wheres the bottleneck in my rig?

[davidds0]

ive recently purchesed the gigabyte gtx 970, replacing the gigabyte gtx 760 i had purchased 6 months ago, because it still bottlenecked my rig. im wondering now if my rig is optimal at its performance or is there another component bottlenecking, hopfully not the graphics again..
heres my specs:
i5 2500, 3.3ghz
Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 gaming
2 x kingston RAM 4 gb sticks 1333 mhz (8 gb total)
kingston 120 gb SSD
1 TB hybrid HDD (8 gb flash inside)
asrock H67M motherboard
700W huntkey PSU

P.S
im planning on SLI in the future, can i manage SLI two gigabyte 970s with this PSU?

 

[clutchc]

There should be no bottleneck with that combination. Why do you think you have a bottleneck?
Check the CPU usage against the GPU usage when you game or when you run a game benchmark.

 

[DzOnIxD]

Everything is a slight bottleneck compared to the GPU, but not much, maybe 10% less juice then with the i5 4690k.

 

[RCFProd]

Huntkey 700w? You might want to change your power supply now. Not a reliable brand at all.

 

[clutchc]

I think the Huntkey is a name for the Rocketfish line in Europe and elsewhere. Normally pretty good if I'm thinking of the correct PSUs.

 

[RCFProd]

I think the Huntkey is a name for the Rocketfish line in Europe and elsewhere. Normally pretty good if I'm thinking of the correct PSUs.

Heard horrible things about Huntkey/Rocketfish power supplies. Have to admit though, I've never used/tested one.

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

With game's CPU requirements increasing, your CPU will soon fall below requirements for some games as it already is for Assassin's Creed: Unity and The Witcher 3. Upgrading to an i7-3770 will speed things up quite a bit. Or upgrade to a Skylake i5 and Z170 motherboard in a few months.

 

[RCFProd]

In all honesty, the i5-2500 + GTX 970 is still a good combo and does not need upgrading. The balance is only gone if you go GTX 970 SLI.

It's fine, no needs to upgrade. Except for the power supply. Need more information on which Huntkey model that is.

 

[Nextg_Rival]

There shouldn't be a bottleneck. Also, the i5 2500 is a monster CPU and it really doesn't need to be upgraded. It will still probably work well for at least 2 more years.

 

[clutchc]

I used to have an i5-2500K. Even at stock speed it never bottlenecked my R9-290X (at 1080p). I can't see the i5-2500 being a bottleneck to the GTX 970 since they are similar in performance.