How can i improve my system please?

Watlinguk · 3 Jan 2011 at 21:54

Hi everyone.

About a few months ago i made my first gaming machine. What im looking for really is a little bit of advice on how I can further upgrade the system to give me better performance within games and general uses, But mainly in games. Money really isn't an issue but i would like to keep my machine up to date without buying a GTX 580.I generally play the newest games out on 1900 resolution.

System:

Asus Asus P6X58D-E
Intel i7 @ 4ghz - h50 cooler
Evga GTX 480
Corsair DDR3 1600mhz 6gb
Western Digital 500gb 32mb cache t2 HDD

Kind regards

Watlinguk · 3 Jan 2011 at 21:59

Yes 1920x1080 on a samsung syncmaster. I've noticed drops in frames on battlefield bad company 2 when its all kicking off, which is too be expected. Is they anyway to completely eliminate that?

Also is they a cheaper alternative to a SSD, i know my HDD is holding me back somewhat.

Watlinguk · 3 Jan 2011 at 22:08

Yer that's what I figured :/ i would love to buy another 480 but I think I would have big heat issues :/

Watlinguk · 3 Jan 2011 at 22:12

an 850w PSU would stuggle with x2 480's?

Watlinguk · 3 Jan 2011 at 22:14

I would love water cooling i just have never taken the time to fully understand it. I love my current cpu cooler its great with temps but some cooling for the cards would be awesome.

My case is a nzxt phantom, is that capable of watercooling?