E7200 & GTX295

[ChrisLandin]

Will the combo above work or will I see a major bottleneck??

Cheers

Edit its gonna be on a P5N-D mobo

 

[littlepuppy]

I would say assuming you can run the 7200 around 4ghz then it willl not bottleneck, certainly not significantly.

 

[Plec]

There may be slight bottleneck issues but as mentioned above with a healthy clock (4GHz would obviously be fantastic but anything over 3.6GHz would be great) it would make a tidy combo. What you can't access you wont miss...

Is this just left over kit?

 

[ChrisLandin]

Yes its just a few spares I have laying about so want to use them up into a mid level gaming machine for my nephew. Well I say all spares, I had all but the cpu and mobo and thats just cost me £40 to get both so I dont think its a bad outlay really.

It will let him easily do his school work, surf the net, msn with friends and play games at a reasonable level.

So for £40 I think its a canny birthday pressie for him

 

[Plec]

So for £40 I think its a canny birthday pressie for him

Certainly is - i do a similar things with my old kit.

I think your 'favourite uncle' credentials will def get a boost with that gift - and your nephew certainly wont notice or care about any bottlenecking issues.

 

[Leeroy123]

the gtx 295 is a brilliant card.

 

[Flashheart]

Gtx 295 still keeps up with the 480 dude, assuming the sli profile is available

 

[EggCustard]

It will, just overclock the E7200 as far out as possible.

The problem with the GTX295 (other than no DX11 support) is that it's only got 896MB memory per GPU. If you want to game at 1920x1200 or higher then you'll appreciate the extra VRAM.