Hi folks,
I've had my current system for a hair over three years now, and I'm finding that it's below where I want it to be (a combination of my original budget and 'time passing'). It's been a long time since I was anything close to up to speed on the intricacies of systems, and, now that I'm looking to make some upgrades, I want to make sure I'm directing my attention to the most impactful areas.
Here's what I'm running with right now:
AMD FX-6350 Six Core CPU (4.2/3.9GHZ - 8MB CACHE/AM3+)
ASUS® M5A99X Evo R2.0
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2x4)
Two 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 770
Corsair CP-9020056-UK RM Series RM850
Adding the second GPU really didn't pan out the way I wanted it, because I seem to get poor or no SLI support where it counts.
So, my questions for those here:
What gaming performance should I be expecting from this setup right now (if it's way out of whack with that, it's probably an artifact of user incompetence while changing components)? And, if I want to actually update this to be more competent, what recommendations would you give? I play games of all ages and types, including current titles such as Hitman and Dishonored 2, which are both also examples of games where I'm seeing very low graphical performance.
Thanks in advance -- I really appreciate the chance to benefit from your knowledge. If I haven't included any pertinent details or if I've been unclear on anything, please just let me know.
Many thanks,
George
edit: Made it explicitly clear that this is a gaming system.
I've had my current system for a hair over three years now, and I'm finding that it's below where I want it to be (a combination of my original budget and 'time passing'). It's been a long time since I was anything close to up to speed on the intricacies of systems, and, now that I'm looking to make some upgrades, I want to make sure I'm directing my attention to the most impactful areas.
Here's what I'm running with right now:
AMD FX-6350 Six Core CPU (4.2/3.9GHZ - 8MB CACHE/AM3+)
ASUS® M5A99X Evo R2.0
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2x4)
Two 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 770
Corsair CP-9020056-UK RM Series RM850
Adding the second GPU really didn't pan out the way I wanted it, because I seem to get poor or no SLI support where it counts.
So, my questions for those here:
What gaming performance should I be expecting from this setup right now (if it's way out of whack with that, it's probably an artifact of user incompetence while changing components)? And, if I want to actually update this to be more competent, what recommendations would you give? I play games of all ages and types, including current titles such as Hitman and Dishonored 2, which are both also examples of games where I'm seeing very low graphical performance.
Thanks in advance -- I really appreciate the chance to benefit from your knowledge. If I haven't included any pertinent details or if I've been unclear on anything, please just let me know.
Many thanks,
George
edit: Made it explicitly clear that this is a gaming system.