Possible Bottleneck?

[Uphorics]

Hey guys,

 

My friend built his computer a while back and is planning on replacing some parts.

 

Intel Core i3 2100 

8GB DDR3 @1600 mhz

MSI Geforce GTX 560

500GB Hard Drive @7200 RPM

Corsair CX600 PSU

 

Any bottlenecks? I'm thinking that the processor just isn't powerful enough or the hard drive isn't large enough. Any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance!

[dragoon20005]

upgrade the GPU first

 

you can add a SSD

[megaant4]

Yeah I agree, the CPU is probably one of the biggest bottlenecks, also the HDD, probably could go for an SSD

[AlwaysFSX]

Yeah I agree, the CPU is probably one of the biggest bottlenecks, also the HDD, probably could go for an SSD

Lol, no it's not. The 560 is the slowest thing in that system aside from the hard drive.

[megaant4]

Start with the storage, then CPU and finally finish off with the GPU.

[megaant4]

Lol, no it's not. The 560 is the slowest thing in that system aside from the hard drive.

 I'm not saying the CPU is the slowest, but if you upgrade the GPU first, then it will become a bottleneck...

[AlwaysFSX]

 I'm not saying the CPU is the slowest, but if you upgrade the GPU first, then it will become a bottleneck...

You can throw a Titan Black in there and you're only going to lose maybe 3-4 frames in games compared to an i5 or i7. It's not as much as a bottleneck as you'd think.

[megaant4]

You can throw a Titan Black in there and you're only going to lose maybe 3-4 frames in games compared to an i5 or i7. It's not as much as a bottleneck as you'd think.

It might not bottleneck games with a GTX 560 so much.. But only having two cores will limit the performance of applications and games. Also today's games are starting to utilize more cores. 

[CowsGoRoar]

GTX 760 is your max, or 670. I wouldn't go higher. Hard drive is absolutely fine. I don't understand how a 500 GB 7200 RPM is slow.

[Enderman]

You can throw a Titan Black in there and you're only going to lose maybe 3-4 frames in games compared to an i5 or i7. It's not as much as a bottleneck as you'd think.

Lol you lose way more than 3-4 frames with an i3. It is a pretty bad bottleneck...

[megaant4]

The hard drive isn't slow, but getting a bigger SSD for the OS and applications would help.

[JoshM]

Get a better gpu (don't worry about bottlenecks right now as it will still be better performance than you currently have), then get an SSD and look at a new CPU. 

[AlwaysFSX]

Lol you lose way more than 3-4 frames with an i3. It is a pretty bad bottleneck...

That's funny because you really don't.

 

It might not bottleneck games with a GTX 560 so much.. But only having two cores will limit the performance of applications and games. Also today's games are starting to utilize more cores. 

It's hyper-threaded, that's why you lose a few frames because it's not processing on actual cores.

[megaant4]

It doesn't matter if it is hyper-threaded, it only has four threads in total.. Still going to impact gaming and applications that use more cores. For example video editing.. 

[Enderman]

That's funny because you really don't.

 

It's hyper-threaded, that's why you lose a few frames because it's not processing on actual cores.

15 doesn't seem like a little. Especially when you consider that this is the 3550 not the 3570k.