Crit my spec please :)

Dup

Dup

Dup

Soldato
Joined
10 Mar 2006
Posts
11,420
Location
East Lancs
Hi guys, I'm very much out the loop with hardware at the moment. This is my current spec:

Case: Lain Li PC-7FW
PSU: Corsair HX750
Mobo: Asus Maximus II Formula
CPU: Q9550 (3.46GHz Under a H-50)
RAM: 4GB Corsair PC8500
GFX: Sapphire 5870 vapor-x (currently on RMA, no idea on replacement or repair).
Audio: Asus D2X
HDDs: 500GB & 1TB Spinpoint F1s.

Screen: Dell U2711

Proposed Spec:

Case: Corsair 650D
PSU: Corsair HX1050
Mobo: Asus P67 Sabertooth
CPU: i7 2600k
Cooling: Corsair H-100
RAM: Corsair Vengence 8GB
GFX: 2x Sapphire 6950 "Dual Fan Edition" 2048MB (Crossfire)
SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB

I don't need audio, a screen, input devices or any software. I will use it for most 3Ds Max, Creative Suite and gaming (BF3!!).

I would love to have a go at overclocking and my budget is sort of loose at the moment. Apart from taking the D2X out my old system, I will probably leave it and sell it on as the case and PSU won't meet my space and power needs when going Crossfire.

Any help and insight would be much appreciated :)
 
Thanks guys, good shout on the Mobo, hadn't realised about that.

With regards to the RAM, why consider without the heatsinks? They are both identical in price and specs for what I can see.

I chose the 1050PSU as I wish to run crossfire 6950s, was this overlooked or could I manage not including this? Would my current HX750 be up to the job?

Is my current system worth upgrading? I will be running 2260x1440 BF3, that's going to be the biggest abuse the system will get apart from rendering. I cannot crossfire on my with my mobo without losing my D2X and I would need to change the case too.
 
1k watt is OTT for dual 6950s.
your HX750 will be fine with crossfired 6950s.
keep you system, when BF3 comes out try it with your current system, if it struggles then thats the time to upgrade.
 
Dup said:
Thanks guys, good shout on the Mobo, hadn't realised about that.

With regards to the RAM, why consider without the heatsinks? They are both identical in price and specs for what I can see.

The Kingston ram and the vengeance are now the same price, both have heatspreaders, the Vengeance is just taller

I chose the 1050PSU as I wish to run crossfire 6950s, was this overlooked or could I manage not including this? Would my current HX750 be up to the job?

Keep the HX750, its ample

Is my current system worth upgrading? I will be running 2260x1440 BF3, that's going to be the biggest abuse the system will get apart from rendering. I cannot crossfire on my with my mobo without losing my D2X and I would need to change the case too.
Click to expand...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom