• Saving some cash to upgrade my system, how does it look?
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Right now I have: CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Mobo: MSI 760GM-E51 (MS-7596) Memory: 4gb DDR3 Graphics: Radeon HD 6850 (MSI R6850 Cyclone PE/OC) PSU: 500w Cooler Master (RS-500-PCAR) Now what I was wanting to do was upgrade everything except my processor, graphics card, and memory. I was also wanting to get the same card for crossfire. For the part list, I have: PSU: Diablotek UL Series PSUL775 775W Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB)(added to my existing 4gb) Heat Sync: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 Mobo: ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard Case: Antec Gaming Series One Black Steel ATX Mid Tower How does it look? Any flaws to my plan? I was also curious as to if it would be too hard to transfer my existing cpu to the new motherboard. Thanks in advance! :downs:
Don't get a diablotek psu, it's a bomb. Also, don't waste your money, you are hardly upgrading. Spend your money on an ivy bridge build or something. What's your budget?
[QUOTE=QuikKill;36582595]Don't get a diablotek psu, it's a bomb. Also, don't waste your money, you are hardly upgrading. Spend your money on an ivy bridge build or something. What's your budget?[/QUOTE] My budget isn't much, that's the thing. With this it would only be about $400, and that's about my budget. Doubt I could do much with that. If the difference isn't major I might just have to get the heat sync to lower my loud stock heat sync and stick with what I have.
You could get a new psu, another 6850, and the heatsink. But in some games, your cpu will probably bottleneck. Overclocking will help. I had a phenom 925 and crossfire 5850 and it ran great for the majority of games, but cpu intensives games like skyrim ran like crap in certain spots. It ran alright after I overclocked. But you have a unlocked cpu, so if you can get the cpu to about ~4.3ghz I think you'd be fine. GPU: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127566&Tpk=MSI%20R6850%20Cyclone%20PE%2fOC[/url] Heatsink: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065[/url] PSU: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139031[/url] Use promo code EMCNDHB28 ~$293, ~248 after rebates.
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