Is an upgrade worth it.

Walkerie · 22 Feb 2011 at 18:32

Hi all, trying to figure out where to go with my pc, im wanting it mainly for a rift and currently run this setup.

e8400 at 3.6
Nvidia 250 GTS at stock
4gig pc6400
Corsair 550w PSU
P5N-E-Sli

Now, I could get finance and go the 500 pound route, and try to sell a few of these bits, but would i see much gain? or would I better off spending say £100 on a second hand card?

smiley1987 · 22 Feb 2011 at 18:40

What do you use your pc for ?? If you only want to spend your £100 bugdet i would suggest getting a quad core cpu as that would vastly speed up your pc .

Walkerie · 22 Feb 2011 at 23:51

I stated that in the first post, also got the oppurtunity to go dual 250s if i can find a nice 1gb on the MM, would my corsair vx 550 handle it?

smiley1987 · 23 Feb 2011 at 00:28

I don't think it would be advisable as it might kill your psu , so you might need to get a new psu and then a gpu .

stulid · 23 Feb 2011 at 00:36

You should be fine adding a second GTS250 to that PSU, it is a quality one after all.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/misc/picture/?src=/images/video/gf-gts250-sli/gts250_full.png&1=1

A second GTS250 will add about 80w draw.

Performance increase - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/gf-gts250-sli_8.html#sect0 from that page onwards.

Walkerie · 23 Feb 2011 at 00:42

I thought so stulid, its a bit of a beast anyway. Thanks a lot.

stulid · 23 Feb 2011 at 00:47

its true, www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=62

its a little monster.

nelviss · 23 Feb 2011 at 04:16

i would spend extra and get a 560ti, then save for a bulldozer rig.
have a 512m gts250 for sale if you like just carnt use MM yet look on gumtree(cheaper for a ocuker)

Tythus · 23 Feb 2011 at 06:21

I'd get another 250 with 1GB of ram and SLI it if you can on your mobo

Walkerie · 23 Feb 2011 at 10:51

stulid said:
its true, www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=62

its a little monster.

Just realised ive got the 550 VX, even better =]