wheres my bottleneck?

smogsy · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:03

Just wondering now ive upgraded my Graphics Card where my bottleneck is.

CPU: i7 940 2.9ghz
MOBO: ASUS OC Palm
RAM: 3x 2GB DDR3 1333mhz (G.Skill)
GFX: GTX570 by Zotac
HDD 1: WD 300GB Raptor 10,000rpm (OS 250gb Free)
HDD 2: WD Cavair 640GB (used 256gb)
PSU: 1000w Cosair (used to have sli)
Audio: ASUS Xonar (which i think is rubbish now use onboard, mic issues)
CASE: Coolmaster Cosmo S
Software: Win7 HP

im thinking HDD? i dont want SSD yet next build i will though

koooowweeee · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:06

what makes you think you have one? i cant see a reason why you would have any with that set up.

if you get a ssd yes you will load windows faster and programs but will not encode or play games any better

i would buy a new cooler and clock that cpu to 4ghz. bit of a wast at 2.9

Number_25 · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:07

Seems a well balanced system to me.

jakejacob0 · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:08

ran slightly slower but not a huge difference and yea just an SSD will have it running that bit faster on loading up

jakejacob0 · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:09

Jokester · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:10

Yeah only thing I would say is to overclock your CPU should do 4GHz+ with ease.

smogsy · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:10

koooowweeee said:
what makes you think you have one? i cant see a reason why you would have any with that set up.

if you get a ssd yes you will load windows faster and programs but will not encode or play games any better

i would buy a new cooler and clock that cpu to 4ghz. bit of a wast at 2.9

btw i got a nortuca cooler on there

i bought this from OCUK about 2 years ago it was running at 3.6 but failed after 1 month (related to ram dropping i think as bios changed ram speed) so set up defaults it was jan 2009

Mario · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:11

well, it looks like it exactly hdd

and why you dont want ssd now? it will improve your system dramatically, get 1 now, there was crucial 64gb for about ~90, have 1 myself, brilliant ssd, or new intel's 510, but they pricey atm

koooowweeee · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:14

Mario said:
well, it looks like it exactly hdd
and why you dont want ssd now? it will improve your system dramatically, get 1 now, there was crucial 64gb for about ~90, have 1 myself, brilliant ssd, or new intel's 510, but they pricey atm

ssd will not make a dramatic improvement. i will make one but that raptor is a good hhd

i would rather spend money on better ram. or another gpu

Cookeh · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:38

If ram was dropping, get new ram and overclock cpu. Simples.

But no, you have no bottleneck, no personally I don't see the point in an SSD - especially at price point!

Jokester · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:40

You won't notice any difference upgrading your RAM to be honest, unless you use more than 6GB on occasion.

Cookeh · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:43

Jokester said:
You won't notice any difference upgrading your RAM to be honest, unless you use more than 6GB on occasion.

I meant to faster speeds so more overclocking headroom / can run it native speeds and settings

Jokester · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:46

You won't be able to tell the difference outwith RAM benchmarks with faster RAM, and it won't hold him back with overclocking his CPU.

Cookeh · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:55

Jokester said:
You won't be able to tell the difference outwith RAM benchmarks with faster RAM, and it won't hold him back with overclocking his CPU.

smogsy said:
btw i got a nortuca cooler on there i bought this from OCUK about 2 years ago it was running at 3.6 but failed after 1 month (related to ram dropping i think as bios changed ram speed) so set up defaults it was jan 2009

Jokester · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:57

Cookeh said:

Hah, well that's more to do with his overclocking ability than the actual RAM holding him back.

Cookeh · 2 Mar 2011 at 22:05

Jokester said:
Hah, well that's more to do with his overclocking ability than the actual RAM holding him back.

Surely you mean OcUKs overclocking ability?

RJC · 2 Mar 2011 at 22:08

Jokester does not work for Ocuk, if that what your implying? :eek:

Cookeh · 2 Mar 2011 at 22:14

RJC said:
Jokester does not work for Ocuk, if that what your implying?

I don't know who does and doesn't. At this time I just make the connection between Don and OcUK staff

I shall edit it accordingly.

Jokester · 2 Mar 2011 at 22:15

Indeed I don't, if it was a pre-overclocked bundle then it was faulty if it failed after a month I would say, either way 1333MHz RAM will not limit an i7 overclock.

I found the 16hour commute a bit of a drag so I packed it in.

Cookeh · 2 Mar 2011 at 22:17

Jokester said:
Indeed I don't, if it was a pre-overclocked bundle then it was faulty if it failed after a month I would say, either way 1333MHz RAM will not limit an i7 overclock.

My apologies, and nice ninja edit there.

I wouldn't have thought so either.

However that seems to be what is being implied/stated by OP. I was catering to that point