Ati radeon hd 4870 1gb with a core i7

[idata]

hey guys im back with a new question for ya. with a core i7 870 what is bottlenecking my hd4870. the processor is at 4.04ghz and the memory is at 1820mhz then i have the 2 hdd's 1 wd5001aals drive 500gb and 1 wd 640gb drive that i dont know the model off the top of my head. they run at sata 2 3.0gbps speeds now the thing is i have a 1000 watt power supply and i have zbout 10 fans connected to it and the heat realy gets me cause i have to turn my ac on all night. but back to the hd 4870 i was wondering why might i not be able to oc it past 820mhz core and 1000mhz memory? is my hardware limiting my overclocking ability on the hd 4870? also i have a soundblaster x-fi xtreme gamer sound card so could that have something to do with it? or is it the fact that the stock coolers just plain out suck on these cards? i have the drivers for the card the catalyst drivers 11.5. well any help would be great.

Thank you,

Billy Babin

[RGiff · Accepted solution]

Your Bottle neck is the STD. Hard drives ,you need a SSD to improve your performance. Both with the graphics and the CPU , It's all about read/writes and in/out. You can have a 6core CPU and 24GB ram and crossfire , but until you go SSD , you are draging a anchor.

[idata]

how much do ssd's cost for 128gb?

[RGiff]

If you stick with Intel and I would , about $ 250.00 , check at Newegg. com

[RGiff]

I'am running a 160GB G2 Ver. and it's the best thing I've got in years , By my sys is using a Xeon CPU .