Performance of my computer

[ElProPio11]

Hi, good people at Linus forum, I have a question for all of you.

 

I bought a GTX 960 SSC Edition last week, but my question is, what is going to be the effect on my system, and is it enough?
​Because, I have that GPU but besides that, my entire Hardware sucks.

 

For information I have this Hardware:

Mobo: MSI H61M- P31 G3 (DDR3)

RAM: 3 GB of RAM

CPU: Intel Celeron G530 @ 2.40 Ghz

​I've seen many improvements on Gaming and stuff, but I want to know how it works, and if only the GPU can handle all... Thanks.

 

[Oberon.Smite]

Define bottleneck

 

That CPU is ridiculously slow.

 

3GB of RAM isn't going to cut it.

 

Is it enough? I doubt you'll be playing games at good FPS, unless you're playing TF2 or minecraft, where you'll still suffer from that CPU and such little RAM. 

[GloriousPain]

if you have improvements on gaming that's about it, but man you could use a new CPU, Mobo, and more ram

[dragoon20005]

i look at ebay for LGA1155 CPUs like the i5 CPU at least

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

Hi, good people at Linus forum, I have a question for all of you.

 

I bought a GTX 960 SSC Edition last week, but my question is, what is going to be the effect on my system, and is it enough?

​Because, I have that GPU but besides that, my entire Hardware sucks.

 

For information I have this Hardware:

Mobo: MSI H61M- P31 G3 (DDR3)

RAM: 3 GB of RAM

CPU: Intel Celeron G530 @ 2.40 Ghz

​I've seen many improvements on Gaming and stuff, but I want to know how it works, and if only the GPU can handle all... Thanks.

your performance on gaming and HD video rendering is probably greatly improved, but you'll see a similar improvement whenever you upgrade your CPU(and therefore probably the motherboard and RAM.

most of what you do is definitely held back by your CPU, considering that is a pretty good, and new GPU

a recommended upgrade for the future would be a haswell I3(or newer equivelant if it's later on). paired with a H87, H97, or B85 would be a great combo.

if you do upgrade, the last thing I'd do is upgrade your memory to 8gb, using either two 4gb sticks or 4 2gb sticks. 

[Mao_Zedong]

These are the lowest components I would recommend getting, though I would personally get an i3 instead.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($74.65 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A58M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($50.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: PNY XLR8 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $178.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-16 23:21 EDT-0400

 

 

 

I would get this for a little more because it is slightly better and you could upgrade to an i5 or xeon later.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($103.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: PNY XLR8 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $199.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-16 23:22 EDT-0400

[Aniallation]

I bought a GTX 960 SSC Edition last week, but my question is, what is going to be the effect on my system, and is it enough?

​Because, I have that GPU but besides that, my entire Hardware sucks.

There is quite a bottleneck going on. I would look into getting a second-hand CPU to upgrade, a Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge i5. Would also upgrade RAM as 3GB really isn't enough for demanding stuff nowadays.

[Aniallation]

These are the lowest components I would recommend getting, though I would personally get an i3 instead.

Honestly it's going to be more cheaper for OP to get one of these instead of a whole new CPU+mobo, and it would also provide more performance.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Quad-Core-i5-2400-3-1GHz-6MB-5GT-s-SR00Q-LGA1155-Desktop-CPU-Processor-/291406105851?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43d9284cfb

[Mao_Zedong]

Honestly it's going to be more cheaper for OP to get one of these instead of a whole new CPU+mobo, and it would also provide more performance.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Quad-Core-i5-2400-3-1GHz-6MB-5GT-s-SR00Q-LGA1155-Desktop-CPU-Processor-/291406105851?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43d9284cfb

That would also require a more expensive mobo. In total it is around $50 more expensive. I was just trying to give the cheapest good value new items.

[Aniallation]

That would also require a more expensive mobo. In total it is around $50 more expensive. I was just trying to give the cheapest good value new items.

OP already has a mobo compatible with that CPU.

[JaytechGaming]

Honestly it's going to be more cheaper for OP to get one of these instead of a whole new CPU+mobo, and it would also provide more performance.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Quad-Core-i5-2400-3-1GHz-6MB-5GT-s-SR00Q-LGA1155-Desktop-CPU-Processor-/291406105851?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43d9284cfb

 I'd recommend this over the other one since the cpu is better than the other one and comes with an unused heatsink fan.

LINK

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i5-2500-3-3-GHz-Quad-Core-Processor-6-MB-Cache-Socket-LGA1155-H2-CPU/181692020727?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3D0a629a2fe6ed4ad0bb878c6c71a0f133%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D291406105851&rt=nc