Will an Intel Core i7 2700K bottleneck a GTX 780

[Wardenavenue]

I am currently running a 2700K paired with a MSI GTX 680 2048 MB and 16 gigs of RAM and I usually get 70-90 FPS on Battlefield 3 and ~60 FPS on Bioshock Infinite on highest settings and I was thinking of upgrading to the 780 since new games are now available on the Playstation 4/Xbox one platform and I want my PC to keep up with the demands and the prices for the 780 have bottomed out to about $460 from the original $700+.

I had my 2700K since 2012 and it has been a pretty impressive CPU. I overclocked it to 4.3 Ghz so it scores around 10400-500 on CPU mark but I was wondering with newer cards such as the GTX 780 if there is a potential for my CPU to bottleneck such a powerful GPU?

Or should I also wait and save up more to upgrade my CPU to a 4770K or 4930K and a new mobo before I change my video card?

 

[Z15CAM]

Are you kidding a i7 2700K under water is and will always be the iconic processor for a DeskTop.
Idling at 1.6 to 4.8Mhz's under 68C.

 

[frozentundra123456]

Depends on the game, resolution, and other settings.

As far as the CPU is concerned, a 4770k at the same clocks is maybe ten to fifteen percent faster than sandy bridge, and your current overclock is about what you could expect from a good haswell chip. IMO probably not worth it since you would also require a new motherboard.

 

[KaRLiToS]

For single card, your 2700k is more than enough with a nice GTX 780.

 

[Headfoot]

No, that CPU will be just fine. If you are concerned, you could push the overclock further but that isn't necessary.

 

[guskline]

2700k is just fine with a GTX780.

 

[Termie]

A stock 2700K would bottleneck a GTX 780 in a few specific CPU-intensive games (Battlefield 4, Crysis 3, etc.). With your overclock, there's very little chance you'd be held back in any game on a GTX 780.

 

[adairusmc]

I was running two 780ti's with a 2600k overclocked with no trouble. You will be fine.

 

[B-Riz]

Hmm, everything seems to be ok here.

No "bottleneck" for me. (except no cheap gigabit internet access)

 

[blake0812]

You think that's bad? I still have a Phenom II 945 with my GTX 760.

 

[spinejam]

Push your 2700k to 4.5Ghz + and I highly doubt you'll have any issues. It's a great setup -- I love mine!

 

[blake0812]

Push your 2700k to 4.5Ghz + and I highly doubt you'll have any issues. It's a great setup -- I love mine!

If I was looking to get one of those, where would I find it? They don't sell it on Newegg anymore and I couldn't find it on Amazon also.


Apparently Amazon does have it. They just don't want me knowing.

 

[KaRLiToS]

If I was looking to get one of those, where would I find it? They don't sell it on Newegg anymore and I couldn't find it on Amazon also.

You'll have to get it Used on [H], anandtech or OCN marketplace. Maybe Ebay or kijiji (craiglist)

 

[blake0812]

You'll have to get it Used on [H], anandtech or OCN marketplace. Maybe Ebay or kijiji (craiglist)

Ebay kinda sounds shady. Do people really buy used CPUs from there?

 

[Termie]

Ebay kinda sounds shady. Do people really buy used CPUs from there?

There's no reason to buy a 2700K. It's a discontinued processor. If you already have a socket 1155 motherboard, then get a 3570K, which can still be purchased new. If you don't have anything yet, then buy a socket 1150 motherboard and a 4670K.

 

[p_monks33]

Don't bother upgrading. I did an upgrade from a 4.8ghz 2600k to a 4770k that gets too hot once I pass 4.5ghz. I'm under custom water, and the two chips score similarly in most benchmarks.

 

[lavaheadache]

Don't waste your time and money "upgrading" that chip.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

I'd recommend you invest in some cooling right now to a higher end AIO water cooler, which should be reusable and be particularly handy when you finally upgrade your CPU beyond quadcore

this way you could use the extra cooling on the 2700K to get another 400-500MHz (maybe higher, but you don't seem that aggressive based on your current overclock), which would largely cover the difference in performance you might get from upgrading to a newer quadcore.