- Dec 8, 2010
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Kinda hate to start a new thread for this buts its kind of a three part question.
I currently have a
win7
Core 2 E6550
a Gigabyte p35-DS3r
4 GB 6400 cl4 ram
430W thermaltake tr2 psu
and an
X1950 pro
I just got my master degree and want to celebrate (ok so i still need to do some corrections). so I bought a handful of newer games (last couple pc games i bought before this were fear and fallout 3) and figured i would try to do an inbetween builds upgrade and try OCing my CPU a bit.
in the end things have escalated a bit after browsing around I noticed people mentioning that while some thermaltake PSU's are good there TR2 line is poor.
so I am looking at getting a 700w OCZ modXstream or a 550 or 650W corsair psu or a 520w antec neo eco
and a new graphics card I was originally trying to decide between a 1GB 460 or a AMD 6850 but the fact that i can get an asus 768MB 460 for $130 seems like better bang for the buck especially now that i am buying a psu aswell
so:
Does this seem like a logical/worthwhile. is the idea of a inbetween builds upgrade in this price range reasonable or should I just hold out (I am amazed everyonce in while by how well my x1950 performs) a year or 2 until a build a new comp ?
upgrade?
and which psu/gpu combination would you suggest?
oh yeah I am wanting to run things at 1920x1080
I currently have a
win7
Core 2 E6550
a Gigabyte p35-DS3r
4 GB 6400 cl4 ram
430W thermaltake tr2 psu
and an
X1950 pro
I just got my master degree and want to celebrate (ok so i still need to do some corrections). so I bought a handful of newer games (last couple pc games i bought before this were fear and fallout 3) and figured i would try to do an inbetween builds upgrade and try OCing my CPU a bit.
in the end things have escalated a bit after browsing around I noticed people mentioning that while some thermaltake PSU's are good there TR2 line is poor.
so I am looking at getting a 700w OCZ modXstream or a 550 or 650W corsair psu or a 520w antec neo eco
and a new graphics card I was originally trying to decide between a 1GB 460 or a AMD 6850 but the fact that i can get an asus 768MB 460 for $130 seems like better bang for the buck especially now that i am buying a psu aswell
so:
Does this seem like a logical/worthwhile. is the idea of a inbetween builds upgrade in this price range reasonable or should I just hold out (I am amazed everyonce in while by how well my x1950 performs) a year or 2 until a build a new comp ?
upgrade?
and which psu/gpu combination would you suggest?
oh yeah I am wanting to run things at 1920x1080