I'm considering buying a pre-built system for $1500 that comes with an AMD Ryzen 7 9700X (3.80 GHz, 8 Cores, 40MB, AM5, 4nm) and a 5070 Ti. I've looked over the other specs and they seem good, but I'm worried about whether the CPU will bottleneck the GPU, especially for 2K gaming. I need to decide quickly since the price will jump to $2000 tomorrow!
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It's a decent setup, but it’s not an urgent buy. If it’s a prebuilt system, you might save some cash by building one yourself with similar specs.
Nope, better options exist.
The Ryzen 7 9700X is actually a solid gaming CPU. You should be good for most games without bottlenecking your 5070 Ti.
I recommend getting an x3d instead.
The CPU should handle your gaming needs well unless you're diving into really CPU-intensive games. What games are you planning to play?
That’s not true. The 9700X with 6400 MHz RAM and some tweaks can perform nearly as well as the 7800X3D.