Do I have a bottle neck somewhere?

Greenlizard0 · 14 Sep 2006 at 16:34

I have upgraded my system recently but I am reusing a lot of old components. Are there are any areas that immediately strike you as holding the system back?

CP-170-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ 2.40GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-170-AM)

MB-147-AS Asus M2N-E (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-147-AS)

1 x OCZ-G542GX OCZ 2GB Kit (2x1GB) 240Pin PC2-5400 667MHz Dual Channel Gold GX XTC

GX-080-XF XFX GeForce 7600 GS 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT73P-UDL3) (GX-080-XF)

SC-032-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition - Retail (SC-032-CL)

36.7GB Raptor, I can't remember the model number - but it's not the one that OCUK sell; I have its predacessor (sp

).

HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)

CA-023-EN Enermax Noisetaker 535W EG565AX-VE(W) SFMA ATX2.0 SLI Compliant PSU (CA-023-EN)

5 year old CDRW drive and DVD Rom drive both by Liteon.

Floppy Drive and case about 8 years old lol.

mattbill · 14 Sep 2006 at 16:37

that looks cooshy to me, also depends on what you are using it for...

gaming? general stuff lol?

Nami · 14 Sep 2006 at 16:37

Seems like a well rounded system. Are you experiencing any problems that have prompted you to ask this question? If so, what are the issues you have?

If it's low FPS in games then I can only imagine that the 7600GS isn't up to your expectations. Nothing else really stands out in that spec list as likely to cause any bottlenecks

Greenlizard0 · 14 Sep 2006 at 16:41

There aren't any problems with it at the moment, it's just that I've been thinking recently about it that's all.

I use it for everything, except for playing demanding games, which is why I opted for a cheap graphics card.

One thing that did get me thinking was the hard drive that windows in installed on. I.e. the Raptor - are these old ones that much worse than the newer larger cached ones that are on the OcUK pages?