Hello,
I will be upgrading my gaming PC in February/March 2015. I am planning on spending ~£1,000 on the parts. My current equipment is:
CPU: AMD Phenom II, 64-bit, 6-core, 1090T @3.21 GHz (not overclocked)
GPU: XFX Athlon HD7850 2Gb
RAM: Corsair 4x 4Gb @ 1,666 MHz
HDD: Non-SSD Corsair 1Tb @ 7,200 rpm
MoB: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
I would like to switch to nVidia family GPUs to make use of the PhysX technology present in many games I play. I might get one very powerful GPU or two cheaper ones in SLi. My problem is that I don't know what would be a better solution. I need your expertise on this.
Also, if it turns out the new GPU could work better with Intel CPU I am ready to make such a change as well.
I have no preference on the Motherboard and I'll get whatever would house the CPU and GPU combo well.
My RAM seems OK and I don't plan to change it.
I have a huge Corsair case and I can get proper cooling if necessary (Corsair H100?).
Could you please suggest any known and proved hardware elements that work well with each other and also explain if 2 GPUs could best a single top of the line card. In essence, I need a CPU, GPU(S) and a Motherboard.
Thank you for reading.
I will be upgrading my gaming PC in February/March 2015. I am planning on spending ~£1,000 on the parts. My current equipment is:
CPU: AMD Phenom II, 64-bit, 6-core, 1090T @3.21 GHz (not overclocked)
GPU: XFX Athlon HD7850 2Gb
RAM: Corsair 4x 4Gb @ 1,666 MHz
HDD: Non-SSD Corsair 1Tb @ 7,200 rpm
MoB: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
I would like to switch to nVidia family GPUs to make use of the PhysX technology present in many games I play. I might get one very powerful GPU or two cheaper ones in SLi. My problem is that I don't know what would be a better solution. I need your expertise on this.
Also, if it turns out the new GPU could work better with Intel CPU I am ready to make such a change as well.
I have no preference on the Motherboard and I'll get whatever would house the CPU and GPU combo well.
My RAM seems OK and I don't plan to change it.
I have a huge Corsair case and I can get proper cooling if necessary (Corsair H100?).
Could you please suggest any known and proved hardware elements that work well with each other and also explain if 2 GPUs could best a single top of the line card. In essence, I need a CPU, GPU(S) and a Motherboard.
Thank you for reading.
