Best upgrade?

Substance · 27 May 2009 at 02:01

Hey OcUK, I have a bit of cash spare each month and have been adding to my pc every so often,

My current spec is :-

Biostar Tpower I45
Q6600
4GB Corsair Dominator
1gb ATI4870
Corsair 520w
X-fi Platinum
1TB samsung F1
600GB Backup drive
22" LG Flatron monitor

I think I have hit a bottleneck with this system, I can't really afford to update the whole system but can't think of an individual upgrade that would benefit me

I know I should just wait and update it all but I am crappy at saving and would rather just order something now and get it over with.

Can you think of anything worth upgrading atm or should I just wait it out?

JonJ678 · 27 May 2009 at 02:03

Very balanced system at present. Which is great until you want it to run faster

Only obvious thing for speed is the hard drive, suggest a second F1 and raid 0. 2Tb is a lot of data to go down if it fails however.

I'd get a second screen. Multiple monitors is excellent

Ging3r · 27 May 2009 at 02:05

I'm in a very similar situation, and im thinking, just gonna have to wait a while to make the next large step to i7, or even i5.

But im going watercooling for silence, and max out my cpu

cmndr_andi · 27 May 2009 at 02:14

Agreed - it looks like a rather nicely balanced system.

If you want more fps in games, a second 4870 would be nice to have - though an upgraded power supply should be considered in that case.

Is your CPU overclocked at the minute?

If not, a good CPU cooler like this should allow you to hit 3.5GHz and it can be used to cool a future i7/i5 system.

Meaker · 27 May 2009 at 02:26

I'd get the thermalright cooler. If you move over to the i7 the backplate is not expensive and its a very good cooler. Need to get a fan with it though.

liquidex · 27 May 2009 at 02:42

Nice system. Definately clock your q6600 if its at stock and would also recommend the Titan Fenrir if you don't have a decent cooler. If you have the cash maybe a SSD.

95thrifles · 27 May 2009 at 09:04

I assume youre not OCing, as otherwise I cant see how that system would be holding you back on anything, unless you just mean you've got the upgrade "bug" and want to spend even though you dont need to, because looking at the system you shouldnt need to, so as last few posters, OC your CPU (pick up an aftermarket cooler if you dont already have one) and you should be fine

wupwup · 27 May 2009 at 09:18

cmndr_andi said:
Agreed - it looks like a rather nicely balanced system.

If you want more fps in games, a second 4870 would be nice to have - though an upgraded power supply should be considered in that case.

Is your CPU overclocked at the minute?

If not, a good CPU cooler like this should allow you to hit 3.5GHz and it can be used to cool a future i7/i5 system.

agreed, crossfire (or sli) would b the only obvious thing.