Will the AMD FX-8350 bottleneck the GTX 1060?

[awesomet2005]

NOTE! I live in Canada and I am only 11 years old so I'm saving up for the AMD FX-8350. I was going to get the i3-7100 but I realized my motherboard (GA-78LMT-USB) is not compatible with it, and I don't feel like saving an extra $120 ~ $100 for a motherboard to squeeze a few more frames.

Specs:

8GB DDR3 (don't know company since I'm upgrading pre-built computer)
TOSHIBA 1TB HDD
GTX 1060 (getting for christmas, upgrading from GT 710)
AMD FX-8350 (upgrading from AMD FX-4130)
EVGA 500W 80+ White Certified

I would say I am an entry level gamer. I don't mind if I can't run at ultra max with 60 fps, I'm okay with medium settings 1080p on games like Black Ops III, or Black Ops II, and GTA V. Thanks! Please give feedback before Christmas!

 

[awesomet2005]

^ I disagree (not about the op sounding very grown-up) but about an fx piledriver at 3.8ghz pairing with a 1060 3gb.

Its a combination that will work absolutely fine 99% of the time.

There is absolutely not a single title I cannot play with perfectly fine fps at this current time paired with a 970.

A 1060 3gb if anything is slightly weaker.

@awesomet2005 - If you want some rough benches for games lmk (I have most new titles) , apart from csgo or pubg because they don't interest me at all.

Black ops 2 & 3 it'll rip through at 60 fps no-issue at all as it will with the newer advanced & infinite warfare.

I've played all those a lot.

Sure! I'd love some benches, send how many you'd like. Oh and saying I'll rip through Black Ops 3 makes me a very happy person. You don't understand the struggle of a GT 710. It was just horrendous, 800x600 Resolution Scale 50% with all the lowest settings, and I was still getting 45fps average... ahh I'm still cringing from that.

 

[awesomet2005]

Ya know what, I'll add to maddmatt's case. I gave my brother my FX-6300 machine, bought him a used GTX980 (which is a little better than a 1060 iirc) and it holds up VERY well in games like Tom Clancy's The Division, Fallout 4, Doom, Overwatch, which are all decently intensive on one or both of the components. I think people underestimate the FX chips' multithreaded ability, which is still good enough to get solid 1080p game performance. Especially the eight core models.

Fallout 4!?! I think I really underestimated the combo of a FX-6300 and the GTX 1060.

 

[Crosslhs82x2]

Glad to hear.
It still won't be the best But you can still get some of both.
Before I got my 8350 I was running the 6350 at 4.6g on water.
6300 and 6350 are much easier to cool when overclocking at least that is what i noticed.
Depending on your case you might be able to upgrade cpu cooler and get over the 4.1ghz doing a multiplier oc which is what mine was, that would help also.
Just don't push that 6300 past 1.40v vcore or you will (1 reduce the life (2 risk damaging the cpu.
Good luck

 

[awesomet2005]

Glad to hear.
It still won't be the best But you can still get some of both.
Before I got my 8350 I was running the 6350 at 4.6g on water.
6300 and 6350 are much easier to cool when overclocking at least that is what i noticed.
Depending on your case you might be able to upgrade cpu cooler and get over the 4.1ghz doing a multiplier oc which is what mine was, that would help also.
Just don't push that 6300 past 1.40v vcore or you will (1 reduce the life (2 risk damaging the cpu.
Good luck

Don't think I'll be overclocking anytime soon haha. Main reason: Possible damage or blue screen. (psst, I'm not very educated with overclocking as I am with PC components)

 

[undertone247]

I mean here is my view, it depends on the game, if it vulkan API (Doom) then it mostly depends on the graphics card, but if its a CPU heavy title like GTA V, Ashes of the singularity or Civilization, those are CPU heavy games, the cpu really matters. Here is a good video on cpu bottlenecking from Jayztwocents https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH0GDxLL-RI, he shows that something like a crappy dual core Pentium g4560 can handle up to a GTX 1080 a FX-8350 should be able to not bottleneck a 1060. Here is his video on FX cpus and modern gaming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWk4qfYlKH8