Would FX 8120 (stock speed) bottleneck a r9 280x ?

[Mohamed Elneser]

Fx 8120
Asus M5a97 r2.0
1 tb Sata 2 Toshiba
8 gb 1600 Crucial Ballistix
xfx 850w Bronze

 

[ak47jar3d]

No, your card shouldn't bottleneck.

 

[phanph01]

You can check bottlenecking by using GPU-Z.
Use a software to stress your GPU (Furmark) then check GPU-Z. If GPU load is 99-100%, then it's working at its best capacity, aka no bottle-necking.