Need a CPU that wont bottleneck the GTX 980

[BingoMingo]

Need a CPU that wont bottleneck the GTX 980. First time building entire PC and am not really sure.

Price doesn't matter much although the cheaper the better. Just need something that I will be 100% sure wont bottlenect the GTX 980.

All help is appreciated.

 

[LukaBoki]

i5 4460 is a good one and it won't bottleneck.
Anything above this CPU is,of course,better.

 

[viewtyjoe]

Echoing LukaBoki, basically any Haswell i5 or above won't bottleneck anything currently out.

 

[Traciatim]

What you really want is an i5-4690k or i7-4790k and a decent cooler and then try to get it in the 4.2-4.5Ghz range.

 

[LukaBoki]

Why?

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

An i5-4690k running at stock should work fine with it.

 

[LukaBoki]

i5 4460 running at stock would work fine.

 

[maddogfargo]

i5 4460 and above
FX 8320 and above

Just note, the 4460 is a locked CPU and you cannot overclock it.

The FX 8320 is unlocked and scales nicely when overclocked. But it uses more power.

Power use will be within $5-10 per YEAR between these platforms.

 

[Brunostako]

Any 4-core Core i5 from Haswell will do the job great. If want to go directly to the i5-4590K is up to you.

 

[Traciatim]

FX 8320 and above

The FX 8320 is unlocked and scales nicely when overclocked. But it uses more power.

Whatever you do, don't go with the AMD FX series, these in general perform really terribly in a huge number of games. If you are looking for a performance gaming machine AMD simply doesn't have anything to compete with Intel i5 and i7 chips these days.

 

[LukaBoki]

"Perform terribly" isn't the frase you're looking for,"perform poorer than most i5 CPUs" is more suitable.

 

[Traciatim]

"Perform terribly" isn't the frase you're looking for,"perform poorer than most i5 CPUs" is more suitable.

Replace i5 with i3 and you might have a point, not so terrible if you can get them super cheap, like in the bargain bin at walmart where they belong.

 

[Brunostako]

"Perform terribly" isn't the frase you're looking for,"perform poorer than most i5 CPUs" is more suitable.

I agree with LukaBoki, the AMD FX-8XX0 are not bad, but the i5 Haswell simply perform better.

If you wanna ensure performance, go with 4-core i5s.

 

[tsuneo6]

"Perform terribly" isn't the frase you're looking for,"perform poorer than most i5 CPUs" is more suitable.

unless you start streaming ofc, those extre cores come in handy when streaming!

 

[bmacsys]

FX 8320 and above

The FX 8320 is unlocked and scales nicely when overclocked. But it uses more power.

Whatever you do, don't go with the AMD FX series, these in general perform really terribly in a huge number of games. If you are looking for a performance gaming machine AMD simply doesn't have anything to compete with Intel i5 and i7 chips these days.

Have you ever even used a 6300 or 8320? If you did I think you would have a had a more intelligent response to the op's question.

 

[Traciatim]

FX 8320 and above

The FX 8320 is unlocked and scales nicely when overclocked. But it uses more power.

Whatever you do, don't go with the AMD FX series, these in general perform really terribly in a huge number of games. If you are looking for a performance gaming machine AMD simply doesn't have anything to compete with Intel i5 and i7 chips these days.

Have you ever even used a 6300 or 8320? If you did I think you would have a had a more intelligent response to the op's question.

Nope, I do a Phenom II x4 965BE which is overclocked and still performs abysmally bad though and have seen piles of benchmarks of those years old designs and have used many i3's that are bout on par with them though. AMD hasn't been relevant in performance gaming machines for years.

 

[thomas van schoonderwoerd]

Does a gtx 970 from msi bottleneck a intel core i5 4440?

 

[LukaBoki]

No,it is perfectly fine.

 

[RagingCuppCakes]

i5 4460 is a good one and it won't bottleneck.
Anything above this CPU is,of course,better.

I have a AMD 3820. Would that bottle neck? Im considering the gtx 980 during winter

 

[LukaBoki]

AMD A8 3820 is gonna be a huge bottleneck for the 980.
You should look into buying a new MoBo and CPU and a GTX 970,980 isn't worth it(you get 12% more performance for 50% higher price).

 

[Hugh Jass]

i5 4460 is a good one and it won't bottleneck.
Anything above this CPU is,of course,better.

I have a AMD 3820. Would that bottle neck? Im considering the gtx 980 during winter

That's like saying you're gonna buy a Ducati but the wheel's are BMX wheels. Expect yourself to fumble.