RX480 with Ryzen 1600x

[thatmoritryhard]

It will work a ryzen 1600x with a rx480 ? or would i have a bottleneck ?

 

[clutchc]

It will work, and you will have no CPU bottleneck.

 

[eglang03]

You should be fine with a 480. They are both mid range parts for gaming and productivity, they match quite well in fact. Though you might want to consider an rx580 over the 480

 

[thatmoritryhard]

So i wouldn't have any cpu/gpu bottleneck ?

 

[clutchc]

So i wouldn't have any cpu/gpu bottleneck ?

You won't have any CPU bottleneck with the RX-480, and the 480 will be able to hit 100% usage in games.
Yes, the 1600X can keep up with faster cards, so technically I guess you could call the RX-480 a bottleneck if that's the way you want to think of it. I don't.

 

[thatmoritryhard]

If the gpu can hit 100%, i have no problem.

 

[clutchc]

If the gpu can hit 100%, i have no problem.

My GTX 1070 can, so you will be fine. A few examples with the 1600 and a 480:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYJR130iw68

 

[thatmoritryhard]

But that's a ryzen 1600. Should i buy the 1600x or 1600 ?

 

[clutchc]

But that's a ryzen 1600. Should i buy the 1600x or 1600 ?

I know it was a 1600. But they are the same CPU with the 1600X being sold at a slightly higher clock speed. Both should be able to run all 6 cores at 3.9HGz - 4GHz with little effort. And you get a decent stock cooler with the 1600. No cooler with the 1600X. Your choice.

Most folks would probably opt for the 1600 and put the savings toward a gfx card. But only you can decide depending on the price difference when you buy. Right now, there's about a $30 price difference between the two.

 

[thatmoritryhard]

I pre-ordered a cpu cooler, if there will be no gpu bottlenecks i will buy the 1600x, the diff is about 20-15 bucks.

 

[jr9]

Neither the 1600 nor 1600X will bottleneck a RX 480. Even a RX 580 would be fairly safe. If you had a Vega or a 1070Ti/1080 which would be over 80% more powerful then you would want to be concerned.

I'd get the 1600. Comes with a great stock cooler and has room for overclocking with the cooler even. I find X versions aren't worth the extra money.

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

It will match great dude. I've got a 1600 overclocked to 3.7ghz, so pretty much running 1600x speeds, otherwise 1600 and 1600x are the same. But I had the RX 480 8gb.

Works great. Very good match. I just sold my 480 online because I needed a new lawn mower for the house we just moved into. Will probably order something like a GTX 1050ti to tide me over until I get a better GPU later. But no complaints on that 480.