i5 and ddr3 or gtx 580

spankingtexan · 19 Nov 2010 at 16:16

I currently have q6600 @ 3.00ghz, 4 gig ddr2, ati 5870 and windows 7.
I'm wanting to upgrade but can't afford new motherboard, ram, processor and a graphics card.
So it's either motherboard bundle with i5@ 4ghz and ddr3 ram or the gtx 580 but I don't know which to go for or which will give me the greater advantage.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

spankingtexan · 19 Nov 2010 at 16:29

24inch display 1920x1080

spankingtexan · 19 Nov 2010 at 16:35

will browse the internet for i7 deals. thanks for advise.

spankingtexan · 19 Nov 2010 at 16:37

I'm afraid i'm not very technical and any overclocking carried out by me would def result in explosion lol.

spankingtexan · 19 Nov 2010 at 16:50

Thanks guys, it's clearer now that a motherboard bundle would be best but could I wait till January????? your advise has been very helpful. Thanks

spankingtexan · 19 Nov 2010 at 17:12

Thanks for link on (sandy bridge) with the gpu on the same chip, how powerfull are these gpu's compared to seperate cards and would it still be possible to use a dedicated gpu along side a cpu,gpu processor?

spankingtexan · 19 Nov 2010 at 18:18

Thanks again. food for thought although i'm pretty sure that after all the advise the mobo bundle is the way forward for me. A very merry christmas to you all.