System upgrade - do you think it's worth it?

dvs8

dvs8

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Hi all,

So the OcUK BNPL deal running at the moment has got me thinking about upgrades, ie £65/month for the next year should net me some nice hardware that will last me far longer than a year. (the spending justification begins...)

Let's start with my current spec:
ES Core 2 Duo E8400 @ stock
- cooled by a copper Zalman flower
Asus P5QL-Pro (can't get a stable overclock out of it)
4GB mixed DDR2 RAM (2x pairs of matching 1GB sticks)
Sapphire Radeon 5850 1GB (fairly new)
X-Fi ExtremeGamer
3x 23" Dell 1080p monitors in Eyefinity setup (very new)

Being that as of a few weeks ago I'm playing most games at 5760x1080, I'm thinkin that an upgrade could be a good idea. So far the spec I was looking at was:

Core i5 750 (aiming to run at 3.8-4.0GHz)
- cooled by Corsair H50-1 watercooler
Gigabyte GA-P55-US3L
Corsair XMS3 4GB DDR3
Additional Sapphire 5850 1GB
Antec truepower 650W
+ maybe a new case, possibly the Coolermaster Storm Scout

My question to the hive mind of OcUK is thus: do you think the performance boost from the current spec to the new one is worth the ~£800 outlay?

TIA,
dvs
 
Well, how's the rig handling games at the moment?

If you could OC that E8400 then the rig may have some life in it yet.

Also remember you can sell off the components you have to cover some of that 800 cost..
 
General system performance (Windows 7 Ultimate) as as you'd expect fine, games however.... are "OK" at best. TF2, MW2, being the games I play most average about 40fps. As a long term gamer I tend to prefer an absolute minimum of 60fps (wtf is the recent trend of 30fps in new games being "acceptable" on super high end systems???).

The main killer at the moment is eyefinity, of course with a resolution like that it's going to struggle. I suppose a secondary question not yet written in my thread is: is there any advantage to buying the hardware now in terms of price:performance ratio with the i5, or should I hedge my bets and wait for something to drop the price of the i7s?
 
I wouldnt bother upgrading your PC tbh, its not worth upgrading now as it will cost you a load and the perfomance gain will be small.
 
as said above. just clock your cpu. my old q6600 clocked at 3ghz was fine for those games u play. im just a upgrade whore tho, when i can afford it ;)
 
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