I recently purchased a new rig from overclockers with the following after being recommended the components on here
i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge)
Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MotherboardTeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Thermalright True Spirit 140 CPU Cooler
The rig is great overall but my friend popped round recently and wanted to see Battlefield 3 in all its glory so thinking my PC was pretty high spec'd i ran it whacking everything upto full and if im quite honest was quite shocked at how badly it ran and what annoyed me even more was him telling me it ran perfectly on his mates i5 PC who had a Geforce 540 graphics card or something.
So my questions are this:
a) Should a computer of this spec be struggling with a game like Bf3, i know its hungry but i would have thought my rig was more than powerful enough ?
b) What are the cheapest ways to improve performance outside overclocking my rig, i have tried using Virtu MVP which does make quite a lot of difference, is one of my components dragging my computer down or perhaps bottlenecking my machine ?
c) Whenever i try to overclock my machine to ANYTHING OVER what its meant to be (including its built in overclocking software) my machine starts to become unstable, is this due to a component, should i maybe consider replacing my HSF or internal fans on my computer ? preferably as quiet as possible.
d) Can anyone with a similar Mobo and CPU or someone who knows tell me what speeds i could expect to overclock my machine so its stable and perhaps tell me the individual settings you used.
e) One last question is: i plan on getting another 7850 card at some point, firstly will my PSU handle it and secondly do i have to buy an identical card, does it have to be a 2gb one ? or does it just need to be a 7850 by the same manufacturer or can i buy ANY 7000 series radeon card ?
Sorry for all the questions i would appreciate as detailed answers to these questions as possible, thanks
i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge)
Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MotherboardTeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Thermalright True Spirit 140 CPU Cooler
The rig is great overall but my friend popped round recently and wanted to see Battlefield 3 in all its glory so thinking my PC was pretty high spec'd i ran it whacking everything upto full and if im quite honest was quite shocked at how badly it ran and what annoyed me even more was him telling me it ran perfectly on his mates i5 PC who had a Geforce 540 graphics card or something.
So my questions are this:
a) Should a computer of this spec be struggling with a game like Bf3, i know its hungry but i would have thought my rig was more than powerful enough ?
b) What are the cheapest ways to improve performance outside overclocking my rig, i have tried using Virtu MVP which does make quite a lot of difference, is one of my components dragging my computer down or perhaps bottlenecking my machine ?
c) Whenever i try to overclock my machine to ANYTHING OVER what its meant to be (including its built in overclocking software) my machine starts to become unstable, is this due to a component, should i maybe consider replacing my HSF or internal fans on my computer ? preferably as quiet as possible.
d) Can anyone with a similar Mobo and CPU or someone who knows tell me what speeds i could expect to overclock my machine so its stable and perhaps tell me the individual settings you used.
e) One last question is: i plan on getting another 7850 card at some point, firstly will my PSU handle it and secondly do i have to buy an identical card, does it have to be a 2gb one ? or does it just need to be a 7850 by the same manufacturer or can i buy ANY 7000 series radeon card ?
Sorry for all the questions i would appreciate as detailed answers to these questions as possible, thanks