Will an i5 6600k bottleneck a gtx 1070 ti

[julienh]

The i5 is overclocked to 4.4ghz and i could go to 4.6.

I have seen advertisements for gtx 1070ti's second hand for 300-380€ is this worth it even though it could be damaged after mining or such?

 

[profoundnoah]

I would abstain from buying used GPU's, unless you can absolutely ascertain that they were not used in a mining rig. But to answer your question, not at all. Even the 2500k barely bottlenecks the 1070 Ti at all. Here's a thread to support that claim: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3541950/6600k-bottleneck-gtx-1070.html

 

[julienh]

I would abstain from buying used GPU's, unless you can absolutely ascertain that they were not used in a mining rig. But to answer your question, not at all. Even the 2500k barely bottlenecks the 1070 Ti at all. Here's a thread to support that claim: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3541950/6600k-bottleneck-gtx-1070.html

Thanks for your reply

 

[photonboy]

1) Bottlenecking.
The above answer stating "not at all" is actually incorrect. The real answer is YES and NO depending on the game and game settings (such as resolution).

A game like Tomb Raider is likely to have little to no CPU bottlenecking at all whereas some shooters can have big bottlenecks at times especially at 1920x1080 but sometimes at higher resolutions too.

Some odd games like AotS too which are very threaded and can utilize more CPU processing power with 4+ cores/threads.

*The QUICK ANSWER though is I wouldn't worry about it too much as typically a GTX1070Ti + i5-6600K @4.4GHz is going to be GPU bound for average FPS.

2) USED?
I've got mixed feelings on this. If you are certain the Warranty is transferable (otherwise forget it) and there's at least a YEAR left on that Warranty, AND the price is 75% or less compared to a real card (including all costs such as tax) then maybe consider it.

*BUT*
At a quick glance it sounds like you can find a GTX1070Ti for roughly 350-400 (pounds?) if this link is comparable to your pricing:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c=415&sort=price&page=1

*though clicking on some LINKS didn't show the same prices listed in PCPARTPICKER... for rough comparison of PERFORMANCE:
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1080_Ti_Gaming_X/30.html

GTX1070 is roughly 30% faster than a GTX1060 6GB.
GTX1070Ti is roughly 45% faster than a GTX1060 6GB.

3) Will prices DROP in the near future?
It's actually all messed up. <Moderator - Let's leave the politics out of this, OK>]

There are newer NVidia cards coming but we're not clear on when since NVidia has a surplus of some PASCAL (1000 series) GPU's so it may be possible prices will drop in a month or so. Or not. We don't know.

 

[profoundnoah]

The term itself is extremely trivial, I agree, but in real-world situations, the amount of bottlenecking is minimal. As is with every situation in the PC industry, the answer is "it depends." If we wanted to be technical, then we could even say that the OP's potential storage of his games on an HDD would be a big bottleneck he's facing (as far as loading times/experience is concerned).

OP, I would recommend that you wait a bit to buy a new 1070 Ti, or even a 1080, as the price difference between new vs. used isn't really worth the potential loss of lifetime/warranty. What are the rest of your system specs?