Bottlenecking's more formal definition "a phenomenon where the performance or capacity of an entire system is limited by a single or small number of components or resources. " In simple terms, bottlenecking is when a component of your computer limits the power or performance of your other components.
The two biggest components that can bottleneck your PC are your GPU and CPU. Keeping that in mind, it is important to make sure that when purchasing new components for your PC, you make sure that they are compatible. I am not talking about whether or not they will work together, but whether or not they'd be the best for each other.
For example, you don't want to buy $600 GPU when you only have a $50 CPU. Your CPU's ability to keep up with your GPU will make the extravagant purchase of a high end GPU worthless. It's like buying a V8 engine for your car that can go 200mph+ when the speed limit is 60mph. You are going to be limited by the speed limit, and when you compare apples to apples, it would have been best to allocate the money you spent on that engine on something else.
The one key of advise I can give you about bottlenecking, is to consider price. As with many products, the higher the price the better. And as is really common, if you have two components that cost somewhat the same, that means that they are just as good as one another. Each item has their own price ratio ,but when you're talking about a computers, you should spend twice as much on your GPU than your CPU.
The two biggest components that can bottleneck your PC are your GPU and CPU. Keeping that in mind, it is important to make sure that when purchasing new components for your PC, you make sure that they are compatible. I am not talking about whether or not they will work together, but whether or not they'd be the best for each other.
For example, you don't want to buy $600 GPU when you only have a $50 CPU. Your CPU's ability to keep up with your GPU will make the extravagant purchase of a high end GPU worthless. It's like buying a V8 engine for your car that can go 200mph+ when the speed limit is 60mph. You are going to be limited by the speed limit, and when you compare apples to apples, it would have been best to allocate the money you spent on that engine on something else.
The one key of advise I can give you about bottlenecking, is to consider price. As with many products, the higher the price the better. And as is really common, if you have two components that cost somewhat the same, that means that they are just as good as one another. Each item has their own price ratio ,but when you're talking about a computers, you should spend twice as much on your GPU than your CPU.