Hello Everyone,
You all helped me w/ great info from reviews and such on this site when I built my last PC.
Here's what I have: AMD 939 Socket Sandy (yeah feels ancient, ain't it?) on DFI Lanparty SLI Mobo with 2x 7900GTs and RAID0 setup with 2x 10k Raptors driving a 24 inch Dell Monitor. I have a PC Power & Cooling's 510 AT PSU. Do I need to upgrade this? It is the rock-solid PSU I ever owned. All this is housed inside a Coolermaster Stacker 830 NVIDIA Edition Case.
Here's what I intend to do...after much reading and seeing the real drop in FPS in GW and AION, I have decided to either upgrade the CPU, Mobo, RAM and GPU or upgrade just the GPU to see how things play out.
What would you suggest I do? Buy 2 GPUs first and hook them up w/ SLi to see if they fix the framerate drop or just upgrade the whole kit and caboodle? For either path, what components would you suggest? For whole upgrade I am thinking of 1 grand mark. I am open about Phenom or i7.
Also, I am wondering if there is a way to utilize the 2x7900GTs that I already have?
I am looking about your suggestions and guidance. Any help is much appreciated.
EDIT: Based on everyone's suggestions, here's what I will probably get in couple months time:
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP 700W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC PSU (newegg) @70
CPU: Core i7 920 Processor w/ D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) (Microcenter) @200
MOBO: ASRock X58 Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard (newegg) @160
RAM: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel) Triple Channel (newegg) @140
GPU: XFX HD-587A-ZNF9 Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card w/ATI Eyefinity (newegg) @390
Sink: Prolimatech - Megahalems CPU Cooler - 775 / 1366 / 1156 - Rev B (Jabtech) @63
Thanks!
You all helped me w/ great info from reviews and such on this site when I built my last PC.
Here's what I have: AMD 939 Socket Sandy (yeah feels ancient, ain't it?) on DFI Lanparty SLI Mobo with 2x 7900GTs and RAID0 setup with 2x 10k Raptors driving a 24 inch Dell Monitor. I have a PC Power & Cooling's 510 AT PSU. Do I need to upgrade this? It is the rock-solid PSU I ever owned. All this is housed inside a Coolermaster Stacker 830 NVIDIA Edition Case.
Here's what I intend to do...after much reading and seeing the real drop in FPS in GW and AION, I have decided to either upgrade the CPU, Mobo, RAM and GPU or upgrade just the GPU to see how things play out.
What would you suggest I do? Buy 2 GPUs first and hook them up w/ SLi to see if they fix the framerate drop or just upgrade the whole kit and caboodle? For either path, what components would you suggest? For whole upgrade I am thinking of 1 grand mark. I am open about Phenom or i7.
Also, I am wondering if there is a way to utilize the 2x7900GTs that I already have?
I am looking about your suggestions and guidance. Any help is much appreciated.
EDIT: Based on everyone's suggestions, here's what I will probably get in couple months time:
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP 700W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC PSU (newegg) @70
CPU: Core i7 920 Processor w/ D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) (Microcenter) @200
MOBO: ASRock X58 Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard (newegg) @160
RAM: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel) Triple Channel (newegg) @140
GPU: XFX HD-587A-ZNF9 Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card w/ATI Eyefinity (newegg) @390
Sink: Prolimatech - Megahalems CPU Cooler - 775 / 1366 / 1156 - Rev B (Jabtech) @63
Thanks!