Update to solve bottleneck... Which way to go?

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Patricio Marino

Patricio Marino

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Hi all,
I recently ran some tests to prove the performance of my current PC, and as it turns out, it appears to be a huge bottleneck between my current processor and the GPU... and I'm guessing, that the hard drives are also a factor here, as I don't have any SSD, or a RAID setup...

So, the question here is, what do I update from my system? The CPU or the Hard Drives to a RAID?
I've set my eyes on the Phenom II x4 965 BE, and I truly believe it would give my system a big boost, but would it be as big as having a RAID?

By the way, I use my PC mostly for Gaming, of course...

Current system:

Motherboard:
MSI 770-C45

Processor:
AMD Athlon II x4 620

Graphics Card:
AMD Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 Vapor-X OC 1GB GDDR5

Memory:
2x OCZ Black DDR3 2GB 1600 MHz (OCZ3SOE1600LV2G)
1x OCZ Gold DDR3 2GB 1600 MHz (OCZ3G1600LV2G)

HDD:
Seagate Barracuda, 1TB, 7200 RPM, 64MB Cache, SATA 6.0Gb/s, (ST1000DM003)
Western Digital Caviar Blue, 500GB, 7200 RPM, 16MB Cache, SATA 6.0Gb/s, (WDC WD5000AAKS-00V1A0)
Western Digital Caviar, 200GB, 7200 RPM, 8MB Cache, SATA 3.0Gb/s, (WDC WD2000JS-22MHB0)

PSU:
Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 600W


Thanks in advance!
 
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Flying-Q
Upgrading the CPU from the Athlon 620 to the Phenom II 965BE will give you a very nice boost for not a lot of money.

I notice you have mis-matched memory. It is clear that your memory channels are unevenly populated, forcing the memory controller to operate in single-channel mode rather than the higher bandwidth dual-channel mode. If you were to get a 4th module matching the odd one ( OCZ Gold) and install the modules in pairs as per the motherboard installation guide you would restore dual channel operation, and consequently gain bandwidth.
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Upgrading the CPU from the Athlon 620 to the Phenom II 965BE will give you a very nice boost for not a lot of money.

I notice you have mis-matched memory. It is clear that your memory channels are unevenly populated, forcing the memory controller to operate in single-channel mode rather than the higher bandwidth dual-channel mode. If you were to get a 4th module matching the odd one ( OCZ Gold) and install the modules in pairs as per the motherboard installation guide you would restore dual channel operation, and consequently gain bandwidth.
 
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Patricio Marino

Patricio Marino

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Hi, thanks to both of you, bigcyco1 and Flying-Q for your quick answers...
I suppossed that you would say that, but needed some confirmation...

Regarding the memory, I've been searching for the same model, but I could not find them anywhere... But thanks again!
 
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