Will I bottleneck GTX680?

[FlutterPwn]

CPU: AMD FX 8120
Mobo: Asus M5A99X Evo R2.0
PSU: Kingwin MK Black Series 650w (no rating)
I was thinking of upgrading the PSU sometime soon to one of Corsair's Silver PSUs.

I currently have a EVGA GTX 560 SC 2G and ever sense I got a new monitor that runs at 1920x1080 instead of my old monitor that ran at 1600x900 I've been finding that I can no longer run games at Max graphics, so I am looking to upgrade.

 

[Deejeta]

new psu for sure if you intend on getting a gtx680. your existing one will struggle to provide the amp requirement. it would work maybe for a while. so its just not worth the risk.
buy the best psu you can afford. corsair, silverstone, xfx, seasonic and others.

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

I wouldn't dare plug my 680 in that PSU. Get a Corsair AX850. Long lasting and provides enough power to handle any upgrade you can through at it.

 

[AverageNinja]

^^ An 850?
An AX650 will run that without a problem. Just get that or the new HX650 (80+ gold)

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

^^ An 850?
An AX650 will run that without a problem. Just get that or the new HX650 (80+ gold)

You must of missed the second sentence

"Long lasting and provides enough power to handle any upgrade you can through at it."

 

[FTLN]

That power supply doesnt look to bad + 3 year warranty

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page521.htm

EDIT
Ditch that PSU, just read some reviews and it is not very good at all

 

[SuB]

You must of missed the second sentence

"Long lasting and provides enough power to handle any upgrade you can throw at it."

Perhaps he was confused by the spelling?

 

[Willzzz]

Realistically what is he likely to upgrade to that takes more power than a 680? Graphics cards are becoming more power efficient, not less.

Yes you will get bottlenecked sometimes, but SOMETHING will always bottleneck you. Will you be CPU bottlenecked the majority of the time? No.

What games do you play?

 

[alienware]

You need to overclock the 8120 really then you should be fine. However, I would (as every one else has said) ditch that PSU and get a real one.

 

[FlutterPwn]

Realistically what is he likely to upgrade to that takes more power than a 680? Graphics cards are becoming more power efficient, not less.

Yes you will get bottlenecked sometimes, but SOMETHING will always bottleneck you. Will you be CPU bottlenecked the majority of the time? No.

What games do you play?

Mostly Battlefield 3 and a bunch of other low end games like WarZ, Combat Arms, Black Ops II, and Gmod. I plan on getting Crysis 3 when I upgrade.
Has anyone heard anything about Battlefield 4? I feel like it will be the exact same game as BF3.

I also run 2 monitors at 1920x1080 but my secondary mostly runs Teamspeak and a few hardware temp/usage monitors. Other then that I might run Youtube or iTunes when I'm listening to music but nothing excessive.

 

[SuB]

Bf4 will be the same spec required as bf3 at a guess mate. Perhaps a little more shiny but not a lot. Most of it will be new 'effects'.

Whats all this about people saying it's gonna be AMD optimized etc? Hasn't it got a load of new PhysX waz in there ?

 

[Willzzz]

Mostly Battlefield 3 and a bunch of other low end games like WarZ, Combat Arms, Black Ops II, and Gmod. I plan on getting Crysis 3 when I upgrade.
Has anyone heard anything about Battlefield 4? I feel like it will be the exact same game as BF3.

I also run 2 monitors at 1920x1080 but my secondary mostly runs Teamspeak and a few hardware temp/usage monitors. Other then that I might run Youtube or iTunes when I'm listening to music but nothing excessive.

Your 8120 should be fine for all that, it will be the bottleneck sometimes, but not enough to make a 680 not worth it.
What clocks are you running at?

 

[Dicehunter]

Mostly Battlefield 3 and a bunch of other low end games like WarZ, Combat Arms, Black Ops II, and Gmod. I plan on getting Crysis 3 when I upgrade.
Has anyone heard anything about Battlefield 4? I feel like it will be the exact same game as BF3.

I also run 2 monitors at 1920x1080 but my secondary mostly runs Teamspeak and a few hardware temp/usage monitors. Other then that I might run Youtube or iTunes when I'm listening to music but nothing excessive.

Overclock the 8120 as far as it will go, a friend of mine has his 8150 clocked to 4.60GHZ 24/7 use and runs excellently *Not sure if he watercools or air cools*

 

[FlutterPwn]

Overclock the 8120 as far as it will go, a friend of mine has his 8150 clocked to 4.60GHZ 24/7 use and runs excellently *Not sure if he watercools or air cools*

I use a Corsair h60 and I have mine oc to 3.978, I have to disable EPU on my board to go further but it runs 60c maxed out so i would need a better cooler.

P.S. the rig in your sig is sick

 

[Dicehunter]

P.S. the rig in your sig is sick

Thank you, Tiz my pride and joy