I have a few questions on my computer build.
Lately I have been focused on learning how to repair computers and diagnose problems with them, rather than keeping up with all the new hardware and such.
My first question is, are there any bottlenecks in my setup?
Specs:
CPU - AMD Phenom II X3 720 OC'ed to 3.4ghz
Cooling - SpinQ
RAM - 2x2gb Wintec DDR2 @ 400Mhz (5-5-5-15)
Motherboard - ECS8200A
Video cards - Onboard 256mb GeForce 8200 in hybrid SLI with 896mb GTX 260 with mild OC
HDs - Windows is on a WD800jb drive, have a HD103SJ as storage as well as a SP4002H for storage
Right now, I am fairly pleased with this setup. I don't have any problems running Crysis 2 on max settings.
In the future when it does get older, is there room for upgrading, or would I be better off just building a new machine?
[QUOTE=FordLord;30851956]I have a few questions on my computer build.
Lately I have been focused on learning how to repair computers and diagnose problems with them, rather than keeping up with all the new hardware and such.
My first question is, are there any bottlenecks in my setup?
Specs:
CPU - AMD Phenom II X3 720 OC'ed to 3.4ghz
Cooling - SpinQ
RAM - 2x2gb Wintec DDR2 @ 400Mhz (5-5-5-15)
Motherboard - ECS8200A
Video cards - Onboard 256mb GeForce 8200 in hybrid SLI with 896mb GTX 260 with mild OC
HDs - Windows is on a WD800jb drive, have a HD103SJ as storage as well as a SP4002H for storage
Right now, I am fairly pleased with this setup. I don't have any problems running Crysis 2 on max settings.
In the future when it does get older, is there room for upgrading, or would I be better off just building a new machine?[/QUOTE]
oh god hybrid sli
You'd be better off building somthing new for ddr3 and a gpu which doesn't run on the tormented souls of children and kitten tears.
Though when you upgrade is up to you, but when you do, you should get somthing new.
[QUOTE=BrainDeath;30852589]oh god hybrid sli
You'd be better off building somthing new for ddr3 and a gpu which doesn't run on the tormented souls of children and kitten tears.
Though when you upgrade is up to you, but when you do, you should get somthing new.[/QUOTE]
Would I be better off disabling the hybrid SLI?
Right now it performs good enough for me, but I am looking for advice on what I should do when it isn't good enough (like whether I should keep my processor and get everything else new, whether it would be worth getting a new harddrive, etc)
you should ask that when you will need that power not now, no one can predict when will you need more power, or when will more power-hungry games come out on the market
[QUOTE=FordLord;30854469]Would I be better off disabling the hybrid SLI?
Right now it performs good enough for me, but I am looking for advice on what I should do when it isn't good enough (like whether I should keep my processor and get everything else new, whether it would be worth getting a new harddrive, etc)[/QUOTE]
I would try disabling it and see if stuff runs better.
I'm pretty sure that the second card will slow down the first if it's not within a margin of performance. If you paired, say, a GTX 260 with a 580 it would bring the 580 down.
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