Hi guys I recently switched from my old X58 MOBO + i7 920 combo (3 years old) to a new 970A-G46 MSI MOBO + FX 4300.
Yes, I know that the new setup will be slower, but it was 3 years older (I was afraid I damaged the i7 by overclocking on stock fan for 3+ years (stupid thing to do, yes moving on)
Here's my performance parts:
970A-G46 MSI MOBO (new)
FX 4300 (new)
4gb x 2 g.skill ram @ 1600 (new)
GTX 650 ti 2GB (new)
Unknown Brand Hard Drive 500GB (3 years old)
Corsair 600W PSU (new)
Windows 7 ultimate (new)
Idle temps= 20-30C
Drivers updated (is there a program I can DL to check all my drivers as a whole to see if they are updated to make sure?)
Problem: When I'm playing my FPS game (Arctic Combat- graphics similar to COD)
i would get tiny millisecond freezes at moments which sounds fine for some people but it really annoys me and I would like to get rid of it.
With the i7, i don't remember having this problem as blatant
Here are some questions/concerns
1) Since most games use 4 cores, wouldn't my FX 4300 be faster for gaming than the i7? The i7 was @ 2.xx ghz but the FX 4300 is currently at 4.00 ghz.
2) I have some questionable parts
a. Would the old hard drive cause this problem?
b. I read around about bottlenecking and I want to ask if my MOBO is dragging down my performance
Thanks guys
Yes, I know that the new setup will be slower, but it was 3 years older (I was afraid I damaged the i7 by overclocking on stock fan for 3+ years (stupid thing to do, yes moving on)
Here's my performance parts:
970A-G46 MSI MOBO (new)
FX 4300 (new)
4gb x 2 g.skill ram @ 1600 (new)
GTX 650 ti 2GB (new)
Unknown Brand Hard Drive 500GB (3 years old)
Corsair 600W PSU (new)
Windows 7 ultimate (new)
Idle temps= 20-30C
Drivers updated (is there a program I can DL to check all my drivers as a whole to see if they are updated to make sure?)
Problem: When I'm playing my FPS game (Arctic Combat- graphics similar to COD)
i would get tiny millisecond freezes at moments which sounds fine for some people but it really annoys me and I would like to get rid of it.
With the i7, i don't remember having this problem as blatant
Here are some questions/concerns
1) Since most games use 4 cores, wouldn't my FX 4300 be faster for gaming than the i7? The i7 was @ 2.xx ghz but the FX 4300 is currently at 4.00 ghz.
2) I have some questionable parts
a. Would the old hard drive cause this problem?
b. I read around about bottlenecking and I want to ask if my MOBO is dragging down my performance
Thanks guys