Does this sound like a plan?

robfosters · 30 Aug 2013 at 15:20

At present, drive wise I have a 128GB plextor pro SSD (rapidly running out of space), a small 250GB old seagate drive and a 1TB hitachi deskstar drive for all my media (TV shows).

First, I am going to swap my 560ti for a 4GB 670GTX. Then rip out the 2 HDD's and add a 250gb Samsung SSD. Then adding a WD 2TB sata 6gb/s HDD.

My Plextor would stay my drive for windows and other apps. The 250GB samsung would be a gaming drive. Finally my 2TB would be partitioned. 1TB for my media and 1 TB for other data.

Does this sound like a decent upgrade to my system? I don't think I need to touch my cpu and mobo yet.

DaleTheWhale · 30 Aug 2013 at 16:41

I'd wait for the next gen AMD cards and maybe grab one of them?

I had to strip all my storage out as it was causing issues, I have my 120GB for OS, Apps & Some games what I play everyday. 1TB HDD split into 2 x 500GB, one for media/files and 1 for other games.

Doomedspeed · 30 Aug 2013 at 16:56

I'd do Storage first and Graphics later, as the SSD/Hard drive side won't make any massive gains until SATAIV (a way off yet) whereas these new AMD cards are getting a lot of hype so it's worth waiting for them to see if they are what the promise.

teppic · 30 Aug 2013 at 17:02

Yeah, the new GPUs are announced in September so it's worth holding on a bit to see what's what.

robfosters · 30 Aug 2013 at 17:28

Any idea when?

I don't know if it will help me though. I only really wanted to spend about £200 on the gfx. I was also toying with the 770, but I have doubts about whether its worth the extra £150 over the 670.

Surely the new amds will be £300 or thereabouts?