What component to upgrade next?

Vidar

Vidar

Vidar

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Okay so I finally have my completed build, the specifications of my rig are as follows....


  • Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz
  • OCZ Vertex 4 256GB
  • Asus X79 Sabertooth
  • OcUK GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5
  • XFX 850W XXX Edition
  • Samsung Green 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11
  • Corsair Hydro H80
  • Lian Li PC-Z70 Diamond Series.

All coupled with...


  • SteelSeries Sensei Pro Laser Gaming Mouse
  • Steelseries 7G Gaming Mechanical Keyboard
  • Steelseries QcK Heavy Gaming Mouse Pad
  • Creative T3130 2.1 Speaker System
  • Samsung S27B750HS 27" Widescreen LED Monitor


Now I'm more than happy with this current set up, but it has me wondering to a more trained eye what is the next weak point I should aim to upgrade next in maybe 6 months time?


I know, I know.... ask then is probably the stock answer but I just want to know what people think is the weakest link now and what they would replace it with?
 
If it was me, I'd think upgrading from the GTX570 next would be the best move to make. But I would wait for next gen cards, since they would be launched over the duration of the next 6 months.

Also, I'd overclock that CPU rather than leaving it at stock. As powerful as the 3930K is...the fact remains that there are games that would use less than 4 cores, so the extra clock speed would be benefitual.
 
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I'm an absolute wuss when it comes to overclocking, get scared I'm going to break my baby... lol

But thanks I'll take a look into the GPU
 
Yep thats a great spec and the only thing holding that back is the 570, i know as got one myself.

Been great for the majority of games I have played but newer ones are starting to show it up and its time for me to upgrade too
 
The 570 due to vram limitations only at that resolution. A gtx480 sli system would allow extra ram and be cheap. If not then 580s and upwards.
 
Vidar said:
I'm an absolute wuss when it comes to overclocking, get scared I'm going to break my baby... lol
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Comparing to overclocking back in the Core2 days, overclocking Sandy and Ivy Bridge is a walk in the park :p

If you are only aimming for moderate overclock to may be 4.0GHz rather than 4.5-4.8GHz, you most likely wouldn't even need to touch voltage etc...all you have to do is probably just literally go into bios, change the multiplier from 32 to 40, save and exit and that's it!
 
Marine-RX179 said:
Comparing to overclocking back in the Core2 days, overclocking Sandy and Ivy Bridge is a walk in the park :p

If you are only aimming for moderate overclock to may be 4.0GHz rather than 4.5-4.8GHz, you most likely wouldn't even need to touch voltage etc...all you have to do is probably just literally go into bios, change the multiplier from 32 to 40, save and exit and that's it!
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Be brave, you can definitely push it a bit more on stock volts.
 
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