[SOLVED] not sure of pc bottneck

[loloma22]

(hey, im new pc gaming and any help would be much appreciated)
I'm looking to get into pc's and saw a pc for sale as low to medium specs, after taking a look i thought it looked ok, but i think it might be a good pc if i was to put a better GPU in it?
i was also wondering if the cpu is still ok for moderate gaming

 

[prince_xaine]

Need a bit more information. Perhaps a link to the computer you will be buying?

 

[loloma22]

sorry forgot the link, https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/east-maitland/desktops/low-to-mid-gaming-pc-setup/1208044613

 

[prince_xaine]

That processor can overclock to 4.6 GHz on air alone. With liquid cooling and some luck you might be able to get it up to about 5 GHz. This PC comes with liquid cooling. You are right about the graphics card, it is much weaker than the processor. I recommend a 1070 or a 1070 Ti if you plan on overclocking the chip to the max you can go (With safe temps and stability) The amount of memory is odd, but it shouldn't cause any issues. I would recommend you buy two 8 GB sticks versus those three (or four) 4 GB sticks, two channels of memory overclock better than three or four channels.

In a more simple sense: That PC is a hell of a bargain. an i7-3770K is not a bad chip at all, with 4 cores and 8 threads, It will act almost like a 6 core chip (not quite as good though) and will push great framerates in games.

I speak from experience - I own a i7-3770K system, and it runs grand theft Auto at 100 FPS at max settings with the graphics card bottlenecking it because I have a R9 Fury 4G in it instead of the 1070 or 1070 ti. Mine is overclocked on air at 4.6 GHz.

 

[loloma22]

thanks a lot, around my used area i could get a 1050ti for $200 or a Sapphire 7970 6gb card for the same price
1050ti: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1113505348815522
sapphire 7970: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1113505348815522

 

[prince_xaine]

thanks a lot, around my used area i could get a 1050ti for $200 or a Sapphire 7970 6gb card for the same price
1050ti: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1113505348815522
sapphire 7970: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1113505348815522

Those graphics cards are way weaker than your i7-3770K if you buy that system. Again, I only recommend a GTX 1060 or better.