- Jul 6, 2011
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HI! 4 years ago, i bought my first ever gaming pc! and i asked for suggestion from here! the only upgrade it went through during this time is an ssd upgrade as system drive. now im thinking about getting it upto speed with todays 'standards'. my machine is mostly used for photo editing, music creating and gaming! i have done some video editing but ill be doing a lot more of them since ill be running 3 youtube channels simultaneously from june.
anyway, this system also runs hackintosh so i dont want to put upgrades that are incompatible to sabotage my hackintosh. okay ill write down the specs below.
1. i5 2400
2. gigabye z68
3. team elite 4gb 1600
4. sapphire 6850 1gb
5. kingston 128gb ssd
6. acer 21 inch 1080p monitor.
7. thermaltake 650 watt psu
now on of the most important things i need is a new hdd. my old one shows smart error..still runs but i didnt keep anything important on it.
so 1 tb hdd is approx. is $57 and 2tb is $83
next upgrade i need is ram. hackintosh eats up 4gb like a stray dog.
team elite 1600 8x2 is $141
next upgrade id like to do is graphics card and a used 6990 4gb would cost me around $192. will be rare but it should be around that. new card compared to that ill find sapphire r9 270 2gb new.
these are the essential upgrades. i plan to keep my 1080p display for now but i also want to add some tvs to the mix.
i could add a nice sony 42 inch 1080p tv to my room for gaming and movies for around $500
or i could add 3 32 inch cheap chinese generic 720p displays over my 1080p monitor for around the same cost. the quality isnt all that nice but for the price is pretty good.
now my concern is the tv will come quite some time after the upgrades since i only have money for the essential upgrades. how will the gpu handle 4 screens? can i play recent games on max on 3 displays on 720p or is it worthless if ill be sitting so close to it? and if i get the sony tv, it will stay on the wall and ill occasionally play games on it from a bit further.
the 3 tv solution will stay on my desk over my main monitor but how will the gpu play with the resolution? once i had my 1080p monitor and a 720p smaller monitor beside it and without eyefinity it was okay they ran at their native resolutions but with eyefinity 1080p was scaling and blurry.
please let me know if its the upgrade is good enough, if i should choose different things, and if im wasting money or if its better spent on something else. appreciate any feedback thanks
anyway, this system also runs hackintosh so i dont want to put upgrades that are incompatible to sabotage my hackintosh. okay ill write down the specs below.
1. i5 2400
2. gigabye z68
3. team elite 4gb 1600
4. sapphire 6850 1gb
5. kingston 128gb ssd
6. acer 21 inch 1080p monitor.
7. thermaltake 650 watt psu
now on of the most important things i need is a new hdd. my old one shows smart error..still runs but i didnt keep anything important on it.
so 1 tb hdd is approx. is $57 and 2tb is $83
next upgrade i need is ram. hackintosh eats up 4gb like a stray dog.
team elite 1600 8x2 is $141
next upgrade id like to do is graphics card and a used 6990 4gb would cost me around $192. will be rare but it should be around that. new card compared to that ill find sapphire r9 270 2gb new.
these are the essential upgrades. i plan to keep my 1080p display for now but i also want to add some tvs to the mix.
i could add a nice sony 42 inch 1080p tv to my room for gaming and movies for around $500
or i could add 3 32 inch cheap chinese generic 720p displays over my 1080p monitor for around the same cost. the quality isnt all that nice but for the price is pretty good.
now my concern is the tv will come quite some time after the upgrades since i only have money for the essential upgrades. how will the gpu handle 4 screens? can i play recent games on max on 3 displays on 720p or is it worthless if ill be sitting so close to it? and if i get the sony tv, it will stay on the wall and ill occasionally play games on it from a bit further.
the 3 tv solution will stay on my desk over my main monitor but how will the gpu play with the resolution? once i had my 1080p monitor and a 720p smaller monitor beside it and without eyefinity it was okay they ran at their native resolutions but with eyefinity 1080p was scaling and blurry.
please let me know if its the upgrade is good enough, if i should choose different things, and if im wasting money or if its better spent on something else. appreciate any feedback thanks
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