Good day, fellow Tech friends!
That time has come when my TAS (Tech acquiring syndrome) has become ovewhelming and i decided to upgrade/replace my system. I'm weighing two options, help me choose the right one.
At the moment i own this rig:
CPU: Intel I7 920 (easily OCable to 4.2GHz)
MOBO: ASUS Rampage 2 extreme
RAM: Mushkin 1600MHz 6GB
GPU Nvidia GTX 275
Everything is Water cooled - from CPU to MOBO Mos-fets and chipset. EKWB blocks.
Actually, from the beginning when i first bought this system, that was in 2009, GPU posed a little of a bottleneck ( back then, every gpu was a bottleneck, i think
). I wanted to upgrade, but I postponed it until now.
I must say, Watercooling is so much hassle, but i paid for it so much that i dont DARE not using it in future, at least for CPU. Also, putting everything back to its previous state ( MOBO heatsinks, also GPU) for selling it is a lot of work... But anyway. Here is what I thought in my head:
1.: Buy an entire new system ( Keep PSU(Corsair TX850, SSD, ...):
- MSI Z87I motherboard(SO CUTE BOARD!!!! It would fit pefectly into my "not so small" Xigmatek Elysium)
- Intel i5 4670K ( been told to get 3570K for OC ability and shit, but price difference is so small, clock for clock 4570 is better and i dont want to Oc to the bone ... just some tasty 4.5GHz
PP)
- ASUS GTX 770 DIRECT2CU GPU ( Better than 280x, No 290 With aftermarket coolers availiable yet... or not in stock, thats why.)
- 1866 CL9 ram (8gig will suffice??)
2. Only buy a GPU. In this case, there are two options. If in future a 780gtx would bottleneck i7 920 first, i would go with gtx 780. If it were other way, i would go with 770 or equal and upgrade CPU and MOBO some other time in future.
I am not yet thinking of going QHD or multi monitor, but i would really like smooth gameplay(60fps AVERAGE) at highest settings( 24FPS is not smooth, every gamer knows that)
So, what's it gonna be?
Wow, what is a long read, i hope someone actually took time to read it, sorry
Thanks in advance,
Blockhd
That time has come when my TAS (Tech acquiring syndrome) has become ovewhelming and i decided to upgrade/replace my system. I'm weighing two options, help me choose the right one.
At the moment i own this rig:
CPU: Intel I7 920 (easily OCable to 4.2GHz)
MOBO: ASUS Rampage 2 extreme
RAM: Mushkin 1600MHz 6GB
GPU Nvidia GTX 275
Everything is Water cooled - from CPU to MOBO Mos-fets and chipset. EKWB blocks.
Actually, from the beginning when i first bought this system, that was in 2009, GPU posed a little of a bottleneck ( back then, every gpu was a bottleneck, i think
). I wanted to upgrade, but I postponed it until now.I must say, Watercooling is so much hassle, but i paid for it so much that i dont DARE not using it in future, at least for CPU. Also, putting everything back to its previous state ( MOBO heatsinks, also GPU) for selling it is a lot of work... But anyway. Here is what I thought in my head:
1.: Buy an entire new system ( Keep PSU(Corsair TX850, SSD, ...):
- MSI Z87I motherboard(SO CUTE BOARD!!!! It would fit pefectly into my "not so small" Xigmatek Elysium)
- Intel i5 4670K ( been told to get 3570K for OC ability and shit, but price difference is so small, clock for clock 4570 is better and i dont want to Oc to the bone ... just some tasty 4.5GHz
PP)- ASUS GTX 770 DIRECT2CU GPU ( Better than 280x, No 290 With aftermarket coolers availiable yet... or not in stock, thats why.)
- 1866 CL9 ram (8gig will suffice??)
2. Only buy a GPU. In this case, there are two options. If in future a 780gtx would bottleneck i7 920 first, i would go with gtx 780. If it were other way, i would go with 770 or equal and upgrade CPU and MOBO some other time in future.
I am not yet thinking of going QHD or multi monitor, but i would really like smooth gameplay(60fps AVERAGE) at highest settings( 24FPS is not smooth, every gamer knows that)
So, what's it gonna be?
Wow, what is a long read, i hope someone actually took time to read it, sorry
Thanks in advance,
Blockhd
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