Finally thought bu**er it and have decided to lump an upgrade on a Credit card rather than wait til after xmas (when I'll have the spare cash) to sort this out...
Currently have E6600 dual core with 4gb Ram, 650W psu and an asus 5850EAH 1gb gfx card, 1 70gb raptor drive and a 500gb sataII Hdd.
Plan is as follows :-
1. Upgrade Motherboard to ASrock Extreme 4 Gen 3.
2. Cpu upgrade to i5 2500K retail (does it come with a CPU cooler these days ??)
3. RAM 8GB XMS3 1600mhz.
4. Windows 64bit..
Possible add ons over the next couple of months would be a better cooler (silver arrow when its back in stock or antec 920(any thoughts??)) and probably a crucial 128gb M4 SSD.
Plan is to then upgrade the cpu to Ivybridge and get a new PCi 3 GFX card when they are released..
I'm not a hardcore overclocker so overclocking isn't going to be much of an issue at the moment.. Looking to get this kit in and running before the launch of BF3... with that in mind should i get another 5850 to xfire??
Currently have E6600 dual core with 4gb Ram, 650W psu and an asus 5850EAH 1gb gfx card, 1 70gb raptor drive and a 500gb sataII Hdd.
Plan is as follows :-
1. Upgrade Motherboard to ASrock Extreme 4 Gen 3.
2. Cpu upgrade to i5 2500K retail (does it come with a CPU cooler these days ??)
3. RAM 8GB XMS3 1600mhz.
4. Windows 64bit..
Possible add ons over the next couple of months would be a better cooler (silver arrow when its back in stock or antec 920(any thoughts??)) and probably a crucial 128gb M4 SSD.
Plan is to then upgrade the cpu to Ivybridge and get a new PCi 3 GFX card when they are released..
I'm not a hardcore overclocker so overclocking isn't going to be much of an issue at the moment.. Looking to get this kit in and running before the launch of BF3... with that in mind should i get another 5850 to xfire??