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Would there be a significant bottleneck with an i5 8400 and an RX 6800? Would a CPU upgrade be necessary or would it just help a lot? - Quora
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If I get an RTX 3060, will an i5 9400F be a bottleneck in terms of fps and general performance? - Quora
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