Is anything bottlenecking my computer?

Question

Obviously the DVD Drive and the case doesn't affect my computers performance, but is there anything bottlenecking my PC?

Specs:
HDD: Seagate Baracude 500GB 7200 RPM
MotherBoard: ASRock 970 PRO3 AM3+ Socket
CPU: AMD FX-4100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core
Aftermarket CPU cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 650 ti 2GB DDR5
PowerSupply: Corsair CX600 600W 80 Plus Bronze
RAM: 8GB (2 x 4 Sticks, Dual Channel) G.SKILL DDR3 1866Mhz.

Answer 1

Everything looks good to me but I'd reccomend a SSD for a boot drive and maybe a 680 ti for better performance but other than that it looks solid to me

Answer 2

I agree with Colby, my desktop build is very similar to yours. I found my bottleneck to be the read/write time to/from the hard drive. I bought a 120GB SSD and now there is no bottleneck. Put Windows on the SSD and games. To save money you can use a 60GB if you need to save money. Make the SSD the C: drive and your regular HDD secondary. Just unplug the hard drive and put the OS on the SSD then plug in the HDD last. Boot time is about 13 seconds.

I have the same mobo and cpu as you with a Radeon 7870, I can play games on high settings at 60 to 75fps.

Answer 3

Your psu is a little low i would have 700+ you will need this if you upgrade your GPU. Edit:(you can run it with a 600w but you will be beating on your PSU it will fail sooner then it needs to) If you can afford it a solid state drive would get rid of any bottleneck other then that you have a good gamer. If you choose to put a SSD in i suggest 180 - 280 GB and plan on putting only your OS on it to keep cost down SSD are very expensive the bigger you get 1TB is around 2.5 grand a 180GB you can get under 190$. Edit: A 60GB SSD will give you very little room for virtual memory and internet temp files it is suggested to have 20-30 GB on top of your OS for these files and windows updates 180 will give you that room and some for other programs like win zip acrobat reader etc you will regret getting a smaller SSD you will have to constantly clear it of residual files and such 80-90GB would be the smallest i suggest. Windows 7 64bit out of the box is 20GB + updates/drivers another 5GB (roughly) But games are 10GB for most good newer games so a 60GB will not fit more then 1 with everything else you will install on your OS drive

Answer 4

I don't see anything that really affect performance, if really want to pick the bone from the egg, it should be the GPU, your CPU should able to handle more.

Answer 5

yes your cpu.the gpu could do much more with a faster cpu