My Newly Built Computer is Slower Than It Should Be

deans31390 · Nov 11, 2015

The main game I play is World of Warcraft, and I can only run it with subpar settings at about 40-50fps, and I JUST built this computer from what I thought would be hardware that could handle WoW with ease. I'm just getting into the hardware world, and could use some guidance on whether it's a hardware, software, or user shortcoming.

And, yes, all of my drivers are up to date. I'm currently running Windows 10.

Here are my specs:
-Graphics Card: PowerColor AMD Radeon R9 280X OC 3GB GDDR5 DVI/HDMI/2Mini DisplayPort PCI-Express Graphics Card AXR9 280X 3GBD5-T2DHE/OC
-Processor: AMD FD6300WMHKBOX FX-6300 6-Core Processor Black Edition
-Power Supply: Corsair Builder Series CX 600 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS (CX600)
-Motherboard: ASUS Micro ATX DDR3 2000 AMD AM3+ Motherboard M5A78L-M/USB3
-RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR3 1600 (PC3-12800) 240-Pin UDIMM Memory BLS2KIT4G3D1609DS1S00/BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00
-Hard Drive: WD Blue 1TB Desktop 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 7200rpm Internal Hard Drive

James Mason · Nov 11, 2015

It's your CPU.
WoW is a single core game, it only cares how good your best single core is. AMD has bad single core performance. You need an Intel CPU like an i3.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($120.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2PV DDR3 (rev. 1.0) Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($67.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $188.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-11 14:17 EST-0500

This will give you better performance than the following:
WOW: Settings: Ultra Preset Avg:76 Min:62 Max:96 (with a weaker i3 and weaker GPU)

deans31390 · Nov 11, 2015

That's really interesting - I never knew that! That's very helpful. How do you know that WoW is a single core game? Just curious, not challenging the fact.

Does the motherboard have to be replaced to fit the CPU? And if so, are there other pieces I may need to change with the motherboard, then?

And if the graphics gard is an AMD DDR5, does it matter if my RAM or motherboard is DDR3 or Intel?

James Mason · Nov 11, 2015

deans31390 :

1. just google it.
2. yes, and no.
3. no, video memory (GDDR#) is different from system memory (DDR#). A graphics card is basically a mini-computer on it's own, that only does graphics calculations.

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