Where do I upgrade next (i7 [email protected])

Born_2_Kill_83 · 3 Jan 2011 at 17:06

Ive not upgraded in nealy a couple of years, so which areas of my spec can be improved and what would you surgest to be best.

My current rigg consists of:
Asus P6T
6GB Patriot Viper @ 1602MHZ
i7 920 @ 4.0GHZ
ATi 5970

Exclude the GPU I'm waiting for the 6970 and to see how good it is.
The real question is im a little bored of my MB but would I see any gains through newer MB's such as the P67 (what will this new board offer that an X58 doesnt).
Guess ram is o.k for now, but is there anything that would out run my 920 overclocked? If I do change my CPU I want something like the 920 that overclocks high and easy.

Surgestions on where to spend my money is what I'm after, I dont want the best hardware money can buy but certainly want the best bang for buck as my current stuff was 18 months ago.

alex24 · 3 Jan 2011 at 17:10

Your rig is still absolutely fine, there's nothing you need to swap.

Perhaps you could add a solid state drive? That would make a difference, the new P67 won't give you much at all.

Wait until later this year for Socket 2011 (1366 replacement) and get something then if you want more.

Richdog · 3 Jan 2011 at 17:12

Loowi_ashley said:
Ive not upgraded in nealy a couple of years, so which areas of my spec can be improved and what would you surgest to be best.

My current rigg consists of:
Asus P6T
6GB Patriot Viper @ 1602MHZ
i7 920 @ 4.0GHZ
ATi 5970

Exclude the GPU I'm waiting for the 6970 and to see how good it is.
The real question is im a little bored of my MB but would I see any gains through newer MB's such as the P67 (what will this new board offer that an X58 doesnt).
Guess ram is o.k for now, but is there anything that would out run my 920 overclocked? If I do change my CPU I want something like the 920 that overclocks high and easy.

Surgestions on where to spend my money is what I'm after, I dont want the best hardware money can buy but certainly want the best bang for buck as my current stuff was 18 months ago.

How can you have a spec that high and not know that it's still pretty much bleeding edge? There are no "bang for buck" upgrades you can make from there, only minimal gain ones. Try again in 6 months to a year and you may have more luck.

I bet you're not even noticing any problems running apps or games.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 3 Jan 2011 at 17:12

Thanks for the reply, I was just wondering if I'm getting left behind in any area. What will the new socket CPU bring to the market?

setter · 3 Jan 2011 at 17:31

An ssd is the only change i would look into. The rest of your system is still very high end kit.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 7 May 2011 at 14:32

alexhull24 said:
Your rig is still absolutely fine, there's nothing you need to swap.

Perhaps you could add a solid state drive? That would make a difference, the new P67 won't give you much at all.

Wait until later this year for Socket 2011 (1366 replacement) and get something then if you want more.

Sorry to bump this thread, just wondering if theres anymore news on the above new motherbroads, will there be a series of new socket cpus as well? How much better than the Sandybridge will they be?
Just trying to decide wether to wait or not?

alex24 · 7 May 2011 at 15:06

Yes, there will be new socket CPUs and boards. Too early to say about performance. I'd wait, your kit is still pretty much as fast as it gets. Sandy Bridge isn't designed to compete with Socket LGA1366 kit anyway, which should be faster, or certainly has the higher end chips and configuration.

The only thing to take it on sooner is AMD's Bulldozer platform, consisting of 9xx series boards and AM3+ CPUs. There will be a high end 8-core offering, that apparently gives 50% performance over Phenom II or i7. That remains to be seen, but this time next month we should have a lot more info I think.

In short, get that SSD instead!