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To upgrade or to wait?
mgz:
--- Quote from: GoGeTa006 on February 05, 2012, 01:15:41 AM ---I currently have:
600W PSU
Nvidia GTX9800 512MB
Intel core2Qua 2.4 (OC at 2.8)
4 GB DDR2 RAM
heres the question, given that my processor is not bad (i think?) compared to today's "gaming" requirements, I was thinking maybe I should just upgrade my Video card. . .and prolly RAM (iono why DDR2 is soo expensive)
should I spend the 200+ bux on the upgrade or should I just save them and wait a year or so to get a whole new tower?
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easier to just wait a year or so
im rocking a nearly identical rig for one of my comps and its just fine
ive got the q6600 with dual 8800gts 512mb cards and 2 gigs of memory
and my e8500 with dual 4870s and 8 gigs of ram
the 8500 i use constantly for gaming and what such its still just fine. Wont shit on new things but still just fine. Might build something new once my tax refund comes in though
NaRu:
If your system plays the games you currently play now then there is no need to upgrade. If you are planning to get or have problems playing a current game then upgrade the video card. The CPU isn't really important when it comes to games. Most of the power comes from the GPU and your GPU is powerful to play most games.
Ram is pointless to upgrade in your case. Windows manages ram nicely. The only reason you would need to upgrade ram is for creative software like premier and photoshop. I have 12GB of ram and I normally use 4GB of ram. When I use premier and photoshop it goes up to around 8 to 10 GBs (depends on the project Im working on)
Also Nvidia is coming out with their 600 series cards in April
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-Kepler-GPU-GeForce-600-Series,14642.html
kitamesume:
^ LOL they made the price bracket go down a notch, making GT640 140$ ._. i wonder what wattage it is... hopefully it doesn't have any of those power connectors.
GoGeTa006:
--- Quote from: NaRu on February 10, 2012, 06:00:47 AM ---If your system plays the games you currently play now then there is no need to upgrade. If you are planning to get or have problems playing a current game then upgrade the video card. The CPU isn't really important when it comes to games. Most of the power comes from the GPU and your GPU is powerful to play most games.
Ram is pointless to upgrade in your case. Windows manages ram nicely. The only reason you would need to upgrade ram is for creative software like premier and photoshop. I have 12GB of ram and I normally use 4GB of ram. When I use premier and photoshop it goes up to around 8 to 10 GBs (depends on the project Im working on)
Also Nvidia is coming out with their 600 series cards in April
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-Kepler-GPU-GeForce-600-Series,14642.html
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PCI 3.0?
Im stuck on 2.0x16 in my MB
costi:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on February 05, 2012, 09:01:49 AM ---
--- Quote from: GoGeTa006 on February 05, 2012, 01:15:41 AM ---I currently have:
600W PSU
Nvidia GTX9800 512MB
Intel core2Qua 2.4 (OC at 2.8)
4 GB DDR2 RAM
heres the question, given that my processor is not bad (i think?) compared to today's "gaming" requirements, I was thinking maybe I should just upgrade my Video card. . .and prolly RAM (iono why DDR2 is soo expensive)
should I spend the 200+ bux on the upgrade or should I just save them and wait a year or so to get a whole new tower?
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you could upgrade to the following with about a little performance gain, and easily afford this thing by selling your old rig:
[$119.99] Intel Core i3-2120 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 65W
[$53.99] GIGABYTE GA-H61M-DS2 LGA 1155
[$119.99] GIGABYTE GV-N550D5-1GI GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 192-bit GDDR5
[$42.99] Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
[$44.99] CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 V2 (CMPSU-430CXV2) 430W
[$19.99] APEX PC-389-C Black Steel ATX Mid Tower - fair warning, buttons tends to bust on cheap cases, easily replaced though.
TOTAL: $401.94 - well hey now, if you could sell your rig for around 200$ then you'll just might pull it off.
benches - i3-2100 VS Q6600@2.4ghz
main reason: well you save a ton of watts just by switching to this setup, yea i'm serious.
unless you don't care about power saving then what you have now is good for another 2-3years.
oh and you could just buy a nice heatsink and overclock the thing some more, it works i tell you though not that huge of a boost.
Edit: i think i'm seeing stuff, the i3-2120 is cheaper than the i3-2100, but whatever.
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What's the pont of changing his PSU for a smaller one?
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