Sign in with
Sign up | Sign in
Your question
Solved

Does my PSU and motherboard affect my PC's performance on games?

Tags:
  • Motherboards
  • DVD Drives
  • SATA
  • Games
  • Components
  • Performance
Last response: in Components
Share
July 13, 2014 4:01:53 AM

I am wondering if my PSU and my motherboard are affecting my performance on games? also if there is a bottleneck? The reason I am asking is because sometimes my friend gets better frames than me in certain games such as DayZ Standalone with a GTX 660 (I know the game is not fully optimized , but I should surely be getting more frames than him?) even with my settings on low? My friend gets about 40-50 FPS outside of a town and around 30-40 in a town. I get 25-35 out of a town and 20-30 in a town?

I was told my AMD CPU would bottleneck my GPU, I was also told it wouldn't so I went with the AMD for financial reasons. If they are any requests for more information regarding my PC feel free to ask other than that, thanks in advance for your help!

Motherboard - ASRock 970DE3/U3S3

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007NOWDEM/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC...

Processor - AMD FX 8350 @4.0 Ghz (stock, not OC)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-FX8350-Edition-Processor-4-...

RAM - Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4GB x 2 sticks

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9-Vengea...

Graphics Card - SAPPHIRE TRI-X R9 290 4gb

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11227-03-40G-Radeon-PC...

HDDs - 1 TB SATA 3 x 1 150GB SATA 2

http://www.amazon.co.uk/3-5-inch-Including-Warranty-Fru...

PSU - OCZ ModXstream Pro 600w (the link says 500w but I got the 600w)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001GLFD54/ref=oh_au...

More about : psu motherboard affect performance games

Best solution

a c 369 V Motherboard
July 13, 2014 4:11:40 AM

It's a pretty crappy motherboard. But as long as you don't try overclocking the cpu it should be OK.

The 8350 will not bottleneck the r9 290

If the power supply is a late model (after 2007) it should be OK. You really need 650W for your pc with the r9 290 though. But a Seasonic 620, XFX 650 or Antec HCG 620M would be OK too.
Share
July 13, 2014 4:19:37 AM

i7Baby said:
It's a pretty crappy motherboard. But as long as you don't try overclocking the cpu it should be OK.

The 8350 will not bottleneck the r9 290

If the power supply is a late model (after 2007) it should be OK. You really need 650W for your pc with the r9 290 though. But a Seasonic 620, XFX 650 or Antec HCG 620M would be OK too.


Yh I know it's pretty bad, however before I did an upgrade it was a pretty budget PC. I will upgrade my motherboard soon!
Thanks. However I still dont get why I'm not able to play games as smoothly as my friend?
m
0
l
a c 369 V Motherboard
July 13, 2014 4:49:57 AM

Check if your pc is getting hot. Blow out the case. speed up the fans.
m
0
l
!