A difficult Decision

[The Communist Alien]

So I have a tough decision to make. My Current P.C is running on a i7 2600, but im running on a stock rig (except for the GPU and PSU). But the Shitty Intel Motherboard seems to be bottle-necking my Cpu, because my Device manger says its running at 2.6 Ghz but a i7 2600 is supposed to run at 3.4 ghz. So I need to decide whether I should buy a New motherboard so the i7 can run at its full potential or Should I just get a  new CPU? Thoughts?

[killer5247]

obviously get a new mobo cpu cooler and psu thats what you want and can i get your full specs plz i love to see old pc specs

[The Communist Alien]

Just now, killer5247 said:

obviously get a new mobo cpu cooler and psu thats what you want and can i get your full specs plz i love to see old pc specs

I already Got a new PSU the stock PSU is in the trash. Ill send you the link to my PC build on PC partpicker 
and thanks for the Advice. 

 

Link: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/c3tgXL 

[Guest]

Device Manager does not report real clock speed, it is used to retreive name of the product. 

 

Low clock speed isn't a bottleneck. Bottleneck in layman's term is when CPU can't handle the GPU. 

 

 

[The Communist Alien]

2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Device Manager does not report real clock speed, it is used to retreive name of the product. 

 

Low clock speed isn't a bottleneck. Bottleneck in layman's term is when CPU can't handle the GPU. 

 

 

How do I find out my true clock Speed?

[19_blackie_73]

2 minutes ago, The Communist Alien said:

How do I find out my true clock Speed?

for example cpu-Z, hw monitor, etc...

be sure to have load on the cpu to see the right speeds while working

[Guest]

Just now, The Communist Alien said:

How do I find out my true clock Speed?

Use a program like CPU Z, Hwinfo, Coretemp. Windoes has built in Performance Monitor but might take you a while to figure how to display it and the PerfMon also isn't really accurate/real time. 

 

Or simpler just look at Task Manager for clock speed, but it is nit always accurate as with all Windows programs so use the programs I first mentioned for accyrate measurements. 

 

Also clock speeds varies by usage. CPU might not necessarily run at 3.4 Ghz. It will run at lower clock when using less demanding programs. 

[The Communist Alien]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

Use a program like CPU Z, Hwinfo, Coretemp. Windoes has built in Performance Monitor but might take you a while to figure how to display it and the PerfMon also isn't really accurate/real time. 

 

Or simpler just look at Task Manager for clock speed, but it is nit always accurate as with all Windows programs so use the programs I first mentioned for accyrate measurements. 

 

Also clock speeds varies by usage. CPU might not necessarily run at 3.4 Ghz. It will run at lower clock when using less demanding programs. 

that would explain a lot because I checked device manager when nothing was running. So ill probably be fine now that I think of it. 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, The Communist Alien said:

that would explain a lot because I checked device manager when nothing was running. So ill probably be fine now that I think of it. 

I am curious though how did you get clock speed in Dev. Manager. Can you upload a screenshot? 

[The Communist Alien]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

I am curious though how did you get clock speed in Dev. Manager. Can you upload a screenshot? 

Not currently because I am at school using a Chromebook :(. But ill try to remember to upload a screen shot later tonight.  
Its 12:52 Easter Time where I am so ill upload one between 4 and 7 pm eastern time. 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, The Communist Alien said:

Its 12:52 Easter Time

easter is long gone lol

[The Communist Alien]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

easter is long gone lol

EASTERN******* got fucking damnit i can't speak english. 

[Mitko_DSV]

@The Communist Alien Did you check it like this? It's in Bulgarian but you get the idea.

17 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

I am curious though how did you get clock speed in Dev. Manager. Can you upload a screenshot? 

 

[Guest]

32 minutes ago, dsv1999 said:

@The Communist Alien Did you check it like this? It's in Bulgarian but you get the idea.

 

yeah but it should show base clock (eg 3.0ghz like yours) not random 2.6 out of nowhere because i7 2600 base freq is 3. 4 w/ turbo at 3.8