upgrade time?

[hardc0re_tid]

what should my next updrade be.

current setup is

asus maximus formula se
q6600 @ 3.8
4gb ddr2 geil ULL 6400
bfg 8800gtx oc2 768mb
dell 2407
1x80 WD Caviar

my main rig is primarly used for up to date gaming, would i benefit from scrapping my WD main os drive and putting my 2x 250gb seagate baracudda 7200.10's into a raid or stripe and using them for the os AND game installation dir? my games are currently installed on one of my seagates

thanks
chris

 

[darwinws]

Gaming wouldnt really improve from faster HDDs much (except load times), but overall system performance would, plus it's quite a cheap upgrade. I would go with 2 samsung f1 320gb, or 2 western digital 3200aaks drives, they would be a lot faster and quieter.
If you want faster gaming though you will need a faster graphics card, a 4870 1gb or a gtx260 216sp would be a good upgrade... (gtx280 or 4870x2 if you have a lot of cash to burn)...

 

[hardc0re_tid]

Gaming wouldnt really improve from faster HDDs much (except load times), but overall system performance would, plus it's quite a cheap upgrade. I would go with 2 samsung f1 320gb, or 2 western digital 3200aaks drives, they would be a lot faster and quieter.
If you want faster gaming though you will need a faster graphics card, a 4870 1gb or a gtx260 216sp would be a good upgrade... (gtx280 or 4870x2 if you have a lot of cash to burn)...

just looked at a 4870x2 , maybe, considering i spent 360+ on my gtx oc2

if i got a 4870x2, and didnt change anything, what would my bottleneck be? cpu, ram, mobo?

 

[hardc0re_tid]

anyone?