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jayman1821   10-04-2009 at 03:10:48 PM

I currently am running a core 2 E8400 @ 3.6 a P35 gigabyte board with 4 gigs of Corsair xms ddr2 6400 ram and a WD 640 gig drive for my primary. I have a 8800gts 640 meg video card and a Corsair tx750 pw supply.

My question is this: would it be worth while for me to upgrade to this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.270433

and this ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231193

Or: should I stick with my current system and get a 120 gig SSD and perhaps a 5850 video card?
My reasons for wanting to upgrade are
1. my boards getting old and I want new features like E-sata, and more than 4 SATA ports.
2. I get slowdowns sometimes when doing a ton of stuff or video encoding.

I Play games primarily and encode video a bit and watch movies.

Oh and I thought about a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.243042

with 4 gig ddr3 1600 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131398

If I should just be happy with my current set up and save my self money Please by all means talk some sense into me!
Thanks in advance for your reply's.


Message edited by jayman1821 on 10-04-2009 at 03:25:52 PM
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madass   10-04-2009 at 04:22:19 PM
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Installing a Quad like a Q8400 or Q9550 will help with video.
Getting a 5850=a system which can kill just about anything out there.

Take which is more important to you..

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brokdown711   10-04-2009 at 04:54:30 PM
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What's the main use of this computer?

Gaming: the E8400 OC'ed is gonna be tough to beat. Your better off upgrading the rest of the system if you really want to. The addition of an SSD + 5850 will make that system a monster

Vid Encoding: Quad core will be a great investment.

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jayman1821   10-04-2009 at 05:12:07 PM
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brokdown711 wrote :

What's the main use of this computer?

Gaming: the E8400 OC'ed is gonna be tough to beat. Your better off upgrading the rest of the system if you really want to. The addition of an SSD + 5850 will make that system a monster

Vid Encoding: Quad core will be a great investment.




The main uses for my Computer are "Gaming, Some video encoding, and watching movies".
I have been struggling with the idea of buying a 120 gig ssd because of it's cost, and also "because My win 7 pro will be shipped to me on Oct 27 and ssd's work well with that OS"
So I'm leaning twords "brokdown711's suggestion for the SSD and 5850, as money better spent.


Unless any others can give other suggestions ? :)
Thanks for the replies so far, keep them coming

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