Help optimizing my PC

[Fallintothevoid]

I feel like im not getting the power out of this rig i should. i need help tweaking settings and allocating space etc, even small cheap upgrades or purchases are ok. this pc will be for my wife to casually play wow, ark and mooded minecraft with shaders for a few years, i will build a new one.

i7 960 

msi gd45 x58a

12 gb corsair 1600 speed ddr(3?) ram

gtx 770 nvidia

560ti ( not installed)

kingston 96 gb 3gb/s ssd

500 gig 5600 hdd

28inch screen asus

20 inch samsung side screen

crappy optical drive

windows 10

thermaltake mid tower case ( cheap)

[QueenDemetria]

In what ways do you feel like you aren't getting the full power out of your machine?

[Some random guy 23424234]

Have you tried the basics, such as cleaning dust, completely reinstalling windows?

[Armakar]

16 minutes ago, Fallintothevoid said:

I feel like im not getting the power out of this rig i should. i need help tweaking settings and allocating space etc, even small cheap upgrades or purchases are ok. this pc will be for my wife to casually play wow, ark and mooded minecraft with shaders for a few years, i will build a new one.

i7 960 

msi gd45 x58a

12 gb corsair 1600 speed ddr(3?) ram

gtx 770 nvidia

560ti ( not installed)

kingston 96 gb 3gb/s ssd

500 gig 5600 hdd

28inch screen asus

20 inch samsung side screen

crappy optical drive

windows 10

thermaltake mid tower case ( cheap)

 

WoW is a CPU heavy game, that is a relitivley old cpu ( i think )

 

Having 12GB ram can cause issues with speed - your not using dual channel properly. You might even find taking whichever stick is not in dual channel out might speed RAM up, but depends on the system

You can't put a 560ti in if your already running a 770.

That is a very, very slow hard drive ( the 500gig hdd)

 

Take the 1 stick not in dual channel out. Reinstall windows, run ccleaner, completley dust and rebuild it, defrag disks

 

 

 

 

[DarkEnergy]

Is it slowing down in certain areas or just not fast enough overall?

Try removing programs from startup, and just have fewer programs running. Defrag the HDD, NOT the SSD. If it runs hot, reapply thermal paste and dust out the fans. 

If your SSD is around the same age as that CPU, then it could be a lack of decent read/write speeds. Do you notice a problem loading programs/games?

A scan with malwarebytes might help as well. 

If it's still not the speed you think it should be, then just backup and reinstall windows. 

 

[Gonio]

As above, but think the small older SSD is also holding you back. Or it is pretty full with a game isntalled and OS, or you ahve to game from HDD what isn't very fast Samsung 750 evo series is very good budget option.

 

For games keep the 770, not the 560ti. It's not in the league of the new cards, but I can still game ok overall on my GTX680. If I remember correctly they are in similar range for performance allthough the 680 might still be topping it overall.