Any issues that you can see with this?

MouthBoy

MouthBoy

MouthBoy

Soldato
Joined
6 Apr 2010
Posts
2,918
Location
Cambridgeshire
I am looking to upgrade my current system. I am currently running the following:

Q6600 @ 3.2Ghz
TPower i45
Corsair XMS2 4gb
Sapphire HD4870 512mb
Various HDDs

and I am looking at the following:

i7 920 DO
Gigabyte GA-X58A
Corsair XMS3 6gb
Sapphire HD5850 1024mb
2 x WD Caviar Blue 250gb in Raid0

My day to day usage is with 3D modelling in Maya and working in game engines. My current system does this, but since I saw the massive performance increase from my Q6600 to the i7 920 regarding the applications I work in, I am looking towards this upgrade. I do like to run my games as near to full graphics as I can. I run the likes of Dragon Age at full whack currently but I thought that getting a faster GFX card would give me more future proofing. I looked at the 5870 but everyone seems to say that overclocking a 5850 to 5870 speeds is very possible and pretty easy, am I right in saying that? I already have a 700W PSU, a good case and cooling for this system from my current.

Basically, can anyone see anything that is wrong with the chosen parts? I dont know when I am looking to do this upgrade, but currently the total for that, from OcUK is £779.93.

Thanks
 
Last edited:
that spec is superb but not all 5850 clock to 5870's performace or change the drives for this Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA-II 64MB Cache cost cheaper aswell
 
Last edited:
Yea ok I see your point on the HDD.

So I save myself £30ish by doing that. Nice one! :D

Yea I know I might not reach 5870 performance, but even if I didnt, I dont think I would complain with a 5850 at stock really.
 
With the drive, all I want is something that has a decent speed, but doesnt have to be lightening. I was looking at the 80gb Intel SSD but I cant really justify £150 on a HDD to be honest...
 
smeaney said:
I swear you linked a 500gb before...?
Click to expand...

are you referring to the samsung F3 I linked too?

if so it runs at 7200rpm and has 500gb platters making it one of the fastest drives around.

the western digital green runs at between 5400-7200rpm to conserve power/noise, not something you want for performance.
 
the three fastest harddrives around are,

western digital blacks

samsung F3(not the slower ecogreen)

seagate barracuda 7200.12
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom