What hardware is the bottleneck/s of my system?

gamelovers11223 · Dec 16, 2015

Hello everyone. I just upgraded my platform to Skylake. I would like to ask whether any of my components are a bottleneck that hampers performance. Computer is used for the usual everyday stuff plus gaming.
I do plan to OC so i ordered two replacement 120mm fans for an H70 cooler, Noctua fans.

Cpu: Skylake Core i7 6700k
Mobo: MSI Z170A Gaming M5
Cooler: Corsair H70
GPU: ASUS Strix GTX970
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x8gb DDR4
SSD: Kingston V300 240gb
HDD: Toshiba 3TB 7200rmp
PSU: OCZ 1000w gold
Case: Cooler Master HAF-X
Drives: HP and ASUS dvd burners.

Mac070 · Dec 16, 2015

Are you kidding me ? Bottleneck in that system ??? Nope is my straight answer .

sizzling · Dec 16, 2015

Your gaming performance will be dictated by your gpu. The rest of the system could handle any 2 way sli setup of you wanted.

jejemon1012 · Dec 16, 2015

There's no way any of those components will bottleneck your system. If there is, probably a virus or something.

ComputerSecurityGuy · Dec 16, 2015

If anything is a bottleneck it is your GPU. But it is nowhere near bad enough for me to recommend an upgrade before Pascal or Arctic Islands. You would gain little from an upgrade now.

Anarkie13 · Dec 16, 2015

No bottlenecks I can see, great looking build. A bit overkill on the PSU Wattage. I'd replace that with a Seasonic 750+ watt/

I'm running almost a twin build and it's a true beast on gaming.

sizzling · Dec 16, 2015

I'm trying to avoid the word bottleneck as every system has a bottleneck. The limiting factor (or bottleneck if you must) is the gpu.

avarice · Dec 16, 2015

sizzling :

You are 110% correct - that word in this context is like nails on a chalkboard to me. The HDD is slower than the SSD - that's a bottleneck. They are both slower than the bandwidth of the memory - so the bus speed is a bottle neck....it goes on and on. We will have system limitations as long as we have systems.

I know what these people are wanting to know - but it's like asking if a car will get me from here to there and asking if the engine or the transmission is a limiting factor to your ability to get there (not how fast, but how reliable).

What this person is really wanting to know is if he will get good utilization and good performance while running games and performing work. The fundamental answer is yes - it looks good and you should not want for more.

gamelovers11223 · Dec 16, 2015

Thanks for your responses. I will leave it just like it is.
I chose this PSU because I keep it for as long as I can. It's about 6 years old and running strong.
My philosophy is: buy it once, buy it right.
I hope to keep it for the next 6 years.

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