Okay so I'm going to start by saying here are my specifications and here's what the UserBenchmark website says.
[URL="http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/2126439"]http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/2126439[/URL]
So as you can see the processor isn't all that great (at least I don't think) I'm sure it's a built in processor into my motherboard but I have no clue but it says it's performing above expectations which is alright.
My GPU is almost a year old now from when I first bought it (refurbished). I'm sure the reason why it isn't performing at expectations is because my CPU is bottle-necking it? Can anyone confirm please?
Then there's the RAM. The RAM is possibly the most trouble I've had with the computer. My RAM was the reason I was getting blue screens a lot of the time back at the start of this year and before... I would always get memory BSOD's and taking out 2x4 of my RAM worked so there's still the other 8GB which works and I haven't had a problem since. It does say though this:
"Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled" -- What does this mean exactly? I tried looking into my BIOS and found nothing of this nature (XMP or dual+ whatever) Would someone be able to shed some light onto that? My motherboard is an ASRock extreme3 770 and looks pretty much like the usual BIOS. Nothing fancy, just the Grey and Blue and White standard BIOS.
But the main thing I wanted to address in this post was how do I go about upgrading and what do I upgrade first? Do I upgrade my processor because it's bottle necking my GPU or do I upgrade my RAM because it's performing lower than expectations? This is where I'm stuck because I don't know if the XMP dual+ profile is the problem for the RAM and I am not certain that the CPU [I]IS[/I] bottle-necking the GPU. I would also like to know what upgrades you guys would buy and why? I play Overwatch and CS:GO sometimes but mostly Overwatch now and I get 50 fps but it just doesn't seem smooth at all. Earlier today when I first played the game after reformatting my computer it was at 100+ now it's just down at 50-60 and it does not seem smooth one bit. Not even when at a constant 60 for a few seconds. It just has this weird FPS lag that I can't explain. It happens every second or two that just makes it sticky and occasionally my mouse jitters for 2 seconds and then releases as if my cursor is crawling through glue. I'm no technician but I believe that's a RAM issue.
Anyway I would love your help in this as I just want to game and have fun without having this constant lag on top of me all the time.
[B]Thanks![/B]
Please
[QUOTE]So as you can see the processor isn't all that great (at least I don't think) I'm sure it's a [B]built in processor into my motherboard[/B][/QUOTE]
No, it's not.
[QUOTE][IMG]http://www.pcstats.com/articleimages/201206/installAM3HSF_19.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
[I]As for the ram issue, the userbenchmark result says your ram is running at 8GB DIMM [B]667 MHz[/B] and that's not good. It's supposed to run at 1333 MHz, at least according to the specs on that website, so it's running way below the speed it's supposed to, like a CPU (bad example). So theres something probably either wrong with the ram, or with the settings in BIOS pertaining to RAM.[/I]
Apparently normal.
When upgrading, you need to decide which family of CPU to go for, because it's a big decision. For a GPU it isn't nearly as big. Because if you're going to upgrade your CPU, you're most likely going to have to get a new motherboard. And both families (Intel/AMD) have different sockets for CPU's. And if you decide to get a recent enough CPU (like the newer intel processors), you're also going to have to get new ram because they most likely will be ddr4; ddr3 =/= ddr4.
PSU might also need upgrading, but since you haven't given any information on that, hard to say.
As for which is bottlenecking which, run overwatch or any other demanding game in windowed, with task manager for CPU load and GPU-Z or other GPU-info program to monitor the GPU load.
[URL="https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/"]www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/[/URL]
By looking which goes to 100% first (CPU or GPU) in their load % is a fairly good indication which one is bottlenecking which.
Though I would say the CPU and GPU are probably going to be pretty even.
[QUOTE=Neroxen;51424429]As for the ram issue, the userbenchmark result says your ram is running at 8GB DIMM [B]667 MHz[/B] and that's not good. It's supposed to run at 1333 MHz, at least according to the specs on that website, so it's running way below the speed it's supposed to, like a CPU (bad example). So theres something probably either wrong with the ram, or with the settings in BIOS pertaining to RAM.[/QUOTE]
That's normal. 666.5 (rounds up to 667) x 2 is 1333. 1333 is the DDR speed, 666.5 is the actual clock speed.
[QUOTE=helifreak;51424450]That's normal. 666.5 (rounds up to 667) x 2 is 1333. 1333 is the DDR speed, 666.5 is the actual clock speed.[/QUOTE]
Only reason I found it alarming was because when I did my computer on it, It had the DDR speed there, 2133 MHz.
But yeah, after a quick google, this is correct.
The first place you must start with is your budget.
Nothing in your machine is particularly good, but I'd personally wait a couple of months until Intel and AMD's new processors come out, and start there
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