rebuilding my system

cellpack

cellpack

cellpack

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Hi

A few years ago I bout the following and looking and possibly updating it, please could yous help me to upgrade to stay ahead of improvements

*OVERCLOCKED* Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz @ 4.00GHz Max / Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58 Motherboard / Corsair XMS3 6GB PC3-12800C9 DDR3 / Corsair H50 Bundle

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor

Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MH080G2C1)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK)

Coolermaster CM-690 Pure Black Dominator Case - Black (No PSU)

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)

Samsung SH-S223B/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter

thanks
 
TBH that system doesn't really need updating as you wont see any real difference with newer stuff. That said there are one or two things that could be improved, a second 5850 for XFire, beefier PSU (700W+), faster/larger SSD.
 
I'd just get one new gfx card n sell the 5850 if I were you
A 6950/70 or an NVidia 560Ti/570/580 depending on your budget
Your current PSU should be fine for any of them
 
thanks do you think memory e.t.c are okay?

I only really use the ssd for os and a few programs that need to be quicker

but it is starting to show sign of degrading when running the intel tool
 
ThePengu1n said:
TBH that system doesn't really need updating as you wont see any real difference with newer stuff. That said there are one or two things that could be improved, a second 5850 for XFire, beefier PSU (700W+), faster/larger SSD.
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+1 , I'd get another 5850, Because your going to see better results with dual 5850's, better than a single 5850, for £140 :)

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/303?vs=305

Also, I wouldn't bother upgrading to 12GB of Tri-Channel ram as 6gb is fine at the moment, and 12gb of ram is more expensive than 16gb dual-channel, Crazy !

You would need a newer power supply as I can't imagine 650w being enough, but I may be wrong by that. you can either get non-modular (all cables are stuck to the supply and you cannot remove them) or modular where you can take the unecessary cables out :D

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-054-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-039-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=
 
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Wiry said:
+1 , I'd get another 5850, Because your going to see better results with dual 5850's, better than a single 5850, for £140 :)

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/303?vs=305

Also, I wouldn't bother upgrading to 12GB of Tri-Channel ram as 6gb is fine at the moment, and 12gb of ram is more expensive than 16gb dual-channel, Crazy !
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Agree GFX upgrade is what is need for your system, as for the RAM 6Gb is more than enough.
 
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