Fx 4300 With gtx 1050ti

[Gothtaz]

So first ff lets start with my current build.. I know it's older but I am trying to save as much money as I can here and thus my budget build.

 

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           BIOS: Default System BIOS (type: BIOS)
                Processor: AMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad-Core Processor             (4 CPUs), ~3.8GHz
                   Memory: 12288MB RAM
      Available OS Memory: 3824MB RAM
                Page File: 7451MB used, 3335MB available
              Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
          DirectX Version: DirectX 12
      DX Setup Parameters: Not found
         User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
       System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
          DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
                 Miracast: Available, with HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
           DxDiag Version: 10.00.17134.0001 64bit Unicode

 

    Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
        Manufacturer: NVIDIA
           Chip type: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

      Display Memory: 5929 MB
    Dedicated Memory: 4018 MB
       Shared Memory: 1911 MB

 

     Drive:
 Free Space: 183.8 GB
Total Space: 237.7 GB
File System: NTFS
      Model: Samsung SSD 840 Seri SCSI Disk Device

      Drive:
 Free Space: 398.9 GB
Total Space: 476.5 GB
File System: NTFS
      Model: ST350041 8AS SCSI Disk Device

      Drive: F:
 Free Space: 292.5 GB
Total Space: 953.9 GB
File System: NTFS
      Model: TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 USB Device

 

 

 

 

So my Cpu While gaming on stuff like guild wars 2, Skyrim (heavily modded) Secondlife and a few others sits at 90-98% usage dependens on how much is going on, While my gpu is sitting around 50% max. So I am trying to find out if I upgrade to a fx 6300 or a fx 8320e if I would still be bottle necking. Any input is welcomed, just no bashing amd/intel. We use what we can aford.

[Fasauceome]

an FX 8320e would be best, or even 8350, whatever is cheapest on eBay, but they both suck cause they're really old. If you can save up for ryzen, you'd have a lot more to look forward to.

[Gothtaz]

Well the thing is I can only save up a few bucks here or there. Hence the whole budget build, I have had my 4300 for about 4 years now as well, and the pick of the 8320e is cause my mobo is only 95w

[Cereal5]

5 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

an FX 8320e would be best, or even 8350, whatever is cheapest on eBay, but they both suck cause they're really old. If you can save up for ryzen, you'd have a lot more to look forward to.

That said, my cousin built a system with a 4350, and upgraded to an 8350 (i believe, one of the multitude of 8 cores) and that totally revived his system. He built at that awkward time where AMD was old but Intel wasn't really that cheap, and Ryzen wasn't really that close either. It's definitely not great, but it plays 1080p games just fine.

 

Also if you're gonna stay on the AM3(+) platform, get an 8 core. skip the 6300 all together, it's not worth the very minor improvements you'll see.

[Gothtaz]

So save up the extra amount and just skip the 6300, and I shouldn't have as bad of bottle necking? The whole bottle necking thing is rather new to me personally I have only learned a little about it from the Linus videos lol. So sorry for the crappy question

[Spotty]

17 minutes ago, Gothtaz said:

                 Memory: 12288MB RAM
      Available OS Memory: 3824MB RAM

First you should install a 64bit operating system.

[Gothtaz]

Just now, Spotty said:

First you should install a 64bit operating system.

I am running windows 10 pro 64 bit. Operating system

[Spotty]

3 minutes ago, Gothtaz said:

I am running windows 10 pro 64 bit. Operating system

Is it a legit version or was it a pirated copy?

That says only 3.7GB of RAM is usable, which IIRC would be the hard limit for 32bit OS. If it truly is a legitimate 64bit OS, then you have another issue with your memory that you need to address...
Having the OS only being able to access 3.7GB of RAM will cause you performance issues in almost all games, especially some of the titles you mentioned such as Skyrim with mods.

[Gothtaz]

3 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Is it a legit version or was it a pirated copy?

That says only 3.7GB of RAM is usable, which IIRC would be the hard limit for 32bit OS. If it truly is a legitimate 64bit OS, then you have another issue with your memory that you need to address...
Having the OS only being able to access 3.7GB of RAM will cause you performance issues in almost all games, especially some of the titles you mentioned such as Skyrim with mods.

I got my copy of windows 10 from the windows insider and have had it since, so it's a real copy, that also dates how old my computer is cause I made it at the same time that was a thing.Activation

[Spotty]

7 minutes ago, Gothtaz said:

I got my copy of windows 10 from the windows insider and have had it since, so it's a real copy, that also dates how old my computer is cause I made it at the same time that was a thing.Activation

What is your RAM configuration? Is it 4GB+8GB? If so, try removing the 4GB stick and seeing if the system boots with just the 8GB stick installed. If it boots, check what Windows is reporting as being available. If it doesn't boot, try moving the 8GB stick to a different slot.

[Gothtaz]

1 minute ago, Spotty said:

What is your RAM configuration? Is it 4GB+8GB? If so, try removing the 4GB stick and seeing if the system boots with just the 8GB stick installed. If it boots, check what Windows is reporting as being available. If it doesn't boot, try moving the 8GB stick to a different slot.

It is a 4gb+8gb even when I had two 4gbs it's always only allocated the same amount but I will give it a quick shot.

[Gothtaz]

Update: Removed the 4gb stick and also noticed in my bios it was only running single channel mode. now it's showing

 

                   Memory: 8192MB RAM
      Available OS Memory: 7920MB RAM