Question Xeon E3-1226 v3 Bottleneck?

[Ruff8812]

Will my Xeon E3-1226 v3 bottleneck a rtx 2060? For 1440p gaming.

EDIT: Current full specs.

Xeon E-1226 V3

ASRock h97 pro4

Corsair 2x8 ddr3 1600

Gtx 1050ti

Raider 650w psu

2x ssd 500gb(games)+120gb(windows)

2x sata storage 1TB+1TB

Cooler Master H500 Gunmetal MCM-H500-IGNN-S00

 

[henry.j.kautz]

You should be fine, but may want to condsider upgrading. A Xeon's single core is only so good.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Yes, I think it might create some bottleneck, but this depends on the game being played as well.. XEON (Clock speed at 110%) with RTX 2060 (Clock speed at 110%) x1 will produce 47.93% of bottleneck. Everything over 10% is considered as bottleneck, as mentioned here, though we can't fully trust these findings, and they are not based on any specific resolution as well...

https://pc-builds.com/calculator/Xeon_E3-1226_v3/GeForce_RTX_2060/0B3137lu/

 

[NightHawkRMX]

What titles? You may have a bit of a limit at 1440p, since your cpu only has 4 cores and threads. Most modern games like 8 threads at least.
You will still see decent performance.
1080p, yes it will bottleneck a lot.

 

[Ruff8812]

So you would advise to upgrade the CPU before the GPU?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

WHat gpu do you have currently? I would reccomend a 1060 with your current CPU

 

[Ruff8812]

I currently have 1050 ti.

I'm was thinking of upgrading to a Ryzen 2600/2700/3700x in the next 2-3 months, depending on how the prices look like after the realease of 3rd gen on July 7th. This will also involve a ram+mobo upgrade, so I wanted to do it in incriments 2-3-4 months apart. First GPU then CPU/ram/mobo, or the other way around.

EDIT: I've added my full build to the main post.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Id buy the RTX 2060 and use it with your current cpu until you upgrade to ryzen 3000.
I would highly concider an upgrade to a quality psu.

 

[Ruff8812]

RAIDER Series 650w, 80 PLUS® Silver certified this ain't enough? I feel like I don't need to upgrade the PSU atm.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

That PSU is actually very low quality. I wouldn't want it failing and killing your new 2060.
Ranks last possible tier on the PSU tier list. It is marked as "just don't buy" https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1045610-new-psu-tier-list/

 

[Ruff8812]

I can get the be quiet! STRAIGHT POWER 11 650W, 80 Plus Gold for just under 100euro, seems like it's on the list A+

What motherboard would you recommend with the Ryzen and gtx 2060?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

That's a good unit!
If you are going for ryzen 3000, I would buy x570 for a high-end chip and b550 for mid-range or lower end CPUs.
You could buy b450 or x470 if you want to save a buck, however, I would avoid 300 series boards altogether.

 

[Ruff8812]

It would seem x570 and b550 are not available in my country yet, at least not where I shop. I'm guessing after the ryzen release they will have the motherboards in stock.

And the b450 and x470 are around 100-130 euro. For example ASUS ROG Strix b450-F gaming aura sync am4 is 140euro.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

What motherboard would you recommend with the Ryzen and gtx 2060?

Get the X470 motherboard chipset. It's a good board.

 

[Ruff8812]

After some research, I'm looking at
MSI X470 GAMING PRO CARBON АМ4
and
MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
The first one is 180 euro and the second one 135 euro.

Thoughts?

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Thoughts?

I would still go for the X470.However, X470 is the more expensive chipset that offers SLI support, while B450 does not, so it is likely that X470 motherboards will be more expensive and may have better VRM solutions because they are competing in a higher price bracket.

With that said, if you don't need SLI then a B450 board might also work fine, IMO

 

[Ruff8812]

I've never used SLI/Crossfire, why start now.

However, I kinda like the x470 look more.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Thanks to poor/no sli/crossfire support in modern games, dual gpu configs dont make much sense right now. Your money is better spent on a higher single gpu over 2 mid range ones.
B450 supports crossfire but no sli. Id still pick x470 if you can afford it.
One thing about ryzen 3000 is greatly improved memory speeds. I have heard 4000mhz, however there is something x570 boards have that contribute to great memory support than only some pre x570 boards support. Im not qualified to explain this, nor can i remember what its called.

 

[Ruff8812]

I'm waiting for the 3rd gen ryzen to hit anyway, so i`ll see how the new motherboards look like and what is the pricing is and decide what to do. I don't want to overspend, not that I can't, I'd just feel better if I get a good performance/price ration, rather than go for the newest/bestest/etc.