Which CPU will not bottleneck my 280x

[Superhik]

I am planning to get a Sapphire r9 280x Dual X display card and build my system around it. The question is, which CPU will not bottle neck it for a reasonable price of around 200-250 bucks and last for 3-4 years? I am not prejudice will it be AMD or Intel.

 

[ihog]

i5 4670K. Make sure you get a nice Z87 mobo and an aftermarket cooler, and OC that shizz.

 

[Superhik]

thanks for that. will look into it.

 

[chromex]

haha 1 persion 'suggests there fanboys theory of what they like ' must be legit..

 

[Superhik]

haha 1 persion 'suggests there fanboys theory of what they like ' must be legit..

If you have a better solution, say it. Nobody answered for some time, that is why I gave best answer to that guy.

 

[ihog]

I mean, if you want to go AMD, get a nice 990FX mobo, and FX 8350, a nice aftermarket cooler, and OC that shizz.

I just prefer Intel for its higher IPC.

 

[Superhik]

I mean, if you want to go AMD, get a nice 990FX mobo, and FX 8350, a nice aftermarket cooler, and OC that shizz.

I just prefer Intel for its higher IPC.

I have done some research, and for my needs the 4670K and z87 are totally what I had in mind, and your answer still stands as the best. Previously, before I opened this thread I was looking at the 8350 for it's prize factor and the multithreading, but apart from playing games and maybe running a virtual machine from time to time 4 cores is just enough for now. I am having my components shipped already and they should be here in a day or 2. If anybody's wondering this is what I got:

CPU - Intel i5 4670K
VGA - Sapphire r9 280x Dual X
Mobo - Gigabyte Z87-HD3
RAM - 2x 4GB Kingston CL9 HyperX Black series
HD - 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 64 MB (maybe I should consider SSD? )
PSU - 620W Gigabyte Superb Real Power (I don't know will this be enough for this machine, still wondering)

 

[StarBG]

The i5 3570k is enough if you want to save some money.

 

[AndySledge]

Every new CPU will NOT bottleneck the r9 280x, the fx 6300 and up is a good choice if you wanna spent not so much money, if you like intel the i5-4670K is very nice too. Not 1 Single CPU produced after 2011 will bottleneck a GPU, most people have no clue as they say "bottleneck" its just not true

 

[nikoli707]

for a 280x, an intel 2500k/3570k/4670k.... or an amd 8320/8350. any lower and you might as well just go with an fx6300+7870ghz.

as far as bottleneck... there are plenty of games now like bf4, crysis3, skryim that benefit hugely from fast multi threads. a game like skryim for example could run 90fps on an fx6300 and a 290x/780ti... but run 120fps on a 3930k and a 7950/670.