expensive while the 960 and 280 are about the same in terms of performance, but the 280 is cheaper. The rest is up to your budget.

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/evga-video-card-02gp42966kr%2Csapphire-video-card-100384ocl%2Cxfx-video-card-r9280atdfd%2Cxfx-video-card-r9280xtdfd/



This is a great psu

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: XFX Core Edition 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($50.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $50.98

 

[SKELAHTOR]

The video card is not "bad" it's just a lower-mid tier video card.

Any of the video cards mentioned above would be a huge upgrade.

Here are the best prices of them. The 280x is the best and most expensive. The 380 is next best, and next most expensive while the 960 and 280 are about the same in terms of performance, but the 280 is cheaper. The rest is up to your budget.

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/evga-video-card-02gp42966kr%2Csapphire-video-card-100384ocl%2Cxfx-video-card-r9280atdfd%2Cxfx-video-card-r9280xtdfd/

Pretty nice psu for the price and thanks for the reccomendations, I also looked at a few benchmarks and found for the price of video cards in canada ( which are atrocious ) and the preformance I can get, Ill probably go for the 960. (or unless I can get a good deal on a 280x)



This is a great psu

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: XFX Core Edition 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($50.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $50.98