Thinking of upgrading in the next few months...

[goobernoodles]

I'm increasingly wanting to upgrade for the sake of upgrading, but I'm not really sure if it's worth it.

My system is currently:

Case: Antec P182
PSU: Seasonic S12-500
Motherboard: MSI P35 Platinum
CPU: Intel c2d e6750 @ 3.40Ghz w/ Noctua NH-U9B
RAM: 4gb G-Skill DDR2
VGA: XFX HD4890 1GB
Monitor: Acer 23" Widescreen
OS Drive: 2x 74gb Raptor in RAID 0
Secondary Drive: WD 250Gb

For the games I'm currently playing (L4D2, CS:S, BC2 etc...) it's either overkill or adequate. BC2 could definitely use a little more oomph, but it's not a game I play all that much.

I see that DDR3 prices should be dropping soon, but is it really worth the money to hop to i5/i7 from what I currently have? I don't really have a problem dishing out $600-900 for the mobo/cpu/ram but I'm not convinced it's even worth it.

Thoughts?

 

[fffblackmage]

Wait for Sandy Bridge at the very least. It's supposed to be coming out soon, though I don't remember when.

As for graphics card... the AMD 6000 series will be out sooner than Sandy Bridge. Next week or so?

 

[mfenn]

If BC2 is the only thing that's giving you trouble, that means that you are CPU limited right now. A quad core really helps out in BC2 especially. I don't know if buying a 775 quad is the greatest idea right now though. Either wait, or get a Phenom II x4 955 and a DDR2 mobo.