1000 POUNDS FOR UPGRADING

[DarkWhisper]

After lots of over time ive saved up a grand to buy upgrads, my pc is my spec.
in which areas will upgrading be best to spend my money on...

 

[xBLiNG]

You want to upgrade on crossfire 5870? Fine.

i7, SSD.

Everything else is good tbh.

 

[RJC]

Your system is still pretty good, only thing I can think of is a SSD drive or new monitor.

 

[JonJ678]

Water cooling

 

[sjcf1]

i7/i5 With eyefinity?

 

[DarkWhisper]

already watercooled and i like the monitor.

 

[Tiamat21]

you got 7.1 surround sound?
If not then:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-021-LG - i know its only 5.1
but hey

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-058-CL

then upgrade to an i7 and i7 mobo

I just got 5.1 surround sound card and speakers and it makes A HUGE differnce.

 

[xBLiNG]

There Under budget too.

 

[BigRazer93]

I7 setup wouldn't increase his gaming performance that much, so I wouldn't bother mate.

An 128gb ssd is a good buy I would say New mouse and keyboard maybe? Sound card and speakers?

 

[DarkWhisper]

Corsair Reactor 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive
Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM + Assassin's Creed II Game Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM
Asus P6TD Deluxe Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard Asus P6TD Deluxe Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair Dominator 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C8D) Corsair Dominator 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C8D)
Is this a good upgrade

 

[BigRazer93]

Corsair Reactor 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive
Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM + Assassin's Creed II Game Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM
Asus P6TD Deluxe Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard Asus P6TD Deluxe Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair Dominator 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C8D) Corsair Dominator 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C8D)
Is this a good upgrade

If you only game mate, then an i7 wouldn't be worth it, but if you do video encoding etc aswell, then i7 would be a good choice

 

[DarkWhisper]

Am running mission/cyrus home set up. mouse is razer death adder. keyboards g19

 

[DarkWhisper]

If you only game mate, then an i7 wouldn't be worth it, but if you do video encoding etc aswell, then i7 would be a good choice

just online/offline gaming really.
wound it be worth going to windows 7 from vista 64

 

[DarkWhisper]

There Under budget too.

am running Q9650

 

[BigRazer93]

Haha, well I would get an ssd mate, they show so much improvement over a standard 7200rpm drive You could go for an eye finity setup if you have the space, you have the gear

EDIT: Windows 7 is so much more better than vista, I thought vista was a load of bull, bsod's etc, no problems with windows 7, rock solid and also offers dx11

 

[BigRazer93]

You could also look into a new case, I herd you said you are watercooled, new case could be a good buy unless you already have a Corsair 800d or Silvestone Tj07

 

[DarkWhisper]

am running 150 raptor x's in rad 0
lian li 2100b

 

[BigRazer93]

Haha, save your pennies mate towards a holiday mate, wouldn't bother touching on your pc as its a high spec system.

 

[JonJ678]

SSDs are so much better than Raptors. If both graphics cards and cpu are already watercooled then more watercooling probably isn't the answer. I'd probably go for a htpc, but failing that spend the lot on a raid card and some ssds.

 

[413x]

put that money somewhere else, or a second monitor or an SSD

nothing needs replacing!