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post #1 of 10
6/20/12 at 9:43pm
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I just built my first pc and I am wondering where my bottleneck will be for gaming? And what should be my first upgrade?

I5-3550 Processor
8gb g. Skill ripjaws 1600mhz 9-9-9-24
Gigabyte z77x D3h (Can SLI)
Zotac Gtx 560 ti oc
60 gb ocz agility 3 ssd as boot drive
1 tb 7200 rpm 64mb cache seagate drive
Xfx 850w power supply

Thanks for the input
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post #2 of 10
6/20/12 at 9:44pm
What games? As your CPU or GPU will bottleneck you on different titles.
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6/20/12 at 9:46pm
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6/20/12 at 9:46pm
I see no significant bottleneck.
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6/20/12 at 9:49pm
Looks like a pretty well paired system. No weak links there, especially since you grabbed that SSD, thats gonna help a lot.
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post #6 of 10
6/20/12 at 9:58pm
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My monitor is 20" 1600x900 acer 5ms. Could that be an issue?
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post #7 of 10
6/20/12 at 10:01pm
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My monitor is 20" 1600x900 acer 5ms. Could that be an issue?

no your gtx 560ti is perfect for that monitor, so no worries smile.gif.
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post #8 of 10
6/20/12 at 10:02pm
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I'm wondering in general for games. But specifically battlefield 3, far cry 3, Blacklight: retribution, crysis 3, etc...is it possible to safely overclock my i5-3550, Or am I stuck with it at 3.7ghz turbo boost?
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Originally Posted by robertjs3 View Post

I'm wondering in general for games. But specifically battlefield 3, far cry 3, Blacklight: retribution, crysis 3, etc...is it possible to safely overclock my i5-3550, Or am I stuck with it at 3.7ghz turbo boost?

you are stuck son.

unless thats a K series.

i7-2600 [k]

the K is important.

like, on SB2 - theres a i5 - 2500k, and a i5 2500. Lots of people get that mixed up or over look it.
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post #10 of 10
6/21/12 at 3:08am
Besides overclocking you're good.

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