What would you upgrade in this system?

Levirginien · 20 Jul 2008 at 22:49

I would not call myself a gamer, but Speed is essential and I always want my PC to be very responsive. My current rig includes the following:

Processor: E 6700 (@ 3.6 )
Motherboard: Asus P5K Deluxe
Memory:Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA 7900GS
Hard Drive(s): SAMSUNG HD753LJ (750 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
SAMSUNG HD502IJ (500 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
Optical Drive(s): TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203D
Cooling: Zalman 9700 LED
Case: Antec 900
Power Supply: JANTEC 700 Modular PSU
Monitor(s): Dell ultrasharp 2408WFP
Operating System: Vista Ultimate 64 SP1

What would you upgrade to improve overall system performance :confused:

Garyj881 · 20 Jul 2008 at 22:55

If you play games i would choose a new graphics card, a HD4850 maybe.

If you're not bothered about games then other than the case, nothing.

Monkeynut · 20 Jul 2008 at 23:59

Quad Core CPU maybe?

Plasmoid · 21 Jul 2008 at 01:49

Breaking it down, really, i cant see anything lacking in that system other then the graphics card. A 4850 would be a massive bump up and they are at a very nice price atm.

Other then that... maybe go quad if you need it, maybe change the mobo if your thinking of crossfire ( on a 24" monitor you probably shouldnt be)

AbsenceJam · 21 Jul 2008 at 01:50

At 1920x1200 I'd get a 4870 myself, possibly a 1GB version. Otherwise everything else is plenty fast, no need for a new CPU at all.

neoboy · 21 Jul 2008 at 03:26

Overall system performance is a very vague term. What programs do you use the most?

TheRedZealot · 21 Jul 2008 at 08:17

Either get an HD4870 or wait for an HD4870x2

melbourne720 · 21 Jul 2008 at 08:46

maybe a velociraptor for the boot/os drive, and if you game then obviously a new graphics card, but other than that you have a pretty good system anyway!

Levirginien · 21 Jul 2008 at 21:25

Thanks everyone for your superb contribution. I thought about upgrading the graphic card to a 4870 but I read that It won't make any difference since I am not a gamer...I use my PC mainly for photos, music, general office work, internet and films.

reflux · 21 Jul 2008 at 21:41

A quad core CPU is probably the best option then. Multi-tasking should be a bit more efficient, and if you use Photoshop that will benefit.

This is brilliant value:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...nt SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM

Swordfish · 21 Jul 2008 at 21:54

Levirginien said:
I would not call myself a gamer, but Speed is essential and I always want my PC to be very responsive. My current rig includes the following:

Processor: E 6700 (@ 3.6 )
Motherboard: Asus P5K Deluxe
Memory:Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA 7900GS
Hard Drive(s): SAMSUNG HD753LJ (750 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
SAMSUNG HD502IJ (500 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
Optical Drive(s): TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203D
Cooling: Zalman 9700 LED
Case: Antec 900
Power Supply: JANTEC 700 Modular PSU
Monitor(s): Dell ultrasharp 2408WFP
Operating System: Vista Ultimate 64 SP1

What would you upgrade to improve overall system performance

I am so jealous.

I really need to upgrade, Im still using a CRT for pete's sake. !!!

Monkeynut · 21 Jul 2008 at 22:15

*in comes the Pro-CRT brigade*

errata · 22 Jul 2008 at 13:49

Levirginien said:
Thanks everyone for your superb contribution. I thought about upgrading the graphic card to a 4870 but I read that It won't make any difference since I am not a gamer...I use my PC mainly for photos, music, general office work, internet and films.

Your massively over specced already for that use unless your doing a lot of video/photoediting or rendering.

closeratio · 22 Jul 2008 at 14:09

melbourne720 said:
maybe a velociraptor for the boot/os drive

Apart from a quad core that would probably be the only other thing I could think of if you wanted to improve your performance, assuming like you said you're not a gamer.

Alternatively you could get 2 HDDs and set them up in a RAID, although it might actually be cheaper to get a velociraptor depending on how big the drives would be if you were to opt for RAID.