Help with My Set Up.

[kylegerard]

Hi Everyone.
SO, a friend of mine who appears to know about overclocking and he OCed my graphics card and Processor. Without overclocking, i did a bench test using nba2k14 and it was playing normally. He then overclocked the proc and cranked it up to 4.0mhz and when we tried doing the benchmark test again, the game was like warping. Like the players were moving in fast forward. He then said that there may be a bottleneck somewhere with my set up. I never really understood what he meant and I need more help in understanding whats going on.
Here's my set up:
AMD a8 5600k black edition
Radeon HD 7790
8GB RAM
Running W7.
PSU of 520w (True Rated)

Appreciate the help!

 

[swifty_morgan]

reset cmos. don't let friend touch machine.

 

[kylegerard]

What do you mean reset the CMOS? Reset my processor to its default settings? Yeah, definitely will do suggestion # 2.

 

[swifty_morgan]

google it.

 

[kylegerard]

And i did. I understand how to do it. What i don't understand now is why do i need to do it? Is it because my current set up is "bottlenecking" my gpu?

 

[swifty_morgan]

do it to set things back to stock.

 

[Luthango]

Dnt let other people tinker with your pc its jst looking for trouble
Overclock your own pc you know your system better than anyone
I killed a few pcs trying to overclock a few of em survived

Reset your jumper to return you system to factory defaults that should get you back to where you started.
one more thing when you overclock you have to do it in small increments that way you can track what works best with your system

 

[logainofhades]

If you want better gaming performance, you are probably best off just upgrading your hardware. He really didn't overclock your CPU much if he only went to 4.0, since it starts out at 3.9. Overclocking the CPU will help some, but that APU still isn't very good for gaming. Performance is similar to that of a 750k/760k on the CPU side which is the absolute lowest recommended CPU for gaming on the best CPU for the money list. Your graphics card is on the lower end as well. First thing I would upgrade is the graphics card, as it will give you the most gaming performance/$$ right now. As slow as the 5600k is, your GPU is holding you back more.

 

[kylegerard]

If you want better gaming performance, you are probably best off just upgrading your hardware. He really didn't overclock your CPU much if he only went to 4.0, since it starts out at 3.9. Overclocking the CPU will help some, but that APU still isn't very good for gaming. Performance is similar to that of a 750k/760k on the CPU side which is the absolute lowest recommended CPU for gaming on the best CPU for the money list. Your graphics card is on the lower end as well. First thing I would upgrade is the graphics card, as it will give you the most gaming performance/$$ right now. As slow as the 5600k is, your GPU is holding you back more.

I'm not really that huge of a gamer anyway so I'm fine with my HD 7790 for now. But from what i understand, i'd be better of with purchasing a new processor to pair with my HD 7790, right? Any recommendations?

On a side note, i'm thinking of just salvaging the a8 5600k and building a low end gaming pc for my brother. Thinking of pairing it with an HD 6570 for dual graphics. Will this be the right move?

 

[logainofhades]

It really depends on how much you really want to spend. At minimum, I would go with this for everything. Decent upgrade without going overboard.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card ($183.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $393.96
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-18 15:19 EST-0500)

 

[kylegerard]

It really depends on how much you really want to spend. At minimum, I would go with this for everything. Decent upgrade without going overboard.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card ($183.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $393.96
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-18 15:19 EST-0500)

Thanks for the recommendations although i'm currently living on a fixed income right now and that may be too much for my price range. I'd probably just go for the CPU and MOBO. I'd stick with this HD 7790 for now.

Your thoughts about saving the a8 5600k that i have?

Really appreciate the help hades!

 

[logainofhades]

For a low end PC it is OK. It would play simple and older games fine. Don't bother with the hybrid crossfire. It is very inconsistent with its performance. You would be better off just using the IGP on the APU. Get the board and CPU now, wait until you have money for GPU then give him the 7790.

 

[kylegerard]

For a low end PC it is OK. It would play simple and older games fine. Don't bother with the hybrid crossfire. It is very inconsistent with its performance. You would be better off just using the IGP on the APU. Get the board and CPU now, wait until you have money for GPU then give him the 7790.

Alright. Sounds like a plan.
Btw, what do you mean with very inconsistent with the hybrid crossfire performance? Weren't the A-series processors made for this function? That just blows. >.>

 

[logainofhades]

Poor crossfire support in some games and microstuttering in games that do.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dual-graphics-crossfire-benchmark,3583.html

 

[kylegerard]

Poor crossfire support in some games and microstuttering in games that do.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dual-graphics-crossfire-benchmark,3583.html

Yeah. Read about that as soon as i posted the question. Now this is just me being very curious about something:

What's gonna happen if I take my a8 5600k + radeon HD 7560 D and I also include a discrete GPU thats very very low end (like the radeon 5450 HD). Will crossfire still work? Cause when i launch the amd catalyst manager, it allows me to put a checkmark on the enable crossfire function then when i run cpu-7, it shows that it is.

 

[logainofhades]

FX 6300 does fine against it's competition, which is the i3. Also, from what you posted, it is just a little under a Sandy i5, in multithread, which cost far more. Go troll somewhere else.