Possible PC Upgrades ?

InfernoUk · 17 Dec 2010 at 17:59

Hey guys looking to upgrade my pc at easter but buy the parts slowly over the next few months. currently i have

ati 5850
i7 920 (water cooled)
Aus p6t mobo
6gb ram
40gb SSD (OS Hard drive)
CM Cosmos case

what parts could i / would be best to upgrade ? are there any new processors coming out as i wanted to re do the mobo but dont know what to go for ?

thanks ive been out the loop for a while so not sure whats coming soon. thanks !

Guardsmon · 17 Dec 2010 at 18:08

not sure why you'd want to upgrade from that. Its still pretty much top spec. You could argue for a better GFX either a GTX580 (hard to get hold of) or a 6970, but I doubt you'll see much difference.
You could upgrade your SSD either to a 2nd in raid 0 for space and performance or just get bigger ones.

O get rid of that butt ugly case

Really depends what you are using the PC for, what screen/res you are running at and what you budgets are, but personally I'd spend my money else where.

InfernoUk · 17 Dec 2010 at 18:12

Guardsmon said:
not sure why you'd want to upgrade from that. Its still pretty much top spec. You could argue for a better GFX either a GTX580 (hard to get hold of) or a 6970, but I doubt you'll see much difference.
You could upgrade your SSD either to a 2nd in raid 0 for space and performance or just get bigger ones.

O get rid of that butt ugly case

Really depends what you are using the PC for, what screen/res you are running at and what you budgets are, but personally I'd spend my money else where.

yeah its money specifically for yearly pc upgrades

i run 2 screens only 1920x1080 each though
pc is used for gaming primarily aswell as work
yeah i want the corsair case to fit all my watercooling inside

gillywibble · 17 Dec 2010 at 18:14

It's a good spec. Why not wait for the next generation of SSD's?

InfernoUk · 17 Dec 2010 at 18:16

gillywibble said:
It's a good spec. Why not wait for the next generation of SSD's?

well ive got until april so anything out upto then is a possibility

cmndr_andi · 17 Dec 2010 at 18:17

A single 5850 and an X58 board?

I think this could be just what the doctor ordered

InfernoUk · 17 Dec 2010 at 18:21

cmndr_andi said:
A single 5850 and an X58 board?

I think this could be just what the doctor ordered

id rather upgrade to a totally new top of the range card than XFire 2 older cards though and im going to get rid of the mobo for a better one, looking at a sandybridge upgrade at the moment

cmndr_andi · 17 Dec 2010 at 18:22

TBH, if its for mainly playing games an overclocked i7 920 will not be holding you back.

Hence better graphics is the way to go as far as I see it.

The GTX 580 seems to be the best single GPU upgrade at the minute - but that costs ~£400 and in terms of average framerates it will not beat two 5850s in crossfire.

InfernoUk · 17 Dec 2010 at 18:29

cmndr_andi said:
TBH, if its for mainly playing games an overclocked i7 920 will not be holding you back.

Hence better graphics is the way to go as far as I see it.

The GTX 580 seems to be the best single GPU upgrade at the minute - but that costs ~£400 and in terms of average framerates it will not beat two 5850s in crossfire.

yeah i figured upgrading the cpu may not be effective, especially as it means a new waterblock aswell. however i did want to upgrade the mobo as i have some problems with this one, it being one of the first i7 boards. then get whatever the best gpu and ssd are april time. though im not sure if thats a good move and miss out on sandybridge till this time next year : /