What is bottlenecking?

[AllMightySean]

I never really understood what bottle-necking was. From what little I know about it, its when you get a part with much higher performance than another which brings it down. Also, I want to know how to avoid and spot if a computer is going to bottleneck. Is it based on clock speeds or something?

 

[AllMightySean]

So basically, if any part in a computer is just a slight bit better than another, there will be a bottle-neck (even if it's small it still counts.) Also, I thought it was mostly just CPUs and GPUs that bottleneck each other, but can it be other parts as well? Like say you put an R7 260 and an AMD 760K together in a build, but you only have 2 GB of ram, would that 2 GB be bottlenecking the rest of the parts?

 

[sincreator]

Yes you can be bottlenecked by ram as well, but it rarely ever happens unless someone is trying to run multiple programs while not having enough memory. Same with hard drives, very rare.

Based on the system example you gave, ram would be a limiting factor if it all gets used up. Once all the ram is used up in a system, Windows will start using hard drive space for the extra ram. This will cause all sorts of stuttering, slow loading times and bad FPS while trying to play games.

 

[AllMightySean]

Ok thanks for your time!

 

[sincreator]

Ok thanks for your time!

No problem. Don't forget to pick the best answer.