so down to the nitty gritty, my current system build is as follows.
-Zalman Z9 Plus ATX case
-CoolerMaster Hyper212 EVO cpu cooler
-Phenom II x4 955 BE (3.2ghz stock) running @ 3.4ghz currently
-Sapphire Radeon 6870 1GB GDDR5
-2x4GB Gskill ripjaws @ 1333 for a total of 8GB
-Biostar A770E3 AM3 Mobo
-Corsair CX600 PSU (600watt)
-Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM Sata3 HDD
now that's basically the just of it, and the bones of this system has done me well for a good few years now but it's starting to show its age.
my budget is semi tight, meaning i can't really afford to spend more than 100$ish a month on my pc as that is all the extra income i have these days for stuff like this. but christmas is around the corner, and i have been really thinking of splurging on a new 7950 or 7870 but decided to tough it out waiting for AMD's new lineup of cards.
my questions are mainly, should i wait for the new lineup and pickup a card after they have had a chance to settle in? also suggestion for which card.
should i be worried about my aging Phenom II in the coming months of new consoles?
and if so, what would be the ideal cpu/mobo combo to go with that would hopefully last me another couple years at least.
My temps are really good however so i do have quite a bit of headroom on the cpu still,
did have it bumped up to 4.1ghz at one time, i just didn't want to put too much strain on the chip.
nor do i want to so much now, as it may be handed down to the gf's pc.
ideally i wouldn't like to spend more than 300ish on the cpu/mobo combo before taxes,
and as for the video card, if i were to upgrade now my budget would be 210-220 or so before tax and 300 if i were to wait until christmas.
i'm not sure i'm missing anything, but thanks for the replies in advance!
P.S i game at 1080p
-Zalman Z9 Plus ATX case
-CoolerMaster Hyper212 EVO cpu cooler
-Phenom II x4 955 BE (3.2ghz stock) running @ 3.4ghz currently
-Sapphire Radeon 6870 1GB GDDR5
-2x4GB Gskill ripjaws @ 1333 for a total of 8GB
-Biostar A770E3 AM3 Mobo
-Corsair CX600 PSU (600watt)
-Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM Sata3 HDD
now that's basically the just of it, and the bones of this system has done me well for a good few years now but it's starting to show its age.
my budget is semi tight, meaning i can't really afford to spend more than 100$ish a month on my pc as that is all the extra income i have these days for stuff like this. but christmas is around the corner, and i have been really thinking of splurging on a new 7950 or 7870 but decided to tough it out waiting for AMD's new lineup of cards.
my questions are mainly, should i wait for the new lineup and pickup a card after they have had a chance to settle in? also suggestion for which card.
should i be worried about my aging Phenom II in the coming months of new consoles?
and if so, what would be the ideal cpu/mobo combo to go with that would hopefully last me another couple years at least.
My temps are really good however so i do have quite a bit of headroom on the cpu still,
did have it bumped up to 4.1ghz at one time, i just didn't want to put too much strain on the chip.
nor do i want to so much now, as it may be handed down to the gf's pc.
ideally i wouldn't like to spend more than 300ish on the cpu/mobo combo before taxes,
and as for the video card, if i were to upgrade now my budget would be 210-220 or so before tax and 300 if i were to wait until christmas.
i'm not sure i'm missing anything, but thanks for the replies in advance!
P.S i game at 1080p