By the end of the month I should have saved up £800, I want to upgrade my rig but not too sure what to choose.
My current setup is:
Q6600 @ 3.0GHZ
4GB DDR2 RAMAsus Motherboard
2 x 5850 CrossfireX
500GB Samsung Spinpoint F3 Hard Drive
I've currently selected 2 builds but don't know which one to choose from:
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
Gigabyte GA-790FXTA-UD5 (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
OCZ Vertex 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)
CoolIT Eco A.L.C. High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)
Xilence XPF120R Red Wing 120mm Quiet Fan
Or
Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard
BenQ G2410HD 23.6" Widescreen LCD Monitor
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C9)
CoolIT Eco A.L.C. High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)
Xilence XPF120R Red Wing 120mm Quiet Fan
What do you think I should do then?
Thanks
Sam
My current setup is:
Q6600 @ 3.0GHZ
4GB DDR2 RAMAsus Motherboard
2 x 5850 CrossfireX
500GB Samsung Spinpoint F3 Hard Drive
I've currently selected 2 builds but don't know which one to choose from:
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
Gigabyte GA-790FXTA-UD5 (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
OCZ Vertex 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)
CoolIT Eco A.L.C. High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)
Xilence XPF120R Red Wing 120mm Quiet Fan
Or
Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard
BenQ G2410HD 23.6" Widescreen LCD Monitor
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C9)
CoolIT Eco A.L.C. High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)
Xilence XPF120R Red Wing 120mm Quiet Fan
What do you think I should do then?
Thanks
Sam
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