PC Overhaul

pentopg

pentopg

pentopg

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Hi all,

Firstly thanks for looking at my post, and an even bigger thanks to anyone who gives me some input.

I currently have a Sapphire 4870 512MB, along with hard drives and a monitor (Syncmaster 940BW which is 1440 x 900) im happy with, but I want to combine them with a new CPU, MB, RAM, PSU and case to give myself a big upgrade.

Im after Crossfire for future proofing, 64 bit processing and 6 GB's of RAM. Windows Server 2008 will be my OS, I will use the larger RAM for virtual machines. I'm not after a million frames per second, or spending a bomb, just want a machine I can count on to not over heat and run games such as Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, Dawn Of War 2, the next TotalWar and any FPS shooters nicely.

So please point me in the right direction, or call me a fool and tell me the cost of what I need !

Cheers
 
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Well you havent mentioned a budget, but I've thrown this together for you, I presume you're looking at i7 as you said 6gig of RAM and not 4 or 8, you can either add another 4870 now or leave it til later, whichever you prefer

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Hi 95thrifles many thanks for the reply. I said 6 gig of ram to keep the price in check really. If I was to go higher I believe you would then suggest another CPU and the price would continue to go up ? Or is the i7 a really solid CPU and unless your really into posting bench mark tests (which im not) you wouldnt need any more ?

I see myself using up the ram when messing around with virtual machines, then when I turn them all off and game it will be there if the PC needs it. I hate the fact that with my current machine some of the hardware isnt being used to its maximum potential such as the 4870, so I dont want to get another machine where Ive spent extra in one field but its being held back by other stuff. Or on the other side ive spent unnecessary cash on reducing my FPS by 1 when I could have played the game happily at 28 FPS instead of 29.
 
If you'd said 8 gig of RAM, Id of specced a 775 system for you, which would be cheaper, and look something like this

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Or you could go for a quad core in that sytem instead of the dual, if its mainly gaming you do then stick with the dual as 2 faster cores are better, you'd only get the benefit from quad if you do encoding/editing/modelling - tho tbh Im not sure how virtuaa machines would effect it
 
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