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I have AMD A4-4000 at 3.0Ghz and 4Gb or RAM. I'm planning to buy RX 570 4Gb. I know it will bottleneck in any AAA games, but will it bottleneck in E-sports games like Dota 2, LOL, CSGO, etc.?
 
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I think the best option would be to just go for the RX 570 now, although your processor will bottleneck the GPU, for E-Sports games like that, you should still get north of 60 fps. Do not upgrade your processor to in the same platform, save up for a newer platform like the G4560 in the near future, or you could dish out a lot more and go for a 1600x. However, if you are only mainly going to always play E-Sports game, i wouldnt bother getting a 1600x, a G4560 will do fine.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.48 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory:...
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yes, thanks. I am planning to upgrade my CPU to Ryzen 5 1600x, but that is still far from me, that's why I ask if it will bottleneck. Dota 2 is my main game, for now. I hope that RX 570 gives pretty good FPS for my A4. (I'm hoping) ahahaha
 
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I think the best option would be to just go for the RX 570 now, although your processor will bottleneck the GPU, for E-Sports games like that, you should still get north of 60 fps. Do not upgrade your processor to in the same platform, save up for a newer platform like the G4560 in the near future, or you could dish out a lot more and go for a 1600x. However, if you are only mainly going to always play E-Sports game, i wouldnt bother getting a 1600x, a G4560 will do fine.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.48 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 4GB Gaming 4G Video Card ($168.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $349.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-03 08:44 EDT-0400
 
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YESS! thanks a lot! that helps a lot sir. there's still a lot head room for upgrading though. but it is still far for me.. thanks
 
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Why not do both? Not sure what country OP is in but here in the uk you can pick up an fm2 quad for for about £20
 
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Could you perhaps link me a £20 FM2 Quad Core?
 
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Obv used prices, but looking throught ebay sold listings...

760k sold for £26 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AMD-Athlon-X4-760K-3-8GHz-Quad-Core-AD760KWOHLBOX-Processor-/172606611938?hash=item283027e1e2:g:U4gAAOSwdGFY4MyL

750k sold for £15: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AMD-Athlon-X4-750K-3-4-Ghz-Quad-Core-Processor-/262924878374?hash=item3d378b4226:g:sjUAAOSwhQhY5RVG

A8 5500 £25: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Amd-A8-5500-Processor-/262946922243
 
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My £20 comment was a little off the cuff, I just remember picking up an athlon x4 740 back in 2014/15 for under £30 and figured prices would have dropped since then.

Looking at ebay now, they've actually been fairly static so £30 for a used quad core would be a bit more realistic
 
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