Bought new parts, but meh performance

[bokeh]

Hey guis
Recently I purchased and assembled the following list of components:
Asus Rampage IV Gene
Intel Intel Core i7-3820
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1866MHz CL9
Asus GeForce GTX 660 OC 2GB

These components are together a pretty good build, but I feel like "meh" about it all. I don't have any SSD's, but a standard Samsung Sata 300MBps drive for system drive. I know the performance can be increased with an ssd.

Also the RAM I purchased only works with 1600MHz, when I set it to 1866 in the bios, pretty much nothing in Windows will work. All applications crash and finally ends up in a BSOD (I think this is just a compatibility problem, the Corsair websites tells me the RAM I have is not fully compatible with my motherboard).

Anyway, the two things aren't really a problem since I know what I could do about it. The main reason for me posting this is that in simple games like Team Fortress 2, I only get up to 100-150 fps on high settings. I know it is playable by far, but I use the game as a comparison for my old computer, which accomplished around 50-80 fps with medium to low settings. And a friend of mine with slightly older specs get over 200-300 fps with a Radeon 6890, if i'm not totally wrong.
Is my graphichs card capable only for100-150 fps I get?


I haven't done any tuning with the software tools and in BIOS or anything really, but I don't think this should be a problem.

Thanks in advance~

 

[tinytomlogan]

A: SSD is the main thing.

B: You cant just go into the BIOS and start chucking settings in you need to learn how and what to change. The ram is fine with that system too, the only problem is the user

C: You should have bought a Z77 set up.

D: As for FPS. Anything above 60FPS dont worry about it. Plus AMD and Nvidia work on FPS limits differently. Average or minimum FPS are what you should worry about.

IMHO You spent your money in the wrong places entirely.

 

[bokeh]

A: SSD is the main thing.

B: You cant just go into the BIOS and start chucking settings in you need to learn how and what to change. The ram is fine with that system too, the only problem is the user

C: You should have bought a Z77 set up.

D: As for FPS. Anything above 60FPS dont worry about it. Plus AMD and Nvidia work on FPS limits differently. Average or minimum FPS are what you should worry about.

IMHO You spent your money in the wrong places entirely.

A: I kind of understand this.
B: I surley want to learn more about how to utilize the BIOS, and it would've been appreciated if you could just give me some short tips on where I can find information (if there really is anything well-documented).
C: Don't really see how this is an answer.
D: I just thought it was weird that my FPS didn't increase. But as you say, might not be anything to worry about.

I know with the setup I can get some good results.
I'm used to have my builds for more than 3 years before changing the parts, that's why I went with the x79, but are you sayng that I could get more bang for the buck with z77 or does it have other benefits over x79?

 

[UkGouki]

i think what tom is saying if you went z77 you could of got a better gpu and ssd and still had some cash left over from what you spent on the x79 :-/

but with your setup theres plenty of guides for overclocking including this easy explanation one on the ROG website >> http://rog.asus.com/tag/x79-oc-guide/

also tf2 is not exactly optimised for the new chipsets etc better off comparing with games like batman arkham city/farcry 3 etc...

 

[jamesriley94]

Performance between the 3820 and the 3770k is pretty identical...
But, the 3770k can be overclocked better than the 3820 and so so the 3770k is a better choice compared to that.
Also, Z77 motherboards are cheaper than X79.

Not really any point in getting X79 and a 3820 tbh

 

[seumasbeathan]

I know with the setup I can get some good results.
I'm used to have my builds for more than 3 years before changing the parts, that's why I went with the x79, but are you sayng that I could get more bang for the buck with z77 or does it have other benefits over x79?

I would think the reason behind Tom saying you should have gone Z77 is because the 3820 is actually slightly worse than the 3770k and the 3770k can be overclocked better, as well as that, Z77 is a cheaper platform motherboard wise, allowing money to be spent on an SSD

Edit : Ah I see James already beat me to it

 

[bokeh]

i think what tom is saying if you went z77 you could of got a better gpu and ssd and still had some cash left over from what you spent on the x79 :-/

but with your setup theres plenty of guides for overclocking including this easy explanation one on the ROG website >> http://rog.asus.com/tag/x79-oc-guide/

also tf2 is not exactly optimised for the new chipsets etc better off comparing with games like batman arkham city/farcry 3 etc...

I'll have a look at that, thanks!

Performance between the 3820 and the 3770k is pretty identical...
But, the 3770k can be overclocked better than the 3820 and so so the 3770k is a better choice compared to that.
Also, Z77 motherboards are cheaper than X79.

Not really any point in getting X79 and a 3820 tbh

The 3820 is currently the cheapest 2011 processor available, so the components might be very imbalanced together performance wise.

 

[Master&Puppet]

You'll have to do what you can overclocking the 660 - that is the very obvious weak point in your setup I'm afraid.

If this rig was mostly for gaming then the x79 build is where you've misspent your money - an i5 3570k in a £100-140 motherboard would have saved you the money to get a 670/7970 or possibly a 680.

An SSD would help with general performance and specific games too.

You should be able to activate an X.M.P profile which will setup your RAM for you. Just find it in BIOS and enable it. You won't need to touch RAM speeds or volts etc - leave those at defaults.

Hope that helps

 

[tinytomlogan]

3570K - 670 - SSD could have been easily done and would decimate your current rig.

 

[Destro521]

I certainly agree with that ^^
some in-depth research could have saved alot of money IMO