Worth upgrading
- Thread starter kinggost
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this is my whole setup
My comp setup
x2 4400
dfi lanparty expert
2gb corsair 3500ll
2x 7800gtx ee 490/1300 in sli
150gb raptor
250gb sataII
audigy 4pro
7.1 td7700 speakers
tagan 580w easycon psu
lian li v1000+ black
dell 2405fpw
My watercooling setup
cpu:swiftech storm
gpu:maze 4 lp sli kit
res:thermotube 10"
rad:thermotube pa120.2
pump:dander den d5
tubeing: tygon r3603
fans: panaflo l1au
Its because i have a 2407fpw and i like to run everything on full
My comp setup
x2 4400
dfi lanparty expert
2gb corsair 3500ll
2x 7800gtx ee 490/1300 in sli
150gb raptor
250gb sataII
audigy 4pro
7.1 td7700 speakers
tagan 580w easycon psu
lian li v1000+ black
dell 2405fpw
My watercooling setup
cpu:swiftech storm
gpu:maze 4 lp sli kit
res:thermotube 10"
rad:thermotube pa120.2
pump:dander den d5
tubeing: tygon r3603
fans: panaflo l1au
Its because i have a 2407fpw and i like to run everything on full
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Explicit said:
Yep i have 2 in sli and the 7900 came out just after but if i never upgraded my comp when i did i never would have. I dont know bout selling them loads of people intresed so far.
Im getting reduncy pay soon and i got a job so i could blow that its 2.5k But dont kno if its worth it.
Yeh my x2 is at stock but last time i tryed overclocking it broke my memory slots.
If i do ill see what every one offers thanks.
I was thinking someing like this but is it worth it as i say
GX-085-XF XFX GeForce 7950 GX2 XXX Edition 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual
£448.95 £897.90
MB-142-AS Asus M2N32-SLi-DLX nForce 590 SLi (Socket AM2)
£114.95 £114.95
CP-173-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core FX62 2.80GHz (Socket AM2)
£599.95 £599.95
MY-109-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-8500C5 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-109-CS)
£301.95 £301.95
Subtotal £1,914.75
VAT £335.09
Total £2,249.84
kinggost said:
I think your CPU running at stock speed is the bottleneck on your current rig. I would overclock it to atleast 2.6GHz and that would help quite a lot in games. Also, there's nothing wrong with your extreme editions (basically they're roughly equivalent to two normal 7900GTs in sli).
kinggost said:
That would be one mighty upgrade, but I personally don't think it would be worth blowing your entire redundancy payment.
If you overclock your current cpu to 2.8GHz, it will perform exactly the same as the FX62 and you would save yourself from buying a £750 CPU, new AM2 mobo and DDR2 ram (which you don't really need). You have the best overclocking mobo and watercooling...2.8Ghz should be a stroll in the park for your rig.
Also, you cannot run quad sli at the moment as the drivers are still being worked on. And I don't think it's worth spending £1000 on quad sli. Try overclocking the CPU first before buying new graphics cards. If that still isn't good enough, then maybe consider some 7900GTXs (they won't eat much of your redundancy payment, they'll cost around £600 and you could sell your current EE's to recoup some of the outlay)
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Fair enough mate. But do you have any techy mates who could help you out? Because you could seriously make that X2 fly (DFI Expert + Watercooling = perfect recipe).
But then again, if you've got money then I guess you don't really need to worry about it.
But then again, if you've got money then I guess you don't really need to worry about it.
Explicit said:
Im the best at computers that why i had the guts to build a 4k comp with watercooling but the 1 thing i aint got a clue on is overclocking. I Think im just going to have to read up on how to overclock and learn and get my comp fixed ( my sound card broke and my mobo is still havnt sent my mobo back from breaking it from trying to overclok)
Any one else got the suggestions on overclocking will have quite a bot of money because i can sell my old bits as wel.
Ive got the money yes but only for the moment lol bet it will be gone soon as the miss want sumot new every 10 min and seen will see baby stuf
kinggost said:
Well, there are plenty of guides around. The one I like best is here, but there are plenty of others about. Read it three times and it should sink in.
How did you manage to break the mobo whilst trying to overclock? What broke? You mean it wouldn't post? Cleared the CMOS? What happened to the sound card?
im looking at an X2 4400+ and DFI lanparty mobo too Explicit said:
Cheers for the site mate will have a read im off tomorrow so i will have time then.
Wel with the mobo tryed overclocking one day and i reset the comp to test the clock and it wouldnt boot. I looked at the led said it was a memory problem. After shifting all the sticks around i found only one yellow slot and one orange slot worked. So now i dont have duel channel ( at time of overclocking i was running duel channel).
The sound problem is i come to my computer one day. No sound from it i have a sound blaster audgily 4 pro i checked the sound card by pluging head phones in i get sound when i do. I pluged cable from sub in to sound card i get sound. If i Plug the speakers to the decoder then to sound card i/o box i get note and i dont have any power lights to the i/o box either.
