bottlenecking

[t103Ninja]

hey guys im going to be running,
i5 3570k
16gb ram 1600mhz
AMD 7970 (possible crossfire setup in the future)
and a corsair 860watt PSU

do you guys think i will get any bottlenecks with this? everything i can find online says the 3570k is one of the best cpu's out there at the moment for gaming

 

[t103Ninja]

Have you already got this or are you looking to build a new rig? if so why not get yourself a 1150 CPU rather then the now dead 1155 range?

im upgrading my current PC wich only takes ivy bridge i think it can take sandy bridge aswell and from what ive seen haswell is only about 5-10% faster than ivy bridge not really worth replacing everything just for that

 

[t103Ninja]

Mate, forget word "bottleneck" in this context.
It's very dangerous word as it leads to some psychosis. Let's imagine there are NO CPUs and GPUs equal in terms of horsepower. There will be always something stronger and something weaker, depending on application. So when one component is stronger, second one automagically becomes "bottleneck".

You get what I mean ? If you think your CPU is very fine, because o'c-ing won't raise framerate (so CPU won't "bottleneck"), what would you say having Radeons CrossFired (after graphics sub-system upgraded) ? OMG, CPU is a "bottleneck". You now go to the shop buying faster CPU. But then, when CPU will be faster, what would you say about graphic cards ? "Bottleneck". So go to the shop replacing CF-ed cards to one, stronger. But then, you will notice CPU is "bottlenecking" again, so go to the shop and upgrade CPU.... you see ? It's a neverending loop. Psychosis. Especially that people tend to observe this once new hardware family comes out to the market...

As I said - forget this word. Much better point of view is simply observing your joy from games. Do you enjoy framerate ? So it's fine. DOes your hardware meet game's requirements ? Pretty fine !

FOrget neverending greed to have something impossible (equal balance) and start enjoying what you've got

very good point, im not trying to be greedy though the i5 3570k is the best CPU i can afford and the 7970 is the best gpu i can afford i know its pretty much impossible to get a perfect balance between CPU and GPU just wanted to know if it would all work well together