New system

[tourerman]

Hi all,

sorry if this has kinda been covered, but I want a definative answer from people who know their stuff.

Currently I have

Q9550 Stock speed, has been overclocked before but no difference noticed
8GB Dominator Ram 4x2 DDR3 1600
Gigabyte X48T-DQ6 Mobo
1 X WD Raptop 300GB
4 X WD 300GB for storage
1 x HD4870 2GB
etc etc

I am in the market to replace mobo, ram and CPU, everything else is fine, and I want to see a significant improvement in speed, apps, gaming etc. Main games are COD/ Apps PS CS4 and general pc work

Running Win7 X64. Have looked at i7 920 oc to 4Ghz but thats about it. Any recommendation please.

Cheers

 

[Lanz]

You say you want to replace mobo, ram and CPU, but I reckon they are the best parts of you system.

You'd see better gains in everything if you got a quicker GPU and invested in a SSD.

 

[tourerman]

Hi Lanz,

thanks for the reply, so going to a faster CPU wouldn't see much gain?

What GPU and SSD would you recommend?

Thanks

 

[Lanz]

Maybe Radeon HD 5850/70 and a Samsung PB22-J 128GB.

That would give you better results than getting an i7 and keeping your current GPU and Disks.

But I'm sure other speed freaks will have better ideas than me.

 

[tourerman]

Well, Im open to suggestions. My only worry about new CPU/Mobo/Ram is will be relatively expensive and I'll be disappointed with the results. My current PC is fast, even at stock and as I said, I dont notice any real improvement oc'ing it to 3.6ghz, which makes me wonder about going for the new CPU etc.

Lets see how the thread develops with further suggestion, but I like your thinking.

Cheers

 

[Lanz]

If you saw no real gains when overclocking, then you wont see any real gains going to i7. Just get a new GPU if you want a noticable boost, and if you're rich, a SSD too.