Would an i7 860@4.2 bootleneck an r9 290x watercooled ?

[Csokilama]

I have an i7 860 clocked at 4.2 ghz. Will it bootleneck my future Sapphire r9 290x reference cooled with a Corsair h60 in games like BF 4, GTA 5 at 4480x 1080 resulution? Or sould i sell it and buy an i5 4670k or 4690k?

My specs:
Gigabyte GA P55m-UD4,
Intel i7 860@4,2 GHZ, Corsair H100 + 2db Noctua NF-P12 + 2db Arctic F12 ,
4x4gb RAM,
Sapphire r9 290x+Corsair H60+Noctua NF-P12+Arctic F12,
Samsung 840 EVO 120gb,
WD blue 1TB,
Cooler Master Silent pro 850w,
Bitfenix Phenom micro-ATX+Cooler Master MegaFlow 200mm,
Acer 24" full hd+Acer 19"+Dell 19"

 

[disturbed force]

It's about the same performance as a fx6300, you may see slight bottleneck in some games but nothing too bad. I would get the card and try it to see how bad of a bottleneck it will be if at all and go from there. A 4690k is a good upgrade tho.

 

[i7Baby]

See http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html

At high res the r9 290x will have to work harder and so the CPU will start to look good. At just 1080p you'll see the CPU hitting 100% more often; especially with high end games like you've mentioned.

The i5 4690k would be good - if you can afford it along with a motherboard and maybe ram.

 

[QSV]

Broadwell is about to be released for desktop. So dont buy a Haswell, but the Broadwell equivalent, if you decide to upgrade.

 

[i7Baby]

http://hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/81883-first-broadwell-desktop-cpus-intel-core-i7-5775c-i5-5675c/

Broadwell will be low power for lga1150.

 

[Undying89]

Yeah. Get Haswell or wait for Skylake.

 

[Csokilama]

Or wait for the Broadwell, so I can get an used Haswell. I think I'll wait a few months for the prices to normalize, and get an I5 4670k or 90k and an r9 390-390x if it worth it.

 

[i7Baby]

Sounds a good plan. Good luck.

 

[Csokilama]

Thanks.