Stick with what i got or upgrade

Danfoss2011 · 3 Jul 2011 at 11:27

Im torn between moving over to an Intel 2600k rig and making it really small or wait or stick with what i got which is

AMD X2 555 BE unlocked to X4 OC @ 4.6 GHZ | ASUS Crosshair IV Formula
Corsair XMS3 4GB @ 1800 7-7-7-20 | Asus 6950 REV1 flashed to 6970 X3
OCZ Vertex 2E60 GB X3 RAID0 | Corsair AX1200 | Lian Li A05B Modded
Ek Water Cooling | Windows 7 Ultimate

The cooling is external so the option to water cool still is there and be really small.

Just duno what to do! Sell the current rig and buy thr 2600k stuff and make it an uber small setup

Jordan97 · 3 Jul 2011 at 11:31

Well first off, do you feel like you don't have enough power? If you know that what you've currently got isn't giving you enough power, then there should be no dispute between whether you should upgrade or not.

What do you use it for? If it is a gaming PC, then an i5 2500K will suffice because games do not make use of the hyperthreading feature enabled in the i7. However, if you do a lot of video/picture editing and use software that makes use of hyperthreading, going for the i7 will be the wise choice.

Also, what is your budget?

Danfoss2011 · 3 Jul 2011 at 11:34

Jordan97 said:
Well first off, do you feel like you don't have enough power? If you know that what you've currently got isn't giving you enough power, then there should be no dispute between whether you should upgrade or not.

What do you use it for? If it is a gaming PC, then an i5 2500K will suffice because games do not make use of the hyperthreading feature enabled in the i7. However, if you do a lot of video/picture editing and use software that makes use of hyperthreading, going for the i7 will be the wise choice.

Also, what is your budget?

No budget at all. I use it for everything and anything

Jordan97 · 3 Jul 2011 at 11:39

Danfoss2011 said:
No budget at all. I use it for everything and anything

Alright then, could you give me a maximum you want to spend. I could quite easily go over £2,000, but there is no point if you have only got £1000 to spend.

Danfoss2011 · 3 Jul 2011 at 16:10

Jordan97 said:
Alright then, could you give me a maximum you want to spend. I could quite easily go over £2,000, but there is no point if you have only got £1000 to spend.

There is no bugedt, you can spec me a £2000 system and i will buy the parts for less than that.

£1000 for instance. Something really small is tewmpting

olivier renault · 3 Jul 2011 at 18:08

small as in Sugo small? Lian Li A05?

stulid · 3 Jul 2011 at 18:22

Danfoss2011 said:
Im torn between moving over to an Intel 2600k rig and making it really small or wait or stick with what i got which is

AMD X2 555 BE unlocked to X4 OC @ 4.6 GHZ | ASUS Crosshair IV Formula
Corsair XMS3 4GB @ 1800 7-7-7-20 | Asus 6950 REV1 flashed to 6970 X3
OCZ Vertex 2E60 GB X3 RAID0 | Corsair AX1200 | Lian Li A05B Modded
Ek Water Cooling | Windows 7 Ultimate

The cooling is external so the option to water cool still is there and be really small.

Just duno what to do! Sell the current rig and buy thr 2600k stuff and make it an uber small setup

Keep what you have and wait for Sandybridge-E.

You cant possibly be struggling with a tri-fire setup and a quad core heavily overclocked CPU.

Jordan97 · 3 Jul 2011 at 18:30

YOUR BASKET
2 x Asus ATI Radeon HD 6970 DirectCU II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £254.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX1200 High Performance 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-1200AXUK) £229.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £175.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68X-UD4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £169.99
1 x Antec Dark Fleet Series DF85 Gaming Enclosure - Black £132.98
2 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9) £99.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) £73.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,813.57 (includes shipping : £14.75).

There you go then, a real beast of a machine that will destroy pretty much anything. As you said you did not have a budget, I have just gone and got the best parts on the market.

stulid · 3 Jul 2011 at 18:33

Why have you specced him more ATI cards? hes already got three, unlocked too.

Why not re-use his RAM, SSD etc?

And a Darkfleet case isnt small is it?

The simplest thing to do is buy a new motherboard and CPU and maybe a case but you already have a Lian-Li A05 which is small'ish.

olivier renault · 3 Jul 2011 at 18:47

yeah wait a bit. at least mull it over

Si105 · 3 Jul 2011 at 18:54

Well your current rig looks awesome, maybe if you do more than gaming, you would see the benefit from a x6 amd chip but you should wait for the newer sandybridges and get a new mobo/cpu then imo.

Jordan97 · 3 Jul 2011 at 18:56

Si105 said:
Well your current rig looks awesome, maybe if you do more than gaming, you would see the benefit from a x6 amd chip but you should wait for the newer sandybridges and get a new mobo/cpu then imo.

You wouldn't really see any benefit in gaming by going for an X6 as games do not use more than 4 cores.