My PC specs are as follows
CPU = Core i7-920 Quad 2.67GHz (Not OC, stock cooler)
GPU = Radeon R9 280X Gigabyte 3GB OC Edition
RAM = 12 GB DDR3 1600MHz
PSU = SeaSonic M12 SS-700HM 700W Modular PSU
Motherboard = Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
I'm new to the PC gaming scene. The system was prebuilt, the original GPU was a HD7870, i upgraded it recently to a R9 280X.
Is my CPU a Bottleneck?
I've seen gameplay videos of Tomb Raider where the FPS is over 40. I've finished the game, but i got FPS as low as 30 fps around mountain village, and the shipwreck beach area. The settings were on games stock Ultra mode.
All drivers are up to date. The GPU is on the latest beta build.
Can anyone find anything wrong with my PC build or is this normal for these sort of specs.
And while gaming, the CPU's temps go up to around 80-90 C while it stays around 60C on idle. Is this normal, i've recently cleaned the CPU cooler and applied fresh thermal paste. I've re seated the cooler firmly.
Should any component be upgraded, eg- CPU, HD?
Detailed responses would be highly appreciated. Thank you.
EDIT: HDD are regular Hard drives, one 1TB and 2 500Gb on RAID. I know what RAID does but not sure which mode it's on, i'm pretty much a noob when it comes to these technical stuff . So in my PC it comes up as two 1 TB hard drives. Windows 8.1 is installed on the HD's on RAID.
CPU = Core i7-920 Quad 2.67GHz (Not OC, stock cooler)
GPU = Radeon R9 280X Gigabyte 3GB OC Edition
RAM = 12 GB DDR3 1600MHz
PSU = SeaSonic M12 SS-700HM 700W Modular PSU
Motherboard = Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
I'm new to the PC gaming scene. The system was prebuilt, the original GPU was a HD7870, i upgraded it recently to a R9 280X.
Is my CPU a Bottleneck?
I've seen gameplay videos of Tomb Raider where the FPS is over 40. I've finished the game, but i got FPS as low as 30 fps around mountain village, and the shipwreck beach area. The settings were on games stock Ultra mode.
All drivers are up to date. The GPU is on the latest beta build.
Can anyone find anything wrong with my PC build or is this normal for these sort of specs.
And while gaming, the CPU's temps go up to around 80-90 C while it stays around 60C on idle. Is this normal, i've recently cleaned the CPU cooler and applied fresh thermal paste. I've re seated the cooler firmly.
Should any component be upgraded, eg- CPU, HD?
Detailed responses would be highly appreciated. Thank you.
EDIT: HDD are regular Hard drives, one 1TB and 2 500Gb on RAID. I know what RAID does but not sure which mode it's on, i'm pretty much a noob when it comes to these technical stuff . So in my PC it comes up as two 1 TB hard drives. Windows 8.1 is installed on the HD's on RAID.