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Hey, just wondering if my CPU a core i5 750 will bottleneck a gtx 670 or will i need to overclock it?. Also will my current PSU be adequate for the card:

http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=5906

I'm upgrading from my HD 5850

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As should the PSU.
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Hi Guys,

Sorry for high-jacking the thread.

Just wanted to know if my pc is suffering form a bottle neck.

Asus P5KPL-CM motherboard
2 GIG RAM(2 Sticks)
Q6600 Core 2 quad @ 2.4GHz (Removed overclock due to stability issues.)
GeForce 8600GT

I have noticed my pc is slowing down a lot and i was wondering if this could be a bottle neck. If so what is causing it?

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Most probably the ram, if anything.
if it's in-game, good chance it's the gpu too.
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Thanks for the quick reply.

Guess i will get some more ram then. I think the max for my board is 4GBs.

trying to save up for complete upgrade but other things always come up.
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Yeah, probably RAM. I run out of 2GB on an XP system without even playing a game. If you are running Windows 7 the problem should be even worse. In my case browsers consume a lot of RAM, having Opera and IE 7 open the whole time.
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I know a q6600 at stock speeds bottlenecks the 8800GT - but the bottleneck was pretty much negated by pushing it to 3ghz. There is probably a minor bottleneck of your 8600 but the RAM is probably the biggest holdback.

Throw in some more RAM, 4gigs is pretty much the minimum any system should have these days.
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Thanks guys.

@Monty - I could not get my system to 3GHz. only 2.8GHz.

Was stable and then about two months ago started restarting so i had to reset it by removing battery and jumper.
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