What is holding my system back?

Klanker2 · May 23, 2017

I am looking to upgrade my system, so I was wondering if someone could help me out and tell me what i should upgrade and what I should upgrade it to.

CPU
AMD A6-5400K 71 °C
Trinity 32nm Technology
RAM
12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-10-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. F2A78M-HD2 (P0) 38 °C
Graphics
DELL E2209W (1680x1050@59Hz)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti (Gigabyte) 34 °C
Storage
55GB KINGSTON SV300S37A60G (SSD) 33 °C
55GB KINGSTON SV300S37A60G (SSD) 35 °C
698GB Seagate ST9750423AS (SATA) 35 °C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-H653G

PS. Is 71c a high temp for being at idle?

DSzymborski · May 23, 2017

Well, it depends on what you're trying to do with it. The 750ti is kind of a weak card nowadays, but it's likely your CPU/platform will hold you back the most - there's simply no good upgrade path on that socket. 71 is extremely high for idle. You shouldn't be hitting that at *load*.

Klanker2 · May 23, 2017

DSzymborski :

Is there anything I can do to lower my temps? Maybe my performance issues are caused by thermal throttling?

jpe1701 · May 23, 2017

Yeah that's way too high for idle. You should take the cpu cooler off and clean it and put on new paste, and check your case fans are working. See if that helps.

Klanker2 · May 23, 2017

jpe1701 :

I reapplied thermal paste, my case fans are working. However, I noticed that as soon as I start my pc, It hits 80c. When I disconnect my CPU fan, it steadily drops to about 40c. Whats going on?

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