Will this CPU bottleneck a GTX980

[LightningJC]

I've just picked up an old i5-3470 for cheap I know I can't overclock it but wondered if it would bottleneck a GTX980 which is what I'm considering buying next.

[Domestic_Ginger]

You can oc it 400mhz. Whether it will bottleneck is situational on game and res.

[LightningJC]

Ok cool, I haven't finished the build yet but do you just edit the multiplier like with the K series to overclock it?

Hopefully it will run most things maxed out.

[Domestic_Ginger]

It should be non-k oc. You should be able to overclock the turbo boost. I think different brands do it differently in the bios. 1 core @4ghz 2@3.9 and 3/4 @ 3.8.

[shaithis]

I doubt very much that it will bottleneck. It should be absolutely fine.

Of course, there may be one or two scenarios where it might be sub-optimal (like a 64man BF4 map with lots of particles and smoke going off) but otherwise fine.

[D-T]

Don't fork out for a GTX 980 right now whatever you do; the 980 Ti was announced (and launched in the US) last night at the same price-point.

I'd still wait a couple of weeks for details on AMD's Fiji GPUs to see if that has any further impact on NVIDIA prices/promotions. At the moment the GTX 980 is essentially dead in the water, as is the TITAN X unless you somehow need 12GB of VRAM.

Bottlenecking question seems to be answered already but I can't see it being a problem either, at least not for a while. I'm still using my i7 960 at stock clocks -- waiting on a better cooler -- which is roughly similar (save for HT) and haven't had any problems.

[TheHypfTom]

Shouldn't bottleneck the system as of now, however you may want to upgrade in 2 years or so as game technologies advanced and games start incorporating more and more advanced physics particles