2008 spec vs 2010 spec

Nate Silvers · 27 Oct 2010 at 23:42

Thinking about upgrading my PC I built in 2008. Is it a good time?

Got top motherboards CPU/RAM ect in 2008. Got £600-700 to spend this year. I won't get top notch stuff again (would love a Rampage III) but will it be worth upgrading?

My old PC:
Intel Q9450 @3.2
Rampage Formula
GTX 9800
4GB Dominator RAM

New spec:
Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
6870 ATI
OCZ Gold Low Voltage 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C10 2000MHz Triple Channel

anyone got a better spec for £700? Don't need PSU, HDD, Monitor ect just the guts.

SeraphX · 27 Oct 2010 at 23:46

save what you've got for now, theres gonna be new intel tech coming out very soon, and the intel i series is changing sockets so, i wouldnt waste the money

raikesi · 27 Oct 2010 at 23:46

DO IT.

gamesaregood · 27 Oct 2010 at 23:46

I presume you mainly use your PC for gaming?

I would wait for the next refresh of CPU of CPUs & Motherboards next year for the big upgrade.

For now just upgrade Graphics Card and get a nice SSD for your OS (Presuming you don't already have one

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Nate Silvers · 27 Oct 2010 at 23:49

Yeah mainly gaming and video production. I'm gonna give my girlfriend my current PC and already got an SSD

I dunno if I can hold onto £700 for 3 months got my eyes set on a DLSR.

Computer is still really fast except certain games like Gothic 4 are starting to slow down, have to drop to 720P @25-30FPS.

gamesaregood · 28 Oct 2010 at 00:03

Well if your not looking to wait... it sounds like you've already decided....

As for Gothic 4, I expect the graphics card upgrade would sort that out

95thrifles · 28 Oct 2010 at 00:34

Still an awesome CPU/mobo/RAM combo, just get new gfx and leave it at that, could get 2 6870s in xfire
then buy gf a cheapish i3 system or the like, and dedicate your old gfx to it if you like

Razor-BladE · 28 Oct 2010 at 02:00

Just get a new graphics card. The other parts are fine for now.

Sycho · 28 Oct 2010 at 02:40

Like above, just get the 6870 for now.

Gantoris · 28 Oct 2010 at 04:48

Wait till November and buy a nice 69xx graphics card, you will have no problems gaming for the near future then as others have said you will have a nice big chunk of money just in time for the new Bulldozer and Sandybridge CPUs early next year

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Reldar · 28 Oct 2010 at 07:38

Honestly if I were you I would wait until the 6990 (dual gpu card) is released and spend your money on that.
Or 6950/6970 if you don't really need that much power.

Unless you feel your CPU is really struggling I wouldn't even think about a cpu/mobo/ram upgrade until at least Q3 2011 when the next enthusiast socket is released (LGA2011). Perhaps by that time you will have saved up some more money?

DogsBody · 28 Oct 2010 at 13:19

2nd hand GPU off MM to cover you for 3 months ?

I paid about £50 for a 2nd hand 4870

Nate Silvers · 28 Oct 2010 at 13:27

Okay think I might wait and hope I get another job soon. This is the PC my girlfriend picked it's more money than upgrading mine and handing it down.

geoirv23 · 28 Oct 2010 at 13:37

You've put triple channel memory there when it should be dual channel (2x2gb).

geoirv23 · 28 Oct 2010 at 13:38

And the i5 650 isn't a true quad core, its a dual core with hyper threading, you want the i5 750

Liampope · 28 Oct 2010 at 13:50

6870 + Olympus E-620

Gantoris · 28 Oct 2010 at 15:19

Just wanna stress what someone else said, you need dual channel memory with an i5

get 4gb will save u some cash.