How many things did I screw up here

[g12601]

So I built my computer back in October 2015. Just a few days ago I was playing World of Tanks. I opened Chrome for a bit, went back to the game quickly, and I got the worst lag I have ever gotten on the thing.(1-10  fps)

So here are the specs and tell me how much I screwed up and what should be a priority upgrade...

 

APU: A4-7300 (Stock heat sink)

Motherboard: MSI Grenade a68h chipset FM2/FM2+ socket

RAM: 4gb Patriot Signature memory (PSD34G1600KH) (Really 2gb because of "hardware reserved memory"

GPU: ASUS GTX 950 STRIX OC edition

HDD: WD Blue 1TB

PSU; Antec 550w

Some Lite-On dvd writer

raidmax card reader

 

[FirstArmada]

Restart the system? if it happend out of no where with out any game updates then its odd.

 

Other then that your CPU is quite bad and you should be running at least 8 GB of RAM as it is becoming the minimum spec for games these days

[DrM]

first upgrade should be either ram or cpu. thats a dual core amd cpu, so its gonna bottleneck quite a bit, though what you mentioned sounds like not enough ram. all browsers are memory hogs, so it sounds like you were forced to use the pagefile as extra ram, causing lag

[g12601]

3 minutes ago, FirstArmada said:

Restart the system?

Well this did happen a few days ago and has been restarted.

 

[FirstArmada]

1 minute ago, g12601 said:

Well this did happen a few days ago and has been restarted.

 

Ahh i see definitely upgrade the RAM ASAP and save up for a CPU , a cheap Haswell or up i5 will suffice for about any game 

[Moonzy]

6 minutes ago, g12601 said:

4gb Patriot Signature memory (PSD34G1600KH) (Really 2gb because of "hardware reserved memory"

this is probably whats causing the lag lol, chrome eats up ram so you might wanna get 8gb

7 minutes ago, g12601 said:

APU: A4-7300 (Stock heat sink)

not sure how this would pair with a gtx 950, but i would say not very well

 

it could also be your hard disk lagging your system

try defragmenting it

[DarkBlade2117]

Problem 1 is RAM. You should have 8GBs minimum for gaming in today's society. Also a dual core APU really isn't the best...

In my eyes, if you are VERY limited on budget buy a Athlon 880k and 4 more GBs of RAM and you should be fine.

@g12601

[g12601]

3 minutes ago, FirstArmada said:

Ahh i see definitely upgrade the RAM ASAP and save up for a CPU , a cheap Haswell or up i5 will suffice for about any game

I have an AMD board it will be hard to put in an Intel CPU.

[FirstArmada]

1 minute ago, g12601 said:

I have an AMD board it will be hard to put in an Intel CPU.

I really hope your joking 

[g12601]

Just now, FirstArmada said:

I really hope your joking 

Yeah I am, I know they are two different companies with very different sockets.  

[SLAYR]

3 minutes ago, g12601 said:

I have an AMD board it will be hard to put in an Intel CPU.

Tha amd 860k or whatever the new version is should fit your board.

[FirstArmada]

Just now, g12601 said:

Yeah I am, I know they are two different companies with very different sockets.  

Ahh okay you seemed very serious

[DarkBlade2117]

8 minutes ago, FirstArmada said:

Ahh i see definitely upgrade the RAM ASAP and save up for a CPU , a cheap Haswell or up i5 will suffice for about any game 

Or he can get an Athlon 880k which will hold him off for the time being. My friend has the 860k and a 270x, GTA V runs just fine.

Heck my APU runs GTA V half way decent.

[FirstArmada]

1 minute ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

Or he can get an Athlon 880k which will hold him off for the time being. My friend has the 860k and a 270x, GTA V runs just fine.

Heck my APU runs GTA V half way decent.

If he can afford an i5 right no i would suggest he go with it, an 880k wont be of much use in the coming years but if he is under a tight budge then it would be fine 

[g12601]

1 minute ago, FirstArmada said:

If he can afford an i5

I would need to get a new board, and yes I am on a budget, and don't want to spend to much, I bulit this PC October of last year.

 

[DarkBlade2117]

2 minutes ago, FirstArmada said:

If he can afford an i5 right no i would suggest he go with it, an 880k wont be of much use in the coming years but if he is under a tight budge then it would be fine 

You can get an 860k for like $40 used

[FirstArmada]

2 minutes ago, g12601 said:

I would need to get a new board, and yes I am on a budget, and don't want to spend to much, I bulit this PC October of last year.

 

Then by all means go with an 860K or 880K

[kirashi]

9 minutes ago, g12601 said:

I have an AMD board it will be hard to put in an Intel CPU.

7 minutes ago, FirstArmada said:

I really hope your joking 

6 minutes ago, g12601 said:

Yeah I am, I know they are two different companies with very different sockets.  

5 minutes ago, FirstArmada said:

Ahh okay you seemed very serious

He's not, but I am. It's easy to install an Intel CPU in an AMD Socket. Here's what you need:

1. Intel CPU
2. Tin/Aluminium Foil
3. Scissors
4. Hammer
5. Glue or Duct Tape
6. One (1) Sandwich

First, remove your AMD CPU. Next, you'll want to carefully cut the exact shape of the CPU socket out of the Foil. This is to ensure proper contact between the Intel CPU and the CPU Socket. Once that's done, position the Intel CPU over the Foil and Socket, and hammer away - gently but firmly. Now have a sandwich break, because modifying things you're not supposed to modify is hard work. Use Duct Tape or Glue to hold the Intel CPU in place if it won't stay seated. Power it up, and grab a bag of marshmallows! You're s'more furnace is ready.