NEXT UPGRADE.....?
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It's a good deal, but those drives have had some issues.
Instead I would suggest going for the Crucial M4 which is a really solid drive and runs even faster.
Instead I would suggest going for the Crucial M4 which is a really solid drive and runs even faster.
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Very similar setup to me (i3 540 / HD 6870)
I am waiting for Ivybridge as my next upgrade. I too thought about getting a second hand i5 750/760 or i7 860/870 but decided to wait.
I reckon with ivybridge and maybe picking up another 6870 for crossfire would be a worthwhile upgrade.
Or sell the 6870 and I may buy a 7870 if it offers reasonable performance improvement over the 6870. Don't really game much any more.
I am waiting for Ivybridge as my next upgrade. I too thought about getting a second hand i5 750/760 or i7 860/870 but decided to wait.
I reckon with ivybridge and maybe picking up another 6870 for crossfire would be a worthwhile upgrade.
Or sell the 6870 and I may buy a 7870 if it offers reasonable performance improvement over the 6870. Don't really game much any more.
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There may be new features and things, but as far as performance goes it probably won't make much of a difference.
Do you mean waiting for a Ivybridge CPU?, or a Z77 board which has native USB3.0 support and I cant even remember the other differences over a Z68 board as they are very much the same thing.
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Which 850w?
You can almost keep everything you currently have,
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x XFX HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £122.98
1 x Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g) £8.99
Total : £453.35 (includes shipping : £9.50).
Re-use the,
RAM
H50 (new paste
)
All the drives
Crossfire your 6870 with another.
Food for thought.
You can almost keep everything you currently have,
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x XFX HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £122.98
1 x Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g) £8.99
Total : £453.35 (includes shipping : £9.50).
Re-use the,
RAM
H50 (new paste
)All the drives
Crossfire your 6870 with another.
Food for thought.
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Looks like a decent PSU based on this review - should be fine for Crossfire HD 6870s or a single high-end GPU.
The upgrade spec Stulid puts forward is a good one - really nice kit there ( good quality, high performance, good value for money and has a nice upgrade path).
Alternatively you could keep you H55 board and replace the CPU with a second-hand i5 750 or 760 (for ~£80) and change your graphics card to single faster card (like a HD 7950 3GB).
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