Pairing CPUs and GPUs: PC Upgrades and Bottlenecking

[DelJo63]

What in the article made you think it was about commercial computing rather then gaming?

@Steve
Didn't say it was, but rather highly oriented toward a catch-22 solution -- what's the solution for a given game, and leaving the user conflicted if there's more than just one game of interest. This season it's game X and by January it can be game Y. Do we tear down an rebuild? A more generalized analysis would lead to a long term solution.

 

[Larsenex]

Again this article nails it and has changed my mind regarding my build for 2018. Previously I was going to go i9 but now with your excellent review of the 8700K and this article on bottlenecking I have decided to go 8700K & either 1070GTX or 1080 GTX, I was going to pair it with a 30.5" 1440P monitor!

 

[Ben Myers]

"How bad is bottlenecking these days?" Depends on what you are doing with or to your computer. Depends on where the bottleneck is.

 

[That Dude There]

You need to add a 3700k in that mix. I'm biased but still there are tons of people sitting on that chip waiting to upgrade, but don't see the point yet.

 

[jukeyjunk]

You need to add a 3700k in that mix. I'm biased but still there are tons of people sitting on that chip waiting to upgrade, but don't see the point yet.

Agreed I can't find a reason to upgrade my 3770K.... my ram might be a little slower but my 1070 rocks on the system still at stock. Thinking about watercooling the CPU and getting another ghz out of it till it burns out.

 

[QuantumPhysics]

Excellent article.

 

[harm9963]

Re bench with a HDD for comparison .

 

[Saintalchemyst]

Um... why the hell aren't any Ryzen CPUs on here better than a 1400? That makes no sense if you are trying to make a "universal" gpu/cpu comparison chart. Adding the Ryzen 5 1600 and/or 1600X alone would have completely changed what is implied as a recommendation here. The way you have it now it looks like the locked i5 7400 would be the logical step up from a Ryzen 5 1400 which is bonkers. Seems like a glaring oversight compared to what is an excellent article.