Will the core i7 920 bottleneck the r7 260x and is the core i7 decent for gaming for a year or 2

[Yc0540]

I'm going to build a budget pc and I don't know if I should use this for gaming if it was decent then I would use so could you please tell me

 

[manez]

No it will not bottleneck it.
With a decent overclock that CPU can handle any single GPU without it being the bottleneck.
Yes it is a decent choice for budget build, only somewhat restricted by the old platform.

 

[spentshells]

You could run 2x r9 280's and only experience real bottlenecks from the platform rather than the cpu. Without any form of overclock the 260x could run in crossfire without any issue

 

[Yc0540]

Thanks but what do you mean restricted because of an old platform

 

[spentshells]

pci-e 2.0 may not offer enough bandwidth for some really high end cards.

 

[manez]

Also it has only sata 2 and usb 2.0, minor things that won't impact your gaming but are nice to have.
You can't utilize a fast ssd to it's fullest with only sata 2, of course in normal use you will hardly see a difference.