I currently have a GA P35C DS3R with a C2D E6850 and 4GB PC6400 Corsair Ram and a 8800GTX all running at stock which I have had since 2007.
Now, partly I have itchy upgrade fingers and partly I have a problem with a second PC that died. I either buy some cheapish bits to make my second PC work and wait to upgrade my main PC or I buy new bits to make a new main PC and use my current stuff as a second PC.
What is worrying me a bit is spending a lot on X58 motherboard, new CPU, DDR3 Ram and a new gfx card and only have a small increase in speed.
Second PC is pretty much junk so I would need a new mobo, cpu and gfx there too but as it isn't my main gaming machine I can get cheaper P45 motherboard and a low end C2D etc.
I am just struggling to decide if now is a good time to upgrade the main machine or not. Would I see much of a performance boost? my 8800GTX has pretty much handled everything I have thrown at it so far at the 1680 x 1050 I use for games.
I don't tend to OC but I might be tempted to do a small OC as long as stability isn't affected.
Any opinions would be welcome please
Now, partly I have itchy upgrade fingers and partly I have a problem with a second PC that died. I either buy some cheapish bits to make my second PC work and wait to upgrade my main PC or I buy new bits to make a new main PC and use my current stuff as a second PC.
What is worrying me a bit is spending a lot on X58 motherboard, new CPU, DDR3 Ram and a new gfx card and only have a small increase in speed.
Second PC is pretty much junk so I would need a new mobo, cpu and gfx there too but as it isn't my main gaming machine I can get cheaper P45 motherboard and a low end C2D etc.
I am just struggling to decide if now is a good time to upgrade the main machine or not. Would I see much of a performance boost? my 8800GTX has pretty much handled everything I have thrown at it so far at the 1680 x 1050 I use for games.
I don't tend to OC but I might be tempted to do a small OC as long as stability isn't affected.
Any opinions would be welcome please
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