Upgrade or New/help??

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
C

cmmenke

Member
Aug 23, 2010
153
0
0
This is what I currently Have


RAM - G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9T-6GBNQ

SSD - OCZ Vertex Series OCZSSD2-1VTX60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Graphics card - MSI N460GTX CYCLONE 1GD5/OC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

HD - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Motherboard - ASUS M4A87TD/USB3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 AMD Motherboard

Processor - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX

CD/DVD drive - SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223C - OEM


I want to spend about 1500 on either upgrading or just an entire new system, Looking for some advice for a new/upgrade

I will be playing games, and some design. I think...i would like to switch to sandy bridge...Heard its the best as of right now. And i will need a new monitor in the $1500 price. I have a 600W PSU as of right now. I am looking at dual GPU's, I am unsure at this juncture. Just wanting something AMAZING... I was considering giving my OLD tower to a friend, or possibly selling it. Any advice is extremely appreciative.

THANKS,

Chas
 
mnewsham

mnewsham

Lifer
Oct 2, 2010
14,539
428
136
IMHO keeping that rig but upgrading the GPU makes a LOT more sense then anything else.
 
mnewsham

mnewsham

Lifer
Oct 2, 2010
14,539
428
136
cmmenke said:
Oh really?
Not a new MOBO or anything?
Click to expand...

What's the point? You are looking at spending probably $650-700 on motherboard CPU and GPU for gaming performance increase of maybe 30% while if you just spent $300 on the GPU upgrade you would see the same 30% for games because currently you probably are NOT cpu bottlenecked in most any game. I would upgrade the GPU and wait for ivy bridge and Socket 2011.
 
C

cmmenke

Member
Aug 23, 2010
153
0
0
Oh okay...I do need a new monitor as well, using a 37" monitor...but its a tv, so its 1.5 pixel i believe. so the res. looks crazy
 
mnewsham

mnewsham

Lifer
Oct 2, 2010
14,539
428
136
Im using a 42" 1080p TV @ 5 feet...looks fine. If you want you can get a 30" dell U3011 for $1,300 or so. But then you really would need a GPU update.
 
mnewsham

mnewsham

Lifer
Oct 2, 2010
14,539
428
136
That is a VERY odd res... And it isnt worth it, unless you can get a good price on the current tower it really isnt worth it.
 
C

cmmenke

Member
Aug 23, 2010
153
0
0
I mean, i have 1500, and i should go for a card that is a touch better than the 460? no CPU upgrade?? when does the ivy come out??
 
B

betasub

Platinum Member
Mar 22, 2006
2,677
0
0
^ This. OP has a solid rig, but that screen resolution is wacked out. First of all get a good monitor with a sensible resolution. Then worry about having the system to drive it :eek: ;)
 
C

cmmenke

Member
Aug 23, 2010
153
0
0
Yah, the screen i have right now isn't a 1/1 pixel ratio, so it advertises that its 1920 x 1080, but that actually goes off the screen by about an inch on each side, so i had to make a custom res.
 
mnewsham

mnewsham

Lifer
Oct 2, 2010
14,539
428
136
Just change the scaling for HDTV's in your GPU control panel. Called something like "overscan" or some such.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom