Bottleneck |
Bottleneck |
Aug 1 2010, 02:21 AM
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Man at arms Group: Clan Members Posts: 152 Thank(s): 1 Points: 152 Joined: 28-April 10 Member No.: 4,262 |
Ok here's the deal. I've had my homemade system for about 3.5 years now, so obviously performance isnt exactly top notch any more (though its still a very capable system). Only problem is, I have no idea what the bottleneck component is. That goes beyond my hardware knowledge. So, heres my question. Based on the specs below, whats my bottleneck (as in, which one will give me the biggest improvement per £).
In no particular order: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs) Memory: 3072MB RAM (2x GEIL 1GB, 1x generic cheap 1GB, dont know the model or how to find out without taking them out) OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) GFX: Sparkle NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB (running at 1440x900) Mobo: ASUS M2N32-SLI DELUXE HDD: 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM (one 250GB, one 500GB) Any suggestions? -------------------- |
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Aug 2 2010, 05:33 PM
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Man at arms Group: Clan Members Posts: 152 Thank(s): 1 Points: 152 Joined: 28-April 10 Member No.: 4,262 |
Its fairly clean inside anyway, it doesnt tend to gather all that much dust and I recently installed a new heat-sink and fan which prompted me to clean out what little crap there was. I've never bothered with overclocking, though I may look into it. Im just afraid of slagging my components through impatience.
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