to upgrade or not to upgrade

thewarturtle · Oct 1, 2013

Ok hello new friends!!! I am a bit stuck. I recently upgraded my mb ( now running rampage iv extreme was sabertooth x79) cpu ( now i7-4930k was i7-3820) and my case (from a corsair graphite 600t to corsair obsideon 900d). Previously I had 64gb of corsair vengeance 1600mhz cas 10 ram. My question is should I bother upgrading to 2133? The rest of my specs are as.follows:

Evga gtx 680x2
Corsair force GT 120 ssd x2 in raid 0 for os
WD raptor 500gb x2 raid 0
Thermaltake water 2.0 extreme cpu cooler (next on list is upgrade to real water cooling I miss my danger den from my 1366 lol)
Thermaltake tp gold 1200w psu
LG 3d bluray/burner optical drive and LG DVD/RW drive.

Any input appreciated as I am on the fence.

Tradesman1 · Oct 1, 2013

Do you still have the Vengeance? if so, depending on model, can possibly OC them to 1866, if not, would look to 2133 as you are thinking, if wanting to stick w/ 64 I'd suggest the the RJ Zs here:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231525

clutchc · Oct 1, 2013

I can't see any reason you'd need to upgrade anything... unless it is just out of boredom. What are you using 64GB of system memory for? What OS?

cin19 · Oct 1, 2013

Depend on what do you use for? And I found one review, read it and make your own called.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/memory/display/lga2011-ddr3_6.html#sect0

thewarturtle · Oct 1, 2013

I am basically running 64 just because I can lol. I am running windows 8.1 pro. I do sometimes migrate some of my VM's to this box when I am doing maintenance on the VM host. But other than that like I said mainly because I can. And yes I still have the Vengeance. I will have to reboot to get the exact model. CPU-Z doesnt like windows 8.1 :no:

thewarturtle · Oct 1, 2013

Ok so the vengeance I have is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233246

Tradesman1 · Oct 1, 2013

It's nice though huh, VMs are great, do you use a RAMDisk much?

thewarturtle · Oct 1, 2013

No I havent used Ramdisk much. Havent had a need and since the main two VM's are a DC and and Exchange box a ram disk would scare the hell out of me haha

Tradesman1 · Oct 1, 2013

How do you like the Extreme? (sorry if off topic a bit), I know I like them, am thinking about building a X79 for a couple of upcoming projects and re-evaluating the X79's, Asus came out with a new Deluxe model, but have always liked your and the P9X79 WS

thewarturtle · Oct 1, 2013

This board is great. Only con so far is the eATX form factor. It basically twisted my arm into the godzilla case lol

Tradesman1 · Oct 1, 2013

Have run into that a few times myself, that's one reason I lean towards the HAF cases, not the fanciest or best looking, but roomy, even the 922 mid....hopefully will know more later this week, love the Haswell (and others) but would really love to have a X79

thewarturtle · Oct 1, 2013

Well the Sabertooth was an awesome board also I just like to upgrade haha. Before that setup I had an asus 1366 with the first gen i7. Still have it its in the media room. not exactly low key haha but it works great as a steam box / multimedia system. I still have the sabertooth and the i7-3820 just trying to figure out what to do with it. It isnt even a year old haha

Tradesman1 · Oct 1, 2013

A collector huh, know how that goes

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