Is it time to upgrade?

Born2BSlow · 21 Dec 2016 at 22:36

Hi guys,

My current rig is knocking on a bit although I've upgraded gfx fairly regularly.

Mobo: Gigabyte X58-UD3R
CPU: i7 950 @ 3.07GHz
12GB RAM
GFX: Geforce 980Ti
HDDrives:
Kingston SV300S37A240G SSD (C

Intel SSDSA2CW120G3 SSD Game installs
2TB SATA for storage
All in an Antec 1200 with plenty of airflow.

I recently watercooled the CPU (H100iGTX) when I had a 770 GTX and decided to run 2 in SLi after moving to a triple screen setup, the CPU screamed for mercy. I moved to the single 980Ti because the 2xgfx cards were so close (no spacing on PCI slots) there was too much heat build up when running PCars. Basically for what I ended up spending to get to triple screens I could have built a new PC.

I guess I'm just a bit underwhelmed, nothing seems to run buttersmooth fps, I mainly play Pcars and Assetto Corsa and I'm not convinced the single 980Ti is doing the business with triple screens.

Anybody got any thoughts or suggestions please?

Born2BSlow · 22 Dec 2016 at 18:44

Thanks for the input guys, I was thinking the CPU/MOBO/RAM (GeIL 12GB (3x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz) might be the problem, the original build was ordered 10th May 2011 according to my order history

Apart from the original HD6950 being replaced and a couple of power supplies it's not struggled with much, until the triple screens that is. It's my wife's fault for leaving me at home on my own for the weekend...

Budget, I suppose I'd be aiming to get a bundle for under £400, wouldn't want to spend more than that.

Born2BSlow · 22 Dec 2016 at 19:06

Altenatively, I want to be ready for VR version 2, so should I just muddle through as I am until Black Friday/Christmas sales nxt year and go with a new build? I'd probably go with a £1500-£2000 budget for PC if I did that.

I like the case I have for moving air so would get a smaller one for the existing internals and let the kids have it.

Born2BSlow · 23 Dec 2016 at 15:17

I'm not all that tech savvy, didn't do a whole lot of research and I don't really Overclock so I just bought to a whole PC budget.

I don't know what the difference is between Bloomfield and Sandybridge anyhow, this might make you go even more purple...

Born2BSlow · 23 Dec 2016 at 15:19

I've tried to overclock the cpu, I don't have a clue even after reading lots of threads and following step by step guides. Every attempt just caused it to crash.