Hi y’all, after about 3 years of running my i7-2600, I finally pulled the trigger on a CPU upgrade. Originally I was looking for a 4790k mobo combo to fit my budget, but stumbled on a 10400f w/ mobo AND 16Gb of DDR4 for about $35 more ($265 total) than what the 4790k combos I was finding were running. After a bit of setup today I’m really enjoying the upgraded performance, but I feel like the performance I’m seeing could be better. I’m running it with a 1080 GTX (blower style), 16Gb of RipJaws G.Skill (2x8Gb) and an Asus Prime H510M-A board on Win 10 Pro 64bit. Previously my setup was the same card, CPU cooler (Scythe Mugen 5), hard drives (Crucial CS1311 256Gb (boot), Hyundai 980Gb Sapphire SSD as secondary and 2TB WD Blue HDD for backup data) and OS, but on an i7-2600, MSI Z77A-G43, and 20Gb (3x4Gb, 1x8Gb) of DDR3, mixed brand/model. I installed the new board combo, swapped over my cooler and whatnot, fired it up and installed the stuff ASUS recommended. I ended up having to reinstall GeForce experience as well. Just wondering if there’s something more I need to/should do to optimize performance from the new upgrade. I haven’t upgraded CPU’s before so this is a first for me.
I’ve also noticed that the ASUS software (Armour Crate) gives a different CPU usage percentage than Windows TaskManager/Resource Monitor, about a 20% difference. Hoping to see if anybody can chime in on why that’s happening as well.
I’ve also noticed that the ASUS software (Armour Crate) gives a different CPU usage percentage than Windows TaskManager/Resource Monitor, about a 20% difference. Hoping to see if anybody can chime in on why that’s happening as well.