Any Component Holding Me Back At A Glance?

[Bobthegoat]

Hi. Id just like to know at a glance if any component here needs upgrading in my PC.

Heres my specs.

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i5 2500k (OC 4.4GHz)
GForce Nvidia 550ti
4GB 1600mhz (cant remember brand but its one of the good ones)
Onboard Soundcard

W7 Ultimate 64 bit
1280x1024 resolution

edit: for gaming ofc

[noteworthynerd]

At that resolution: not really. If you were at a higher resolution (e.g. 1080p), the 550 Ti might hurt a little, depending on the games you play.

[Resinderate]

Graphics card is probably the the thing holding you back the most there, although you also have a small resolution so 'helps' I guess.

Id just like to know at a glance if any component here needs upgrading in my PC.

Kinda hard to help you unless we know what type of settings you want to achieve/what you are getting now, and in which games.

[Raykus]

Upgrade your monitor. You can get ~22" full hd around $120. Disregarding that, GPU is the weakest link and you could double the ram if you tend to run lots of stuff on background while gaming.

[Bobthegoat]

Thanks for the input. I thought graphics card was prolly a bit weak but if its fine for my resolution ill upgrade it when i come accross some extra money.

And I dont multi task in the background.

Thx alot.

[Puissance]

I had that resolution on a 19' before and going to a 1080p 24' was night and day. Especially for wow (where you can have much more real estate for add and everything

[Wiggly86]

If u're not currently using one, get an ssd. Probably the best upgrade ever.

[Xuvial]

With that resolution/GPU there's no overclocking needed on the i5 2500K, unless you're editing/converting videos or something. You can OC when you save up enough to buy a decent 22-23" monitor and a vastly more powerful GPU.

[Bobthegoat]

With that resolution/GPU there's no overclocking needed on the i5 2500K, unless you're editing/converting videos or something. You can OC when you save up enough to buy a decent 22-23" monitor and a vastly more powerful GPU.

Yeah I was thinking of de-overclocking it because of skype's nastyhabbit of taking x% of your processing power regardless of if its a P4 or the NASA computer.

But I was thinking is there any point taking away the overclock? Will it deteriate faster even though its not using the extra bit?

[Xuvial]

I think you meant underclocking, in which case no need. The chip downclocks itself during idle times and uses turbo (self-overclocking) during stressful periods. The true overclocking capability is there once the rest of your system catches up . Skype is skype : / shouldn't matter much.
Also these chips are built to last 10-15+ years at stock clocks/volts...probably longer, I've never actually witnessed a CPU that died from being too old.

[Bobthegoat]

I think you meant underclocking, in which case no need. The chip downclocks itself during idle times and uses turbo (self-overclocking) during stressful periods. The true overclocking capability is there once the rest of your system catches up . Skype is skype : / shouldn't matter much.
Also these chips are built to last 10-15+ years at stock clocks/volts...probably longer, I've never actually witnessed a CPU that died from being too old.

Ah great thanks

By the skype thing I just meant no matter what machine im on it east 50% of the CPU. Something to do with P2P :P