Bottleneck with e8400

[shadowcreaper]

looking for advice.

About to buy a 7850 HIS HD iceq
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-052-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

As a upgrade for my 4870, hopefully a good upgrade...

Im just wondering though my current CPU e8400 will bottleneck, but should i not worry too much and just got for it.

PS. heard that the 7950 is on a a great sale price, but is it worth a extra £60 given my CPU bottleneck i might encounter ??
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-065-HS

Just need some quick advice as buying today. thanks.

 

[shadowcreaper]

The e8400 will bottleneck the 7850 but it will still be a good upgrade over a 4870.

cheers guys, looks like il stick to the 7850 rather than spending the extra quids on the 7950 .

btw e8400 is 3.0 cpu havnt touched it yet, even thought its watercooled lol

 

[shadowcreaper]

ordered the 7850 in the end,

Couple of things though.

1: Havent overclocked pc as never really overclocked properly before and worried about damaging it, (long term) given pc lasted a good 4 years without many issues im quite impressed lol.

2: upgrading CPU would be great BUT would require a LOT of money, given id need to replace the motherboard and ofc my watercooling stuff so it fits the newer motherboards/cpus

if it was a simple change cpu then id do that within secs lol.

thanks for advice though, atm it just a 7950 upgrade so plz dont hate me
ps i really need to post some pics of my system so that you guys can see how lovely it looks and how i'm completely not using it to its full potential haha