Sacramant

Thanks guys! I was thinking the same (regarding software issues) so I did a full reformat and windows 10 install a week ago, and unfortunately I was still having poor framerate in raid If anyone has any suggestions regarding software that may be limiting my computer's performance I would love to hear about them! PS I do have my OS on a Samsung EVO SSD and all of my games are also on an assortment of SSDs

Hey guys, first post here on the LTT forums so please don't heckle if I mess up the formatting/general rules of posting. So here goes, I am looking to determine where my bottleneck lies in my aging gaming rig which I typically just use for World of Warcraft. The reason I am looking to upgrade is that my framerate in raid situations dips extremely low even when on extremely low settings (which tbh shouldn't be happening). I have done some basic overclocking to try and squeeze some more performance out of both GPU/CPU but I am uncertain which of the two is my bottleneck as I've been told that WoW is much more CPU dependent than it is GPU. ANY advice on either system optimization or which component I would see the greatest performance upgrade with would be GREATLY appreciated! The budget for upgrades is $1600-2000 CAD, but I would obviously prefer to keep some components if it isn't going to be a substantial gain over existing hardware. I will link the full DxDiag as well but here is a component highlight. System Specs: Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 17763) (17763.rs5_release.180914-1434) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: ASUS System Model: All Series BIOS: BIOS Date: 03/06/17 21:24:04 Ver: 23.02 (type: BIOS) Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.5GHz Memory: 32768MB RAM Available OS Memory: 32704MB RAM DirectX Version: DirectX 12 Display Devices --------------- Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Manufacturer: NVIDIA (MSI) Chip type: GeForce GTX 980 DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Display Memory: 20405 MB Dedicated Memory: 4053 MB Shared Memory: 16351 MB Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (120Hz) I have done some overclocking of both the CPU and GPU, currently the CPU is up to 4.4GHz, and the GPU has a 150MHz clock boost and 550MHz mem clock boost. (GPU-Z SS is attached) DxDiag.txt