Hey All,
My Current Gaming Rig:
GA-790XTA-UD4
AMD Phenom II x4 B55 Black Edition (unlocked X2 555)
Visiontek Radeon 5870
4GB Mushkin 1600 RAM
HAF 922
Antec 750w EarthWatts
I just wanted to get some opinions from the community. I recently upgraded from a PII x4 925 to a PII x2 555 Black Edition. I was able to unlock the hidden cores so I am running all 4. This CPU is perfectly stable, and I have OC'd to 3.7 with a minor bump in voltage.
I recently got a great deal on an i7-920. I am considering swapping out the Gigabyte board and AMD CPU for an ASUS P6X58D, the 920, and 6GB Corsair Platinum (Tri).
My question is, What kind of performance improvement will I see? Is it worth dumping the extra ~500 into the Mobo and Memory? Again, this is purely a gaming rig.
Thoughts?
Goat
My Current Gaming Rig:
GA-790XTA-UD4
AMD Phenom II x4 B55 Black Edition (unlocked X2 555)
Visiontek Radeon 5870
4GB Mushkin 1600 RAM
HAF 922
Antec 750w EarthWatts
I just wanted to get some opinions from the community. I recently upgraded from a PII x4 925 to a PII x2 555 Black Edition. I was able to unlock the hidden cores so I am running all 4. This CPU is perfectly stable, and I have OC'd to 3.7 with a minor bump in voltage.
I recently got a great deal on an i7-920. I am considering swapping out the Gigabyte board and AMD CPU for an ASUS P6X58D, the 920, and 6GB Corsair Platinum (Tri).
My question is, What kind of performance improvement will I see? Is it worth dumping the extra ~500 into the Mobo and Memory? Again, this is purely a gaming rig.
Thoughts?
Goat