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Wat do for Christmas Upgrades? - Cloud_9ine - 11-21-2010
So I here is my current rig:
CPU: AMD Phenom 720 X3 with unlocked 4th core currently running at 2.8 GHz (Plan to OC though since I got my new cooler)
Mobo: Gigabyte 790X Chipset
RAM: 2 x 2GB of DDR3
HDD: 2 x 500GB WD Caviar Blue Drives in non-raid (one for linux and various data, other is windows system)
GPU: ATI Radeon 4870
PSU: 500W OCZ
I was looking into what possible Christmas upgrades I could do on this thing. I'm already going for 4 more GB of RAM as somehow prices magically dropped on DDR3. Other that that, everything else I'm looking into is mostly superficial, a Drive Tray, a hot swap bay, and a single fan controller.
Is there anything that is cost effective (top off around 275$, 300$ if it can be justified) that I can upgrade as well for any kind of performance boost?
Re: Wat do for Christmas Upgrades? - Eightball - 11-22-2010
(11-21-2010, 10:13 PM)Cloud_9ine link Wrote: So I here is my current rig:I doubt you'll actually ever need 8GB, sounds like upgrading just for the sake of upgrading. I would consider upgrading your video card first, but you might need a stronger PSU before that (as I learned the hard way).
CPU: AMD Phenom 720 X3 with unlocked 4th core currently running at 2.8 GHz (Plan to OC though since I got my new cooler)
Mobo: Gigabyte 790X Chipset
RAM: 2 x 2GB of DDR3
HDD: 2 x 500GB WD Caviar Blue Drives in non-raid (one for linux and various data, other is windows system)
GPU: ATI Radeon 4870
PSU: 500W OCZ
I was looking into what possible Christmas upgrades I could do on this thing. I'm already going for 4 more GB of RAM as somehow prices magically dropped on DDR3. Other that that, everything else I'm looking into is mostly superficial, a Drive Tray, a hot swap bay, and a single fan controller.
Is there anything that is cost effective (top off around 275$, 300$ if it can be justified) that I can upgrade as well for any kind of performance boost?
Re: Wat do for Christmas Upgrades? - WaR1761 - 11-22-2010
SSD for OS, Back up drive for redundency, Peripherials you don't have or want to upgrade such as mouse, keyboard, monitor etc.
Re: Wat do for Christmas Upgrades? - CaffeinePowered - 11-22-2010
You're gonna need a better PSU if you get a new card, RAM is take it or leave it, but never hurts. OS on an SSD is always a good bet.
Re: Wat do for Christmas Upgrades? - Cloud_9ine - 11-22-2010
Yea, Ram has been a limiting factor for me as of late as I have been taking up some heavy CAD and trying to multitask with that on 4GB of RAM isn't fun. I would get a videocard but once again this would require a new PSU if anything. An SSD for system sounds interesting, any drive suggestions or guides on how to keep system folders to that drive? I may also consider a new keyboard as I am working off of a keyboard from 2001 that came with a Compaq. If anything all I know for sure is some RAM, and the rest is superficial.
Re: Wat do for Christmas Upgrades? - KarthXLR - 11-22-2010
Honestly, I don't see much reason to upgrade this. I mean, you could always get more RAM, but to me it seems fine as it is.
Re: Wat do for Christmas Upgrades? - Kirby - 11-22-2010
If you have the cash to burn, check to see if your mobo can run the new X6 Phenom
Mine gives me hardons when I just think about it. (and it does really cool things like rape things that a cpu rapes)
Re: Wat do for Christmas Upgrades? - Cloud_9ine - 11-25-2010
Essentially at this point I'm just getting some RAM so I can finally have a bottomless pit of memory and be done with it, after that, I am just getting a new keyboard. I would get a new video card, possibly some mid tier fermi or some 5800 but I would probably want a new PSU at that rate. Hell, by the time I have all these upgrades with a few extra purchases I could scrap my leftovers together for a 2nd machine x3.