Is my bottleneck bad?

[z]

Hi, my dad recently gave me a Dell XPS 435T, it had a i7 920 @ 2.67 ghz. So I slapped a GTX 750 TI on there, and its been running well. While when I checked my CPU usage, it was around the 80s-90s in csgo max settings. While playing GTAV on lowest settings on 1080p is at 100% with an average of 48 FPS. I've tried overclocking but I didn't seem to find a single thing about overclocking or changing speed in my BIOS. So I really wanted to know if my bottleneck is really bad, and if so, should I get a new motherboard and maybe a new cpu to overclock? Thanks!

[TUPUCK]

If you ever decide that you want to OC your cpu, coolers shouldnt cost more than 50 bucks depending your currency.

[TUPUCK]

引用自 Quan：

引用自 EZ minus 25 MMR：

No, i actually meant CPU cuz my graphics card is currently fried LOL. I researched that I shouldn't oc over 82C some sites say 90. I'd say below 80C is okay to clock your CPU my friend.

Once, on my old pc my pc would get so hot that my room can literally cook an egg.. (I actually tried it.)

Hahaha, it happens

[z]

引用自 EZ minus 25 MMR：

If you ever decide that you want to OC your cpu, coolers shouldnt cost more than 50 bucks depending your currency.

If im gonna buy a cooler, im gonna buy a used one since im on a tight budget.

[_I_]

get a 212evo
they are cheap and will cool that cpu at stock speeds

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2

any cooler enough for the 120-140w cpu will require you to remove the mobo to install it

but the stock cooler should be fine, id try cleaning it first with an aircompressor or cans of compressed air

[z]

引用自 _I_：

get a 212evo
they are cheap and will cool that cpu at stock speeds

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2

any cooler enough for the 120-140w cpu will require you to remove the mobo to install it

but the stock cooler should be fine, id try cleaning it first with an aircompressor or cans of compressed air

Thanks :D Ill try it out

[TUPUCK]

引用自 Quan：

引用自 EZ minus 25 MMR：

If you ever decide that you want to OC your cpu, coolers shouldnt cost more than 50 bucks depending your currency.

If im gonna buy a cooler, im gonna buy a used one since im on a tight budget.

Also get a thermal paste! super cheap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2MEAnZ3swQ

[z]

引用自 EZ minus 25 MMR：

引用自 Quan：

If im gonna buy a cooler, im gonna buy a used one since im on a tight budget.

Also get a thermal paste! super cheap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2MEAnZ3swQ

I already have some :)

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Get a better CPU Cooler & better GPU
The problem is not that your CPU can't do well overall, but your GPU is lacking.
GTX 750 is simply not good for 1080p gaming; especially for more demanding games like GTAV

You have an OEM pre-build system = means no OC options are in the BIOS, especially on those much older OEM setups. Their Motherboards were made without such options available.

Save up more $, as $200 is not enough for decent enough Motherboard & CPU.
Look at LGA-1150 Motherboard & around i5-4690K; then re-use your existing DDR3 RAM, if you have enough RAM.

[initiaLiSeD]

That CPU is fine for gaming, but it has to be run at 3.2GHz or higher to keep up with current games. I have a system running 3.5GHz and it handles 1080p gaming with a GTX970 without a CPU bottleneck. Drop it back to stock speeds and it can't cope with GTAV any more.

But... your motherboard cannot overclock so your options are to upgrade the CPU to a 960 (4x3.2GHz), 975X (4x3.33GHz), 970 (6x3.2GHz) or 980X (6x3.33GHz) or to replace the motherboard and clock your CPU as high as you can.

If you are upgrading MB & CPU then don't get anything less than a Skylake/DDR4 system.

[upcoast]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSD40aoNRIc&nohtml5=False

You might find that interesting ^.

GTX750ti is definitely holding it back.

[SundownKid]

OC the CPU and it will be fine... the GPU is probably the weak link.

[z]

引用自 Bad-Motha：

Get a better CPU Cooler & better GPU
The problem is not that your CPU can't do well overall, but your GPU is lacking.
GTX 750 is simply not good for 1080p gaming; especially for more demanding games like GTAV

You have an OEM pre-build system = means no OC options are in the BIOS, especially on those much older OEM setups. Their Motherboards were made without such options available.

Save up more $, as $200 is not enough for decent enough Motherboard & CPU.
Look at LGA-1150 Motherboard & around i5-4690K; then re-use your existing DDR3 RAM, if you have enough RAM.

Ive been playing on ATI 4600s for along time.. A 750 is good enough for me.

[z]

引用自 initiaLiSeD：

That CPU is fine for gaming, but it has to be run at 3.2GHz or higher to keep up with current games. I have a system running 3.5GHz and it handles 1080p gaming with a GTX970 without a CPU bottleneck. Drop it back to stock speeds and it can't cope with GTAV any more.

But... your motherboard cannot overclock so your options are to upgrade the CPU to a 960 (4x3.2GHz), 975X (4x3.33GHz), 970 (6x3.2GHz) or 980X (6x3.33GHz) or to replace the motherboard and clock your CPU as high as you can.

If you are upgrading MB & CPU then don't get anything less than a Skylake/DDR4 system.

What do you suggest for a budget mobo and cpu?

[Aliquis Freedom & Ethnopluralism]

Well, it's so bad the processor is limiting you in GTA V, but if it wasn't then it wouldn't be a bottleneck would it?

It's a pretty old processor by now at 7,5 years old, best processor for the motherboard which is an i7 is the 975 Extreme edition.

Xeon W3540, W3550, W3565, W3570, W3580 would be the similar Xeons.
Xeon W3670, W3680 and W3690 are hexacore processors with the same socket.
X5570, W5580, W5590, X5667, X5672, X5677, X5687 and so on were even newer ones on the same socket. I don't know whatver the motherboard will happily accept them.
Newer six-core: X5675, X5680, X5690.

Seem like the X5680 is available on Ebay for $225 with "buy it now", but I don't know if it works!!

Six core 3.33 GHz, I also don't know how good it is, an i5 6500 cost less, it's only quad-core but newer and NEW whereas the Xeon is used. A completely new and modern processor would of course require a different motherboard too.

Someone likely know their things better. The i7 920 is quad-core 2.66 GHz.

[initiaLiSeD]

引用自 Quan：

引用自 initiaLiSeD：

That CPU is fine for gaming, but it has to be run at 3.2GHz or higher to keep up with current games. I have a system running 3.5GHz and it handles 1080p gaming with a GTX970 without a CPU bottleneck. Drop it back to stock speeds and it can't cope with GTAV any more.

But... your motherboard cannot overclock so your options are to upgrade the CPU to a 960 (4x3.2GHz), 975X (4x3.33GHz), 970 (6x3.2GHz) or 980X (6x3.33GHz) or to replace the motherboard and clock your CPU as high as you can.

If you are upgrading MB & CPU then don't get anything less than a Skylake/DDR4 system.

What do you suggest for a budget mobo and cpu?

I would never suggest a 'budget' Motherboard and CPU as a replacement for a last gen high end system.

You can pick up a used i7 960 for £50, that is your 'Budget' option. You can pick up a decent X58 motherboard for £100, but it's an upgrade with a bit of a dead end for the money you'd be putting down as you can get the Z170-A Skylake board for £100, but you'd also need at least £150 for an i5 CPU and another £50 for 8GB DDR4. You could probably make up the difference by selling your board, CPU and RAM as a bundle for around £100 making the cost to change around £200.