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Fellas,
I nearly bought a new PC, had all the specs and everything. But then I was thinking whether or not it might be wiser for me to upgrade my current system.
My main specs are Q6600, 2GB RAM and 8800GTS 512. I like playing games like Total War and FSX. This system runs them OK, but I could do with an extra few FPS. Well, quite a lot extra tbh.
Anyways, I was thinking of the following:
Overcoming my fear of OC'ing and clocking the Q6600 to 3.2ghz and getting a high end cooler.
Upgrading to 4GBG Ram, although i'm only using 32bit vista, so dont know if that would be much of a benefit.
Switching the graphics card to a Radeon 5770 or GTX460. Is the 460 a lot better?
Adding a SSD.
What do you reckon? That should cost about £240 in all. Worth it or should I just bung the money towards a new i7 system?
Also, if my info is correct, my corsair HX620, the new cooler and the SSD will all fit nicely into a new i7 setup down the line. I believe 775 and 1366 sockets have the same fixings.
I nearly bought a new PC, had all the specs and everything. But then I was thinking whether or not it might be wiser for me to upgrade my current system.
My main specs are Q6600, 2GB RAM and 8800GTS 512. I like playing games like Total War and FSX. This system runs them OK, but I could do with an extra few FPS. Well, quite a lot extra tbh.
Anyways, I was thinking of the following:
Overcoming my fear of OC'ing and clocking the Q6600 to 3.2ghz and getting a high end cooler.
Upgrading to 4GBG Ram, although i'm only using 32bit vista, so dont know if that would be much of a benefit.
Switching the graphics card to a Radeon 5770 or GTX460. Is the 460 a lot better?
Adding a SSD.
What do you reckon? That should cost about £240 in all. Worth it or should I just bung the money towards a new i7 system?
Also, if my info is correct, my corsair HX620, the new cooler and the SSD will all fit nicely into a new i7 setup down the line. I believe 775 and 1366 sockets have the same fixings.
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