- Jul 13, 2010
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Hello all!
I built my current PC in September of 2010. I've only changed a few things: added ram, HDDs, and upgraded my graphics card. Currently I'm running with two monitors and when I play new games like No Man's Sky at full res it get some stuttering if I try to watch netflix on the 2nd monitor.
I'm looking to upgrade for gaming and multitasking. May also get one of them shmancy curved ultra wide monitors once they come down a bit in price or have good quality control!
Question is: which components do you think I can/should upgrade? I've thought about going to liquid cooling as well. If I upgrade to a GTX 1080, will my CPU/mobo be able to handle it?
I'm thinking mobo/CPU are at the top of the list?
I'll post my current specs below:
Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D Premium
CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield Quad-Core 3.06 GHz LGA 1366 130W
Cooling: Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
Memory: (upgraded)Mushkin Enhanced Redline Frostbyte 6 GB Desktop Memory // Corsair Vengeance 12 GB ( 3 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800)
Graphics: (upgraded)Gigabyte GTX 770 GDDR5-4GB 2xDVI/HDMI/DP OC WINDFORCE 3X Graphics Card
HDD: (upgraded)I have multiple, newest is a Sandisk Extreme PRO 480 GB SSD // WD cav. black 1TB for storage and some other SSDs
PSU: Corsair HX1000w
Display: 2x Samsung P2770H 27-Inch Widescreen
OS: Windows 7 Ult 64bit
Case: Cooler Master HAF-X
Thanks for all your input, I used these boards extensively when building the original PC almost 6 years ago and it's still going relatively strong!
I built my current PC in September of 2010. I've only changed a few things: added ram, HDDs, and upgraded my graphics card. Currently I'm running with two monitors and when I play new games like No Man's Sky at full res it get some stuttering if I try to watch netflix on the 2nd monitor.
I'm looking to upgrade for gaming and multitasking. May also get one of them shmancy curved ultra wide monitors once they come down a bit in price or have good quality control!
Question is: which components do you think I can/should upgrade? I've thought about going to liquid cooling as well. If I upgrade to a GTX 1080, will my CPU/mobo be able to handle it?
I'm thinking mobo/CPU are at the top of the list?
I'll post my current specs below:
Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D Premium
CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield Quad-Core 3.06 GHz LGA 1366 130W
Cooling: Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
Memory: (upgraded)Mushkin Enhanced Redline Frostbyte 6 GB Desktop Memory // Corsair Vengeance 12 GB ( 3 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800)
Graphics: (upgraded)Gigabyte GTX 770 GDDR5-4GB 2xDVI/HDMI/DP OC WINDFORCE 3X Graphics Card
HDD: (upgraded)I have multiple, newest is a Sandisk Extreme PRO 480 GB SSD // WD cav. black 1TB for storage and some other SSDs
PSU: Corsair HX1000w
Display: 2x Samsung P2770H 27-Inch Widescreen
OS: Windows 7 Ult 64bit
Case: Cooler Master HAF-X
Thanks for all your input, I used these boards extensively when building the original PC almost 6 years ago and it's still going relatively strong!
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