Will an i5 6500 bottleneck a GTX 1070

[Aman_33]

Please help!!
I need a recommendation as this is my first time!

 

[Isokolon]

Usually not.
Depends on the resolution and what you're planning to do with it.

Gaming at 1440p? No bottleneck
Gaming at 1080p? Usually no bottleneck
Gaming at 720p? Can bottleneck at CPU taxing tasks

 

[Aman_33]

Usually not.
Depends on the resolution and what you're planning to do with it.

Gaming at 1440p? No bottleneck
Gaming at 1080p? Usually no bottleneck
Gaming at 720p? Can bottleneck at CPU taxing tasks

But at 1080p?
For mostly gaming like GTA 5 and COD MW 3

 

[Isokolon]

Shouldn't be a problem

However if you're buying new, I'd go for a 7500 unless you get a really really sweet deal on the 6500

 

[Gallarian]

Even an overclocked 6600k will bottleneck a 1070 in some games.

Unfortunately there are just some games that will absolutely hog your CPU. The main two I know of that max out my 6600k @ 4.6ghz right now are The Witcher 3 and Total War: Warhammer.

Both will rack up to 100% usage in certain situations (in towns/cities in W3 and large battles in TW:W), and cap my GPUs usage at well below max.

So the answer to your question is; yes.

But by how much? That really depends on the games you play. For GTA:V and Call of Duty - which are both years old by now - you shouldn't have a problem, but just remember that you will come across a bottleneck situation eventually over the next couple of years.

So, you should be fine with what you want to do. BUT I still dont recommend it. AMD's Ryzen CPU line is set to launch in a couple of weeks, with pre-orders already topping sales charts on Amazon.

AMD are significantly under-cutting Intel and offering substantial performance gains for the lower price tags. Intel will be forced to respond with price cuts, so it would be silly to pull the trigger on an Intel CPU now instead of waiting a month and seeing how the market is.

Either you end up with a cheaper 6500, a better intel CPU for the same price of the 6500 now, or a much better deal with an AMD CPU.

 

[Aman_33]

If I game at 720p then??
Also I plan on buying after a month so i5 not finalized

 

[Isokolon]

The lower the resolution the more substantial the bottleneck as CPU load doesn't reduce GPU load does however as less pixels need to be rendered.

So at 720p your GPU might output 200 frames
At 1080p only 100
And at 1440p only 50 (not real calculations just to show the effect)
But no matter what the resolution your CPU can't output more than 110 for example