Hi,
Thanks for looking at my thread first off! I've been an avid reader of the tomhardware's forums and charts for the last year or so while ive been upgrading etc) But i have a few random questions. I have looked all over the net and found so many conflicting anwser's So decided id ask the exsperts lol\
This is my spec so far.
955 OC'ed to 3.6 GHz (was at 3.8 but I could never get it stable -_-) with a silent Knight 2 Cooler
4Gb of ddr3 Ram
Windows 7 pro 32Bit
5870 GPU
PSU OCZ StealthxStream 700W
Now heres the questions (sorry the first isn’t really a gpu question)
1: What would I see more gaming improvement from as an upgrade. A second 5870 (in crossfire) or a new mobo and a i7 920 Overclocked as high as I could get it (3.6 for e.g.) (with my ddr3 duel channel ram) I have heard so many people saying i7 destroys amd3 in gaming.. but most of the benchmarks ive seen you only get a smal increase in fps (5-10) in the avrage game.
2: Whats the min psu Should i have if i intend to go crossfire? My psu at the mo is a stealthXstream 700W. I have asked this question on a number of forums’ (overclockers.co.uk, Yahoo answers etc) and they all come back different! Some people say go for 1Kw! others say 600W is fine. I have even used one of them power calculators’. Does any one know?
3: If my psu is fine (700w) would it be safe to use the Molex to pci-e converter cables? At the moment i have 4-5 green lazer lights, 2 UV CC lights, 2 HHD Sata drives, an overclocked CPU to 3.6 (with stock Volts) 1 DVD-rom drive (sata) (also im planning on getting a blue ray drive) so lets pretend i have it already) A soundblaster sound card, 2x80mm fans and 3 120mm fans.
Thanks for looking at my thread first off! I've been an avid reader of the tomhardware's forums and charts for the last year or so while ive been upgrading etc) But i have a few random questions. I have looked all over the net and found so many conflicting anwser's So decided id ask the exsperts lol\
This is my spec so far.
955 OC'ed to 3.6 GHz (was at 3.8 but I could never get it stable -_-) with a silent Knight 2 Cooler
4Gb of ddr3 Ram
Windows 7 pro 32Bit
5870 GPU
PSU OCZ StealthxStream 700W
Now heres the questions (sorry the first isn’t really a gpu question)
1: What would I see more gaming improvement from as an upgrade. A second 5870 (in crossfire) or a new mobo and a i7 920 Overclocked as high as I could get it (3.6 for e.g.) (with my ddr3 duel channel ram) I have heard so many people saying i7 destroys amd3 in gaming.. but most of the benchmarks ive seen you only get a smal increase in fps (5-10) in the avrage game.
2: Whats the min psu Should i have if i intend to go crossfire? My psu at the mo is a stealthXstream 700W. I have asked this question on a number of forums’ (overclockers.co.uk, Yahoo answers etc) and they all come back different! Some people say go for 1Kw! others say 600W is fine. I have even used one of them power calculators’. Does any one know?
3: If my psu is fine (700w) would it be safe to use the Molex to pci-e converter cables? At the moment i have 4-5 green lazer lights, 2 UV CC lights, 2 HHD Sata drives, an overclocked CPU to 3.6 (with stock Volts) 1 DVD-rom drive (sata) (also im planning on getting a blue ray drive) so lets pretend i have it already) A soundblaster sound card, 2x80mm fans and 3 120mm fans.
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