How to improve?!

oxygene · 6 Jun 2010 at 17:05

Ok so I've got my pc to the stage now where it runs everything I throw at it without any trouble. I have a big screen and ample HD space. So theres pretty much nothing I can think of improving.
What would be worth spending money on now while I have a little spare? Better cables? A decent sound card? Something maybe cosmetic that makes me a little more proud of my system.
What do you guys do to improve a pc when its running as good as needed?

oxygene · 6 Jun 2010 at 17:10

Thats the thing, I love my monitor, kb, mouse, mousepad. And my gf I already treated

As for the system:
amd phenom II X4 955
8gb DDR2
ATI radeon HD 4890 1gb
5.5tb hd space.
Theres really nothing I want to improve there, everythin I play game-wise works perfectly without fault on max settings.

oxygene · 6 Jun 2010 at 17:14

Superewza said:
Full specs? As in everything?

How about watercooling?

No need, have an antec 900 whos fans keep my cpu under 50c on full load. No desire to OC anything atm as it does all it needs to.

ricky said:
New case then?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-020-CS

As above really, case is perfect atm.

oxygene · 6 Jun 2010 at 17:17

Higadeb said:
You could go for a SSD? Just for the hell of it...

I was tempted by that the other day, but my boot / games disk is 2x SATA2 in raid, so speedy enough!

What do you guys think about X-Fi as an improvement over onboard? Bearing in mind £50 7.1 speakers with only 2.1 plugged in

oxygene · 6 Jun 2010 at 17:19

Saving.... I've heard of such things. What does this entail?

oxygene · 6 Jun 2010 at 17:21

Mailman86 said:
First you need to send me your bank account details. I'll sort it all out for you from there.

Woot! ok the numbers are 382... wait I lost my card....

oxygene · 6 Jun 2010 at 17:25

Cookeh said:
Saving = giving money to me

tbh, Id save it, or go for a new soundcard - sounds stupid to have a 7.1 sound system and a 2.1 onboard sound

Oh no no no you dont understand

I have 7.1 onboard sound and 7.1 speakers. But nowhere in my room to set em up lol. So only 2.1 plugged in atm!
So has anyone here gone from onboard to X-Fi? I've heard even on rubbishy speakers the difference is very noticable, and I spend a lot of time on headphones too.