As the title says, would an i5 6500 bottleneck a 1070ti?
I’ve heard mixed answers on the matter
Not sure, I've heard alot of people with different opinions on this.
But personally I haven't seen any bottleneck except for Battlefield 1 that has terrible support for 6500k (at least for me); even on 4.3 GHz overclock. I regret not going for the 8K series
It depends entirely on the type of games you play and the resolution you play at.
Higher resolution(and graphics settings) generally puts less load on CPU, so you can get away with more GPU lopsided builds. Past that, it depends entirely on the game. Some are CPU heavy, while some are GPU heavy. Difficult to say anything about it without looking up benchmarks for the games in question.
I wouldn't recommend that CPU if you're buying new, but if you're considering a 1070Ti for an existing build, that CPU shouldn't be a problem.
I currently have an i5 6500. I just picked up a 1070ti so i was wondering so I could get a new CPU, too.
thanks for the info
Depends on the game, but it definitely could. 4 cores/4 threads isn't enough to handle some games you could otherwise play with a 1070 Ti. I'd at least upgrade to a compatible i7 if I were you.
Upgrading from an i5 to an i7 within the same generation isn't going to be a major upgrade. Considering the price, there's no point in upgrading to a skylake i7 when he can get a vastly better coffee lake i5 or i7 for just the added cost of another motherboard.
Single core performance really doesn't improve that much from gen to gen with Intel. Going from a 4 core/4 thread i5 to a 4 core/8 thread i7 or better is a pretty big jump when it's multicore performance that's holding you back, which is the case here.
You're not wrong that upgrading to the latest gen is a better deal, but Intel motherboards are pretty expensive, and an older i7 is considerably cheaper than a new one in the latest gen. Upgrading to an i7 in the same gen is a pretty decent upgrade if he can't afford a brand new CPU and motherboard.
Though, OP, if you can afford it, then by all means upgrade to the latest gen. I would consider Ryzen 2 as an option as well.
Is it? We don't know what @Riley was planning to use it for.
Playing games and light streaming.
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