Hi All,
I am wanting to upgrade my computer but entirely sure what components i should change.
Main components are (excluding storage):
Phantom 410 Case
Asus P8Z68-V Pro Motherboard
Sapphire 7970 Vapor GFX Card
Artic Cooler 13 Heatsink
Corsair XMS3 2000Mhz Memory 8GB
Sandybridge i7 2600k CPU
Asus Xonar Essence STX Sounds Card
Samsung BR RW
Running all default fans.
Im thinking the memory is probably the bottle neck?, im getting quite poor performance from my CPU aswell at the moment. I am unable to overclock past about 3.8ghz, due to temperature getting too high. I use to run at 4.5ghz but i believe the GFX card is restricting some of the airflow. Originally i was going to replace all the default fans with some better ones. I then decided i was going to do some watercooling but was discouraged from doing so. Now i am thinking about getting the Antec Kúhler H2O 920 with a better fan.
Help is appreciated
I am wanting to upgrade my computer but entirely sure what components i should change.
Main components are (excluding storage):
Phantom 410 Case
Asus P8Z68-V Pro Motherboard
Sapphire 7970 Vapor GFX Card
Artic Cooler 13 Heatsink
Corsair XMS3 2000Mhz Memory 8GB
Sandybridge i7 2600k CPU
Asus Xonar Essence STX Sounds Card
Samsung BR RW
Running all default fans.
Im thinking the memory is probably the bottle neck?, im getting quite poor performance from my CPU aswell at the moment. I am unable to overclock past about 3.8ghz, due to temperature getting too high. I use to run at 4.5ghz but i believe the GFX card is restricting some of the airflow. Originally i was going to replace all the default fans with some better ones. I then decided i was going to do some watercooling but was discouraged from doing so. Now i am thinking about getting the Antec Kúhler H2O 920 with a better fan.
Help is appreciated