bottleneck

[t3kneak]

What is the bottle neck in my system? I just got it over a week ago

CASE – Coolermaster CM 690
PSU – Antec Earthwatts 650W
MOBO – Gigabyte MA790X-UD4P
CPU – AMD Phenom X3 720 BE
RAM – G. Skill 4GB DDR2 800
XFX radeon HD 4890 1GB
HDD – WD Caviar Black 640GB 32MB cache
OPTICAL – Samsung SH-S223F 22X DVD Burner

I installed windows xp 32bit on it, then upgraded it to windows vista 32bit black edition by benjamin

 

[Nenu]

The weakest link is the CPU.
If your system runs like crap, it might be a good idea to put a fresh copy of Windows on it or remove the stuff that comes with pre-built systems.
At least make sure all the drivers are up to date.

 

[sirmonkey1985]

just overclock the x3 720 or unlock the 4th core on the 720.. go to the AMD processor section of the forum and all the information will be there about how to unlock the 4th core and what overclocks you could see with that processor.. but overall there really isnt a bottleneck in that system.. all you need to do is get the processor above 3ghz which you can easily do on the stock voltage/cooling..


btw get vista 64bit or windows 7 64bit.. you are wasting 500mb+ of ram by using a 32bit OS..

 

[engiNURD]

just overclock the x3 720 or unlock the 4th core on the 720.. go to the AMD processor section of the forum and all the information will be there about how to unlock the 4th core and what overclocks you could see with that processor.. but overall there really isnt a bottleneck in that system.. all you need to do is get the processor above 3ghz which you can easily do on the stock voltage/cooling..


btw get vista 64bit or windows 7 64bit.. you are wasting 500mb+ of ram by using a 32bit OS..

qft

 

[khanis]

Indeed. There really is no bottleneck, but the CPU is the weakest link.
Unlocking the core with the F5/F5A BIOS and overclocking.. you'll have a nice system.