Question How to figure out what my prebuilt is missing?

[Wyse]

I bought a prebuilt some time ago with the following specs:

Processor:
1x 11th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-11700F Processor(Core™ i7-11700F)

RAM:
1x 16 GB DDR4-3200

Grafiken:
1x NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060 LHR

Power supply:
huntkey HK650-15PP

The problem that I have is that I can’t run many games (for example Path of Exile 2), despite my hardware matching or exceeding what is being recommended on steam.

How can I figure out where my pc falls short and how could I tell in advance what kind of hardware it takes to run a specific game at my desired performance?

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PoE2 recommended hardware:
RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-10500 or AMD ™ Ryzen 5 3700X
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060, Intel® Arc™ A770, or ATI Radeon™ RX 5600XT
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 100 GB available space
Additional Notes: Solid State Storage is recommended

 

[mjs warlord]

Hello to you and welcome to the forum , their are a lot of very people on here who will help you.

Can you please post a list of what games you cant run and exactly what happens when you try to run them.

A couple of quick things to check
Look in reliability monitor for any errors or crash reports
Look in device manager to see if you have any yellow triangle on anything

 

[COLGeek]

The 1x16 of memory is sub-optimal. Performance would improve with 2x8 or even better with 2x16. It is important to understand that memory is sold in pairs/sets for a reason. You need to install in matched pairs/sets.

 

[Wyse]

Hello to you and welcome to the forum , their are a lot of very people on here who will help you.

Can you please post a list of what games you cant run and exactly what happens when you try to run them.

A couple of quick things to check
Look in reliability monitor for any errors or crash reports
Look in device manager to see if you have any yellow triangle on anything

Thanks for your reply.
It’s not that I can’t run them, but that I have low fps and fps drops despite running the game on the lowest settings.
Mb for not wording that better.

I haven’t play any game recently that has these issues, so only PoE2 comes to mind.

Is the reliability monitor in game or something on the NVIDIA app?
I will check these when I get the time.

 

[COLGeek]

Reliability Monitor is built into Windows. Just type reliability in the search widget on your task bar.

Your performance, as noted earlier with your memory configuration, is very much impacted by having just a single stick of memory installed. Improve that and you'll see better results.

 

[Wyse]

The 1x16 of memory is sub-optimal. Performance would improve with 2x8 or even better with 2x16. It is important to understand that memory is sold in pairs/sets for a reason. You need to install in matched pairs/sets.

Thank you for the tip.
Why exactly is 2x8 better than 1x16? I always thought it would have the same performance.

 

[COLGeek]

Thank you for the tip.
Why exactly is 2x8 better than 1x16? I always thought it would have the same performance.

2 channels verses a single channel. Think of it like having a larger pipe to pump data to/from the CPU versus one that is more constrained.

 

[mjs warlord]

@Wyse if you feel confident enough to open your pc to add more ram their are a few precautions you need to take , keep your pc turned off and try and keep one hand on your case to ground yourself to the pc and this will stop any static from building up. To remove the ram stick their is usually a small tab at one end of the ram slot , move the tab and very carefully remove the ram.

Before you do that you need to find out the details of your motherboard if you dont have this information download this small app ..... trust me its safe

Belarc Advisor Download - Belarc, Inc.

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When you run this it will tell you everything you need to know about your pc and your motherboard details will be on the right hand side under the banner main circuit board. You now need to find details of the motherboard to find what slots to use when using more than 1 stick of ram because you cant just stick the ram in a slot of your own choosing unless of course you only have 2 ram slots.

You now need to turn off your pc and remove the ram as instructed above because you need to find out what the MHz figures are and it will be printed on the side of the stick. You can now order the correct ram dont buy 1 get 2 new ones and as @COLGeek said they should be a matched pair so make sure you get both of them from the same manufacturer.

DISCLAMER ..... I have been into pc's for around 22 years so i know i have given you correct information but it is your decision as to weather or not you carry out my instructions.