Hey guys.
I'm sitting on a little pile of cash that's itching me to upgrade. I have my eyes set on a CPU-NB W/C loop and a Q9550. My E5200 is a pain in the butt to OC, so I haven't pursued anything over 3.3 for now. With W/Cing I'm hoping for 4.0 and go on a Q9550.
W/Cing cost aside (because I want that regardless) my question is: Is there a better place I could be spending this ~200$ (maybe even a little more if necessary) on my PC to maximize performance increase?
I recently added a second 4850 for about 80$ and they both should last me until Fermi/possible 5890 and I'll decide on a new GPU then. 4GB is already bottlenecked on my Vista 32-bit, and going from 4-8 even in 64 isn't a great improvement. The other option is maybe an Intel X-25M G2?
Any insight appreciated!
*Edited for grammar...
I'm sitting on a little pile of cash that's itching me to upgrade. I have my eyes set on a CPU-NB W/C loop and a Q9550. My E5200 is a pain in the butt to OC, so I haven't pursued anything over 3.3 for now. With W/Cing I'm hoping for 4.0 and go on a Q9550.
W/Cing cost aside (because I want that regardless) my question is: Is there a better place I could be spending this ~200$ (maybe even a little more if necessary) on my PC to maximize performance increase?
I recently added a second 4850 for about 80$ and they both should last me until Fermi/possible 5890 and I'll decide on a new GPU then. 4GB is already bottlenecked on my Vista 32-bit, and going from 4-8 even in 64 isn't a great improvement. The other option is maybe an Intel X-25M G2?
Any insight appreciated!
*Edited for grammar...