What is the bottleneck of my system?

levilucas

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I was reading recently that perhaps my motherboard could be bottlenecking my system as a whole. As my graphics card is in a PCI-E 2.0 slot instead of a 3.0 slot. Additionally, I am wondering if my cpu is getting enough power. Though I've looked up the ratings for power consumption, I've found a number of mixed opinions. Finally, my motherboard has "Dual Channel Memory Architecture" does that mean that I need to have 2 sticks of RAM in it to fully utilize my hardware?

MB: ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS
CPU: FX-8350
GPU: R9 270x 2GB
PSU: 660W
RAM: 1 x 8GB stick

 
Solution
"RAM: 1 x 8GB stick" = is a single Channel setup... so yes you need two RAM modules to enable dual channel. This to me looks like the main cause. RAM feeds the CPU with data so depending on how efficiently it does it, the CPU can perform.

Add a second 8GB RAM module of the same make, model, speed and timing... get the same RAM part number or as close to it as possible.

1. So yes RAM setup is one of the causes...
2. Second is the motherboard. But dual data RAM should give it a boost
3. The CPU can only perform as good as other components allow it to.
"RAM: 1 x 8GB stick" = is a single Channel setup... so yes you need two RAM modules to enable dual channel. This to me looks like the main cause. RAM feeds the CPU with data so depending on how efficiently it does it, the CPU can perform.

Add a second 8GB RAM module of the same make, model, speed and timing... get the same RAM part number or as close to it as possible.

1. So yes RAM setup is one of the causes...
2. Second is the motherboard. But dual data RAM should give it a boost
3. The CPU can only perform as good as other components allow it to.
 
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