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MBrown

MBrown

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An update: I took the advice and decided to do the following.

I bought a Gigabyte Radeon 6950 and flashed it with a Gigabyte 6970 bios
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125356

and I bought a 27" Acer 1080p monitor.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009250


Thanks for the advice guys.









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My current system is a q6600 @ 3.0ghz
4GB or ram
80gb intel ssd
500GB western digital black
GTX 260 core 216 OCed
22inch LG 1680x1050
Antec p182
650W corsair(or is it 620...I don't remember)

I am thinking about getting the following.

AMD Phenom II x6 1090t
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103849

Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128441


4GB Gskills DDR31600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231277

PowerColor 6850 Radeon (with the expectation of getting a second one later)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131374

Lian Li PC-k56
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811112235



I would be bringing over the PSU, SSD, HDD and DVD drives. Any suggestions? Should I look at Intel? Anything coming out real soon that I should wait for? Should I even upgrade? Any input is welcome. Thanks in advance.
 
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Anomaly1964

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I'd wait a few more weeks, sounds like P67 boards MAY be coming out sooner than expected...
 
BoomerD

BoomerD

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You don't tell us what the main use of the computer will be, but you're going to be taking a huge hit in performance going with a Phenom II instead of waiting for the Sandy Bridge re-release for most tasks.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/203?vs=288
As for buying one video card now and another later...meh, so far, I'm not all that impressed by SLI/XFire results. Buy the best video card you can afford now, then if it's not as good as you want...sell it and replace it with a better one as your budget allows.
 
mnewsham

mnewsham

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That looks like a side move on the cpu, and a smallish upgrade in graphics, my advice is keep what you have and maybe upgrade GPU but your cpu is still good.
 
Davidh373

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You're looking at about a 20% bump on CPU, and a 20% bump in graphics... Not worth an all new build in my opinion..

GPU bench
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/318?vs=291

CPU bench
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/53?vs=146

Save another $50, drop the UD5 AM3 for a UD3 1155, and a Sandy Bridge i5 2500k, then, if you can, get a 6870. The CPU would easily be a 40%+ boost, and the GPU close to a 30% boost. OR, you may just want to hold on to that 260 until the next line of cards releases, likely getting you close to a 50% boost for around the same price.
 
MBrown

MBrown

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Ok. So I guess the consensus us that my CPU @ 3.0Ghz is still plenty. So if I keep that and upgrade to a GTX 560ti, am I going to be bottlenecked by my CPU? Also I have a Gigabyte P35-DS3L so it doesn't have PCI Express 2.0. Is that going to hinder my performance on a GTX 560 by much?
 
fffblackmage

fffblackmage

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MBrown said:
Ok. So I guess the consensus us that my CPU @ 3.0Ghz is still plenty. So if I keep that and upgrade to a GTX 560ti, am I going to be bottlenecked by my CPU?
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Depends on the game, but probably not by much.

Also I have a Gigabyte P35-DS3L so it doesn't have PCI Express 2.0. Is that going to hinder my performance on a GTX 560 by much?
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You'd lose maybe, at most, 1% of performance? Modern day graphics cards still don't saturate PCIe 1.1 x16. Don't worry about it.
 
Davidh373

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MBrown said:
Ok. So I guess the consensus us that my CPU @ 3.0Ghz is still plenty. So if I keep that and upgrade to a GTX 560ti, am I going to be bottlenecked by my CPU? Also I have a Gigabyte P35-DS3L so it doesn't have PCI Express 2.0. Is that going to hinder my performance on a GTX 560 by much?
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I don't think you will. The GTX 560 is a great card too btw.
 
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mfenn

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Yeah, a Phenom II X6 1090T is going to be a side-grade from an overclocked Q6600 except for in the very few apps that can use 6 cores.

I'd say that grabbing a GTX 560 or 6950 is a great plan.
 
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Anomaly1964 said:
I'd wait a few more weeks, sounds like P67 boards MAY be coming out sooner than expected...
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NCIX just Started taking orders again for B3 Stepping MSI boards. I ordered a system tonight. I may have to wait a bit, but hopefully not too long.
 
f4phantom2500

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MBrown said:
4GB of ram is still fine right?
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ram is really cheap right now, you'd might as well upgrade now rather than pay more later...the last time i waited because i didn't need 4gb of ram at the time, but by the time i wanted to upgrade the prices had like tripled...-_-...
 
MBrown

MBrown

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f4phantom2500 said:
ram is really cheap right now, you'd might as well upgrade now rather than pay more later...the last time i waited because i didn't need 4gb of ram at the time, but by the time i wanted to upgrade the prices had like tripled...-_-...
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The thing is I don't know if I should invest in DDR2 right now.
 
Davidh373

Davidh373

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It's surprising how long the Core 2 Quads and 4GB RAM has held up against games. Heck, the 8800GT is still a pretty decent card at low res.
 
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betasub

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Nice choice. Hope you can hold out and save up for SandyBridge + B3 mobo + DDR3.
 
dpodblood

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Yeah don't bother wasting money on DDR2. Wait for the SB boards to be re-released, and get your self a 2500-K and 8gig DDR3. I'm sure your overclocked c2q will do fine until then.
 
dpodblood

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Well nobody want's a Biostar board lol... But MSI boards have made their way back to NCIX already. My guess is in a few weeks we will see the other big names making their way as well.
 
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1ceHacka

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1ceHacka said:
Biostar SB boards are already back on the market. I am assuming the big names will follow suit in the coming weeks.
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dpodblood said:
Well nobody want's a Biostar board lol... But MSI boards have made their way back to NCIX already. My guess is in a few weeks we will see the other big names making their way as well.
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Never said to buy the biostar, simply referenced their availability. Reading comprehension.
 
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