Hello Overclockers
Over a period of time and due to some helpful advise that was given on these forums previously, I built myself a rig. It was not to be anything overspecced or totally crazy, it is just a modest rig to play Warcraft and the other odd pc game on.
However, I do want to upgrade a few components to optimise the rig a bit. In the first instance I am fully aware that the CPU is a bottle neck for this particular motherboard and I would like to take peoples recommendations and suggestions on a good upgrade for it that will serve the board and my usage a lot better.
I would like to invest in a better graphics card for the system as well, this particular unit works very well at the moment but it is oversized and also (from what I have seen - redundent). I would encourage recommendations and suggestions once again on this matter.
I have 4 Sata HDD and was wondering if it would be a good desicion to have these on a raid setup for optimal performance?!
In terms of budget for the Graphics card and the processor, I would think between £100-200 for each.
Specification:
Power Supply: Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant.
HDD x 4: Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache.
Graphics Card: Asus ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 1024MB DDR3 HDMI.
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core E2220 Socket LGA775
Motherboard: Asus P5Q PRO S/L socket LGA775
Over a period of time and due to some helpful advise that was given on these forums previously, I built myself a rig. It was not to be anything overspecced or totally crazy, it is just a modest rig to play Warcraft and the other odd pc game on.
However, I do want to upgrade a few components to optimise the rig a bit. In the first instance I am fully aware that the CPU is a bottle neck for this particular motherboard and I would like to take peoples recommendations and suggestions on a good upgrade for it that will serve the board and my usage a lot better.
I would like to invest in a better graphics card for the system as well, this particular unit works very well at the moment but it is oversized and also (from what I have seen - redundent). I would encourage recommendations and suggestions once again on this matter.
I have 4 Sata HDD and was wondering if it would be a good desicion to have these on a raid setup for optimal performance?!
In terms of budget for the Graphics card and the processor, I would think between £100-200 for each.
Specification:
Power Supply: Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant.
HDD x 4: Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache.
Graphics Card: Asus ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 1024MB DDR3 HDMI.
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core E2220 Socket LGA775
Motherboard: Asus P5Q PRO S/L socket LGA775