Would i5 3300 be enough for a GTX 1070 GPU?

[orkunkaan]

I just ordered an Nvidia GTX 1070 chipset GPU and I currently I have an Intel i5 3300 processor.

Would it be a bottleneck for my GPU? Should I upgrade my processor as well?

Note: VR is not in my roadmap for at least a year.

Thanks!

 

[n0ns3ns3]

What is your monitor ?

 

[RobCrezz]

It will work just fine, its possible some more CPU heavy games could hold back the 1070.

If you can drop a i7 3770 in your PC you should be good to go.

 

[orkunkaan]

What is your monitor ?

benq xl2411z

 

[n0ns3ns3]

Actually if he has 60Hz monitor, it's not important.
i5 will be a bottleneck for some games on 1080p@144Hz monitor, but higher res or lower Hz monitors will make it not relevant

 

[n0ns3ns3]

What is your monitor ?

benq xl2411z

in that case, you will be a bit limited by your CPU.
As suggested above, dropping in i7-3770 would solve this.

 

[orkunkaan]

What is your monitor ?

benq xl2411z

in that case, you will be a bit limited by your CPU.
As suggested above, dropping in i7-3770 would solve this.

I'm mostly playing at 120 Hz mode. How much would I be held back? If that's 5-10% I could wait for a couple months to grab a decent CPU. If that would be a %50 perf. decrease than I'd be checking for a good second hand deal.

 

[helpstar]

which motherboard? you could get an I5 3570K and overclock eventually

 

[n0ns3ns3]

What is your monitor ?

benq xl2411z

in that case, you will be a bit limited by your CPU.
As suggested above, dropping in i7-3770 would solve this.

I'm mostly playing at 120 Hz mode. How much would I be held back? If that's 5-10% I could wait for a couple months to grab a decent CPU. If that would be a %50 perf. decrease than I'd be checking for a good second hand deal.

Here is a video about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s42gvVS77dU
I'd not rush into upgrading the CPU. The video is about very specific CPU intensive games. So first check if you get the FPS you want (maxing out settings will mostly affect the GPU so do it) in games you play, and than decide when to upgrade the CPU. Basically, second hand i7-3770 would be very good idea.