I need to do a clean install on my PC due to some odd pausing issues in games and since I have to do that I was looking into what upgrades I could do to bring the performance up a little.
Here is the current spec:
Antec 650w Signature PSU
Intel Core i7 860 2.80G s1156
Noctua NH-U12-DX
1GB XFX HD5850 XXX 755MHz
Gigabyte P55-UD3 Mobo
150G WD WD1500HLFS VELOCIRAPTOR
Corsair 4GB 2x2GB CMD4GX3M2B 1600 C8
Hard drive is getting full and I know this is a big bottleneck for general response and load times so I will almost certainly get an SSD - needs to be bigger than 150GB. I guess the GPU is a bottleneck in the system for game fps, would this CPU/mobo/ram be ok with a mid/high end card - don't want to pay for something that will be severely held back by other components?
Budget is flexible to a degree, I usually buy mid - high end components but not the highest as the price premium is difficult to justify, but I am open to suggestions if the performance increase would be dramatic.
Forgot to say, I game at 1920 x 1080.
Here is the current spec:
Antec 650w Signature PSU
Intel Core i7 860 2.80G s1156
Noctua NH-U12-DX
1GB XFX HD5850 XXX 755MHz
Gigabyte P55-UD3 Mobo
150G WD WD1500HLFS VELOCIRAPTOR
Corsair 4GB 2x2GB CMD4GX3M2B 1600 C8
Hard drive is getting full and I know this is a big bottleneck for general response and load times so I will almost certainly get an SSD - needs to be bigger than 150GB. I guess the GPU is a bottleneck in the system for game fps, would this CPU/mobo/ram be ok with a mid/high end card - don't want to pay for something that will be severely held back by other components?
Budget is flexible to a degree, I usually buy mid - high end components but not the highest as the price premium is difficult to justify, but I am open to suggestions if the performance increase would be dramatic.
Forgot to say, I game at 1920 x 1080.
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