Upgrading over a new Rig

Mr Scruffs · 12 Aug 2009 at 15:03

Hello everyone,

I've been looking at a new system recently and i've decided that maybe upgrading my 2 year old rig might get me more bang for my buck.

I currently have;
Asus P5W DH Deluxe mobo with a Tagan TG580-U15 580W PSU running an e6600 and Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 and a BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB. All of this was purchased from overclockers.co.uk back in 2007.

I was thinking about keeping the mobo and PSU and throwing in 2 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB in Cross-fire, Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 LGA775 and finally Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4.

Advice wise i was wondering whether this is a reasonable upgrade for £393 and whether my PSU could handle the Crossfire. From what i understand it should be able to but i'm not sure.

Thanks for any help offered,

Scruffs

mp260767 · 12 Aug 2009 at 15:14

i'd go for a 4890, q6700, 4gb of pc6400 memory and if you havent got one a decent cooler for the processor to overclock it.

i think it would be a push to run the 4870 x 2, does it have the 4 pci-e power connectors required ?

Mr Scruffs · 12 Aug 2009 at 15:25

Unfortunately its in transit at the moment and i can't remember off the top of my head. I should have mentioned i will be overclocking.

I'll keep the 4890 in mind I just wondered if i'd get a significant increase in games running the two 4870's at 1900x1080. Again i should have mentioned the resolution i was after running the system in.

Thanks for the input mp

Scruffs

Mr Scruffs · 12 Aug 2009 at 15:28

Just checked the PSU spec online and unfortunately it looks like it might only have 2 pci-e connectors. Hmm...

mp260767 · 12 Aug 2009 at 21:04

i would say that the 4890 will perform well at that resolution, anything in particular your looking to run ?

if the psu only has the 2 pci-e connectors i'd go with the 4890 and think about saving for another one to crossfire and a new psu.