I5 6500 and a GTX1080Ti

[mrh2019]

Hi, just want peoples views, my gaming pc is in my Sig below. My question, is the I5 6500 cpu a bad choice to run with a GTX1080Ti, will it create a bottle neck.
I'm in the process of going back to custom water cooling, so the gpu will be overclocked.
This is just a gaming pc using a 4k monitor and HTC Vive.
Options are,
Get a z170 mb, get an old bios and over clock the I5 6500 cpu.
Change mb and cpu, blue or red team.
Or keep as is.
What are peoples views.

 

[mrh2019]

I didn't "skimp" on the cpu, this setup was my main non gaming pc, my original gaming pc went.. well best not ask that. Anyway have an itx build for the main pc now, this I5 build has been slowly becoming my new gaming build over the last 4 month's. It was never built as a gaming rig, it's just become one.

 

[mrh2019]

OK VR on a Pascal chip isn't ideal?? really!!!! what would you suggest

 

[mrh2019]

AMD or see what Volta brings. Volta should have all the bases covered.

1080Ti just stomps over everything with the current VR headsets and games, in fact it turns around and then goes back for another good stomping session...

OK jokes apart, but I think you need to look at reviews and benchmarks for GPU’s.

What I'm asking is, could the I5 6500 CPU running at stock cause a bottleneck for the system. Now, the system is in a pile of bit's as I’m going back to custom water-cooling and would be the ideal time to change MB and CPU if the general conscience is that it could cause a bottle neck...

Also, note the most of the games are running at 4K on the monitor and 2.5+ super sampling on the Vive.

 

[mrh2019]

Zero point buying a z170 board and 7700K at current prices.

I do agree

How do you find your Xeon for gaming??