System bottleneck

Daphatboy · 1 May 2011 at 12:07

Hey guys, I have had my pc for a couple of years now and I just wanted to know what I should upgrade to improve it, and whats the biggest limiting factor on my pc.

Specs;
AMD Phenom X4 9550 2.2Ghz
4GB Hyundai Electronics PC2-5300 (333 MHz) RAM
Acer RS780HVF Mobo
1GB ATI Radeon HD 5750
625GB Western Digital HDD
400W PSU

I will probably buy a new PSU soon

Also if someone could give me a quick tutorial to OCing my proccessor/graphics card id appreciate it

Daphatboy · 1 May 2011 at 12:41

Mostly general use, but I do game on it quite a lot

PSU - FSP FSP400-60THA - http://www.e-techalltv.com/direct/i...duct_info&cPath=5_62_10_485&products_id=17983

Daphatboy · 1 May 2011 at 15:18

how much hastle would it be to get a new motherboard?

Daphatboy · 1 May 2011 at 15:37

hmmmm, well i kind of wanted new ram anyway :L

anyone have any suggestions for both DDR2 and DDR3 boards?

Daphatboy · 1 May 2011 at 16:23

1680*1050

Daphatboy · 1 May 2011 at 22:00

what do you guys think of these;

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 BE "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - £99.98
Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 microATX MB - £80.99
Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit - £71.99
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply - £42.98

Daphatboy · 1 May 2011 at 22:12

well i already have an arctic freezer pro rev 2 on my 9550 atm

Daphatboy · 1 May 2011 at 22:20

yeh it covers two ram slots on my correct mobo, so I had to move my ram over

, would it matter if i had to trim down a few fins?