Hello,
I have a pretty average PC sitting next to me. It's becoming pretty out-of-date and I'm willing to upgrade it this week, but I could use some advice.
Right now I have:
mobo: ASUS StrikerExtreme
cpu: e6700 @ 2.67 GHz
gpu: XFX 9800GTX+ XXX
ram: OCZ 2 x 1GB PC2-6400
psu: Thermaltake Toughpower 750 Watt
hdd: Seagate ST350063 0AS (500GB)
Western Digital WD15 00ADFD (150GB)
Unfortunatly, I noticed that my PSU doesn't provide enough Amp to keep my 9800GTX+ running propperly on games which need the extra power Which is one of the reasons I want to upgrade a few parts: the motherboard, the processor, ram and the PSU.
BTW: I'm a video-editor and I'm starting to feel the strain of editing video's on this computer. I need about 12GB of RAM to edit (HD) video files.
After I convinced myself to upgrade. I decided to search for some hardware and came up with this setup.
I'm from the Netherlands so I searched my parts on a site called www.alternate.nl but I'll try to find the part on newegg aswell so you don't have to translate anything
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Preferably this week. BUDGET RANGE: Not more than €900,-
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Video Editing, gaming.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, mouse, sound system, monitor, HDD(?), WinVista 64-bit
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: www.alternate.nl COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: the Netherlands
PARTS PREFERENCES: Intel
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Since I'm a video editor I guess I need around 12GB of RAM to edit my HD video files.
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Motherboard: ASRock X58 Extreme Retail, FW, RAID, Gb-LAN, Sound, ATX
http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Moederborden_Socket_1366/ASRock/X58_Extreme/-1079091/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Moederborden&l2=Intel&l3=Socket+1366
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157163&cm_re=ASRock_x58-_-13-157-163-_-Product
€139,-
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 920 (Boxed, FC-LGA4, "Bloomfield")
http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/CPUs_Socket_1366/Intel(R)/Core_en_trade_i7_920/-1073994/?baseId=30612
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202&cm_re=i7_920-_-19-115-202-_-Product
€249,-
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro M 1000W (Retail)
http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Voedingen_meer_dan_600_Watt/Cooler_Master/Silent_Pro_M_1000W/-1079876/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Voedingen&l2=meer+dan+600+Watt
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171049&cm_re=coolermaster_silent_pro-_-17-171-049-_-Product
€159,-
RAM: Corsair 12 GB DDR3-1600 Hex-Kit (Retail, HX3X12G1600C9)
http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Geheugen_DDR3-1600/Corsair/12_GB_DDR3-1600_Hex-Kit/-1078887/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Geheugen&l2=DDR3&l3=DDR3-1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145235&cm_re=Corsair_12_GB_DDR3-1600-_-20-145-235-_-Product
€242,-
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Here are some questions:
1: I'm also thinking of upgrading my XFX 9800GTX+ by putting in a second one (SLI) for €120,-. But is this upgrade worth it? Because I'm hearing across the internet that two 9800GTX+ isn't worth the cash.
BUT. I did a little 'research' myself (basically I looked at the graphic charts on this website) and I noticed that 9800GTX+ in SLI gives the same performance, or even better performance, as one 285GTX but buying a second 9800GTX+ is way cheaper.
So, which is it? Or shouldn't I be looking at nVidia and buy an ATI Radeon HD4890 single card?
2: Is this motherboard good for overclocking my CPU? Because I think I'm willing to OC the i7 920 above 3GHz.
I'm open for suggestions
Edit: On a bit of an important sidenote: How do ATI cards perform nowadays in terms of stability, heat, etc. Because when I used ATI cards a few years back I had some rather annoying problems with the stability and heat produced by the cards.
Has this changed over the years? Or is nVidia still better for stability?
I have a pretty average PC sitting next to me. It's becoming pretty out-of-date and I'm willing to upgrade it this week, but I could use some advice.
Right now I have:
mobo: ASUS StrikerExtreme
cpu: e6700 @ 2.67 GHz
gpu: XFX 9800GTX+ XXX
ram: OCZ 2 x 1GB PC2-6400
psu: Thermaltake Toughpower 750 Watt
hdd: Seagate ST350063 0AS (500GB)
Western Digital WD15 00ADFD (150GB)
Unfortunatly, I noticed that my PSU doesn't provide enough Amp to keep my 9800GTX+ running propperly on games which need the extra power Which is one of the reasons I want to upgrade a few parts: the motherboard, the processor, ram and the PSU.
BTW: I'm a video-editor and I'm starting to feel the strain of editing video's on this computer. I need about 12GB of RAM to edit (HD) video files.
After I convinced myself to upgrade. I decided to search for some hardware and came up with this setup.
I'm from the Netherlands so I searched my parts on a site called www.alternate.nl but I'll try to find the part on newegg aswell so you don't have to translate anything
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Preferably this week. BUDGET RANGE: Not more than €900,-
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Video Editing, gaming.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, mouse, sound system, monitor, HDD(?), WinVista 64-bit
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: www.alternate.nl COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: the Netherlands
PARTS PREFERENCES: Intel
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Since I'm a video editor I guess I need around 12GB of RAM to edit my HD video files.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Motherboard: ASRock X58 Extreme Retail, FW, RAID, Gb-LAN, Sound, ATX
http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Moederborden_Socket_1366/ASRock/X58_Extreme/-1079091/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Moederborden&l2=Intel&l3=Socket+1366
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157163&cm_re=ASRock_x58-_-13-157-163-_-Product
€139,-
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 920 (Boxed, FC-LGA4, "Bloomfield")
http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/CPUs_Socket_1366/Intel(R)/Core_en_trade_i7_920/-1073994/?baseId=30612
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202&cm_re=i7_920-_-19-115-202-_-Product
€249,-
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro M 1000W (Retail)
http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Voedingen_meer_dan_600_Watt/Cooler_Master/Silent_Pro_M_1000W/-1079876/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Voedingen&l2=meer+dan+600+Watt
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171049&cm_re=coolermaster_silent_pro-_-17-171-049-_-Product
€159,-
RAM: Corsair 12 GB DDR3-1600 Hex-Kit (Retail, HX3X12G1600C9)
http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Geheugen_DDR3-1600/Corsair/12_GB_DDR3-1600_Hex-Kit/-1078887/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Geheugen&l2=DDR3&l3=DDR3-1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145235&cm_re=Corsair_12_GB_DDR3-1600-_-20-145-235-_-Product
€242,-
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Here are some questions:
1: I'm also thinking of upgrading my XFX 9800GTX+ by putting in a second one (SLI) for €120,-. But is this upgrade worth it? Because I'm hearing across the internet that two 9800GTX+ isn't worth the cash.
BUT. I did a little 'research' myself (basically I looked at the graphic charts on this website) and I noticed that 9800GTX+ in SLI gives the same performance, or even better performance, as one 285GTX but buying a second 9800GTX+ is way cheaper.
So, which is it? Or shouldn't I be looking at nVidia and buy an ATI Radeon HD4890 single card?
2: Is this motherboard good for overclocking my CPU? Because I think I'm willing to OC the i7 920 above 3GHz.
I'm open for suggestions
Edit: On a bit of an important sidenote: How do ATI cards perform nowadays in terms of stability, heat, etc. Because when I used ATI cards a few years back I had some rather annoying problems with the stability and heat produced by the cards.
Has this changed over the years? Or is nVidia still better for stability?