FX 4300 and 7850.

[perfectj]

All my drivers are up to date and my system is as follows:
Asus M5A78L-M LX3 Motherboard
MSI 7850 OC 2GB
AMD FX4300 3.6GHZ (Turbo disabled)
Ripjaw 4GB 1333 at 7-7-7-21
1 7200 RPM WD 16MB Cache 160GB (OS)
1 7200 RPM WD 32MB Cache 1TB (Steam/Games)
1 7200 RPM WD 16MB Cache 320GB (Storage)
All powered by a RAIDMAX RX-600AF 600W PSU.

I've read several other post on here also and I don't feel it applies well enough to my situation.

Now for the problem, When playing any DX11 games I get extreme FPS lag at random but mostly during camera rotation and highly populated areas. I guess I'm wanting to know is if there is a part of my system that I've built that is bottle necking or One of my pieces of hardware is starting to fail or if I fail as a whole in PC building. I've been considering switching to a Nvida card due to the performance increases, but I'm concerned for 2 reasons, one being the price difference and primarily my ability to build PCs with my current knowledge of PC building. This is my third PC build and by far the worst. The Phenom and Phenom II Builds would put this one to shame, but sadly there is no such thing anymore. Sorry for rambling. Once again overall question: Hardware failure or specs and if its my specs please advise.

 

[pfunkmd]

You need more ram for sure I had the same problem trying to run newer games with 4gb of ram.

 

[perfectj]

You need more ram for sure I had the same problem trying to run newer games with 4gb of ram.

I've considered that, but after monitoring it for the past few weeks I've never been over 3GB according the Windows Task Manager. This is why I was confused in regards to memory.

 

[pfunkmd]

You need more ram for sure I had the same problem trying to run newer games with 4gb of ram.

I've considered that, but after monitoring it for the past few weeks I've never been over 3GB according the Windows Task Manager. This is why I was confused in regards to memory.

What games do you play?

 

[ShadowofGhosts]

You could try to update your drivers, or wipe all your drivers and do a clean reinstall because older drivers could conflict and result in crazy lag like this.

 

[perfectj]

You need more ram for sure I had the same problem trying to run newer games with 4gb of ram.

I've considered that, but after monitoring it for the past few weeks I've never been over 3GB according the Windows Task Manager. This is why I was confused in regards to memory.

What games do you play?

Everything and Anything, Lol!
South Park, Farming Simulator, Batman AC, Homefront, Crisis, Battle Field, Alice, Skyrim, Mass Effect 3, Max Payne 3, Hitman, Just Cause, Borderland 2, CIV 5, Saint's Row 3 and 4, GTA, GT Legends, Need For Speed Hot Pursuit, Metro 2033, RAGE, and the list goes on. The only game I've never had any problems with are South Park (But that just came out) and Farming Sim 2013.

 

[perfectj]

You could try to update your drivers, or wipe all your drivers and do a clean reinstall because older drivers could conflict and result in crazy lag like this.

I've tried that twice. D':
Thank you for your reply.

 

[ak47jar3d]

I would say this build shouldn't have any problems gaming medium detail 1080p. My guess is that you should probably add 4 gb of ram and it will help a lot and cost very little.

 

[perfectj]

I suppose memory will be my next purchase. Thank you all for you input and any more if very welcome.

 

[ak47jar3d]

Guess 8 gb will be your next upgrade like you said. And after if that you want to keep upgrading, I would recommend getting high end processor like fx 8250 and that will open up a lot of graphic card upgrades that are not possible now due to bottlenecking that 4300 would do to high end cards.

 

[perfectj]

Thank you for all of your replies.

 

[perfectj]

Guess 8 gb will be your next upgrade like you said. And after if that you want to keep upgrading, I would recommend getting high end processor like fx 8250 and that will open up a lot of graphic card upgrades that are not possible now due to bottlenecking that 4300 would do to high end cards.

Would you be willing to offer advice on what to look for to choosing a CPU? I've always looked for L1,2, &3 cache, and speed. What do you look for and how can I compare CPU and compare Intel to AMD? I know clock speed isn't everything, but I do also look at that.

Thank you!