1. Uses: Gaming: modern FPS, MMRPGs (Guild Wars 2)
2. Budget: Id like to keep it around $550. This upgrade is all about price for performance.
3. Country: USA
4. OUTSIDE the US?: N/A
5. Brand Preference: Not a fan of Seagate. No, it is not rational. Move on; nothing to see here.
6. Current parts: i5 750 (Lynnfield 1156) 2.66GHz OCed to 3.6GHz (Watercooled)
8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333 OCed to DDR3 1440
MSI P55-GD65 mobo
(2) ATI 6850s in CrossFire
Various 120GB or smaller SSDs for System and Games (All older than 3 years), 1TB WD Black for Data
Corsair 850w PSU (cant remember model, not digging though the case to figure it out.)
Windows 7 HP
The system is stable and has been for years.
7. Overclocking or default: OC, Willing to do OCed video card, not looking to water cool the video card but might if there was good reason
8. Resolution: 1920x1200 (single monitor)
9. WHEN: now to one month
Heres my main question: Where is there room to get more performance out of this system?
Im not considering: more OC on current CPU. Its happy where it is and Im good with a nearly 1GHz OC.
Im currently considering: 970 GTX (do I have enough processing power to run?), 16 GB (2x8GB or 4 x 4GB?) DDR3 1833 or faster RAM, Faster CPU that could be OCed (if fairly cheap), Larger, Faster SSDs
Ive been out of the computer building game for a while so Im not sure what I might be missing. Thoughts? Thanks in advance!
2. Budget: Id like to keep it around $550. This upgrade is all about price for performance.
3. Country: USA
4. OUTSIDE the US?: N/A
5. Brand Preference: Not a fan of Seagate. No, it is not rational. Move on; nothing to see here.
6. Current parts: i5 750 (Lynnfield 1156) 2.66GHz OCed to 3.6GHz (Watercooled)
8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333 OCed to DDR3 1440
MSI P55-GD65 mobo
(2) ATI 6850s in CrossFire
Various 120GB or smaller SSDs for System and Games (All older than 3 years), 1TB WD Black for Data
Corsair 850w PSU (cant remember model, not digging though the case to figure it out.)
Windows 7 HP
The system is stable and has been for years.
7. Overclocking or default: OC, Willing to do OCed video card, not looking to water cool the video card but might if there was good reason
8. Resolution: 1920x1200 (single monitor)
9. WHEN: now to one month
Heres my main question: Where is there room to get more performance out of this system?
Im not considering: more OC on current CPU. Its happy where it is and Im good with a nearly 1GHz OC.
Im currently considering: 970 GTX (do I have enough processing power to run?), 16 GB (2x8GB or 4 x 4GB?) DDR3 1833 or faster RAM, Faster CPU that could be OCed (if fairly cheap), Larger, Faster SSDs
Ive been out of the computer building game for a while so Im not sure what I might be missing. Thoughts? Thanks in advance!
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