Bottleneck? Please help

[Leeg5547]

Hi there guys n gals!

I've been told i will and i wont bottleneck with my set up........

current set up
MOTHERBOARD: Dell Inc-0T568R A00
CPU: i7 860 @ 2.80GHz Stock
MEMORY: Kingston -8192MB (4X2GB) 1333MHZ DDR3
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Single 1792Mb-OC (Stock cooling)
PSU: ? 350W
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit
HDD: ? -2TB(2X1TB) SATA RAID

I want to upgrade the gpu and psu to a 470 gtx and a corsair 600w

Will i bottleneck??

 

[Leeg5547]

I hope my 2.8ghz cuts it?? anyone??
tell me i will be fine!!

 

[17seconds]

Your big problem is the power supply at 350 watts. For a GTX 470, you need about 550 watts to be safe.

With the other parts, you will be fine. That is one of the latest quad core processors with one of the latest generation video cards. They will pair together nicely.

 

[Leeg5547]

thanks nice to hear that!!

Ive got a 600w corsair on order just to be on the safe side.

shame my pre built dell motherboard wont sli

build time next time!

 

[17seconds]

Good job with the Corsair PSU. You won't need to SLI your GTX470. One of them will allow you to turn up all the details to maximum. Do you have a particular model picked out?

 

[Leeg5547]

psu or gpu?
sorry

 

[17seconds]

Which GTX470 are you looking to buy?

 

[Leeg5547]

sorry!
1280MB EVGA GTX 470 SC, 40nm, 3402MHz GDDR5, GPU 625MHz, Shader 1250MHz, 448 Cores, DL DVI/mHDMI
or gigabyte model

 

[17seconds]

sorry!
1280MB EVGA GTX 470 SC, 40nm, 3402MHz GDDR5, GPU 625MHz, Shader 1250MHz, 448 Cores, DL DVI/mHDMI
or gigabyte model

That's a good choice with the EVGA.

I do recommend the Gigabyte Superoverclock, which has a very quiet custom cooler:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125338

http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-470-soc-review/

 

[Leeg5547]

Or 1280MB MSI GTX 470 Twin Frozr II.

which do you recommend?

 

[Leeg5547]

Gigabyte looks like the one that will be emptying my wallet!! forget the mrs xmas present!

 

[Leeg5547]

Thanks for the help Matto

 

[17seconds]

Enjoy it. By the way, the MSI Twin Frozr II is a good backup plan.

 

[jerreece]

I'd be all about the MSI Twin Frozr II. But the Gigabyte with the custom cooler is a good choice too. With the 600W Corsair PSU you ordered you should be set to go! And as matto already stated, the i7-860 is no slouch.

 

[Leeg5547]

thanks guys!

hope i can find a gigabyte model stocked int he uk!