bottleneck New PC bottlenecked?

[Colton M]

I just built my first pc after doing tons of research I decided on a set of parts that work together, fit, and give amazing speed ratings on paper, but now when I play Forza horizon 4 or the division 2, I get sudden fps drops, despite the settings being adjusted and running smoothly on max settings most of the time. The parts are listed here. 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i5-7500 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$205.00 @ SuperBiiz
CPU Cooler	be quiet! - Pure Rock Slim 35.14 CFM CPU Cooler	$29.88 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	MSI - B250 PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory	Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	$44.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	MSI - Radeon RX 580 8 GB ARMOR OC Video Card	$169.99 @ Newegg
Case	Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case	$44.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$59.89 @ OutletPC
Wireless Network Adapter	Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter	$35.90 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$630.54
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$590.54
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-03 23:36 EDT-0400

I have a 3 monitor setup but 2 of the monitors that I have are older and do not have hdmi plugs or display port, so I am using a second graphics card (GIGABYTE R7 240 2gb ddr3) that I got from a friend to run the other screens, I don’t game on them, but is there a chance that the second card is causing the problems on my main display?  

[RobFRaschke]

The second card shouldn't cause an issue, but it's always possible it's a software problem with drivers between the two cards, which can get really messy. I'd get some Displayport to VGA or DVI *active* adapters and not have to worry about it

[Fasauceome]

You did tons of research and bought a 7th gen processor? Unless there's an error in your pcpartpicker link.

[LienusLateTips]

Wait, you just built this?

 

I beg you, return it.

 

Software problems when you have two different cards are common. I'd just get adapters to fit the RX 580.

 

It's also probably because of your low thread count CPU.

[Stefan Payne]

57 minutes ago, Colton M said:

I just built my first pc after doing tons of research I decided on a set of parts that work together, fit, and give amazing speed ratings on paper, but now when I play Forza horizon 4 or the division 2, I get sudden fps drops, despite the settings being adjusted and running smoothly on max settings most of the time. The parts are listed here. 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i5-7500 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$205.00 @ SuperBiiz

Obviously with that CPU. Its only a 4 Core/4 Thread CPU...

 

And if possible, pls return at least the Board and CPU, replace that with either a Ryzen 2600 or 2700 or something that's not EOL and can't be upgraded.

 

Otherwise the system is fine. But the CPU is absolute garbage for that price.

 

The two GPU Setup might not be the issue but the CPU...

 

 

[Constantin]

2 hours ago, Colton M said:

but is there a chance that the second card is causing the problems on my main display?  

It may, i would suggest to plug the 3rd screen with an adapter on the main gpu. 

[MEDDERX]

With my personal experience, if you are getting big fps drops randomly its because of the cpu. Vs constant low fps which would 90% of the time be gpu. 

 

Sorta like everyone else I would recommend you get a new cpu and board. I assume you are on a budget so maybe get something like a 6700k, 7700k or 5820k? Or of course ryzen as they do have a pretty damn good price/peformance ratio. 

 

But before you do buy/sell anything have task manager open with the performance tab up while you are gaming and right after you get a big fps drop look at your cpu and gpu performance. That should give you at least a basic Idea of what is going on.