Question about bottlenecking

John Widner · Jul 27, 2013

First of all I am new here so forgive me if this is in the wrong place.
I would like to know if my system has a bottle neck and if it does can i get some suggestions.

Currently have:
AMD FX 8150 4.0 ghz
8 gigs of Kingston ram
Radion HD 5770 Gpu
Seagate 1Tb 7200 rpm HDD

I would like a SATA 3 motherboard and an SSD to add. But I'm not very sure what are good compatible ones. Do I need more RAM or newer Gpu?

unksol · Jul 27, 2013

All systems have bottlenecks. An SSD does nothing for FPS if you are trying to play games. You have more than enough ram and anymore would be wasted.

You have a 3 generation old medium low end (at the time) card. It needs upgraded if you want to play modern games.

thee_prisoner · Jul 27, 2013

I assume you are gaming but since this is in the HT forum, I'm not sure.

The 5770 is still a decent card but it depends on what games you want to play, what setting and what resolution. Like unksol, said a SSD or more RAM won't help but with a lot of RAM, a RAM disk will blow away any SSD.

The cpu is fine but you might want to do some research before getting a new GPU. To see if there will be any bottlenecks between the cpu and video card. SO for more bang for the buck, a GPU upgrade is always a good route.

link to how your video card compares:http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

Happy gaming, the Prisoner...

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