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Title: Should I do these PC upgrades?
Post by: RikusHaven on December 24, 2008, 05:17:40 AM
Been asking this on a few other places, so I will ask it here too lol, I already know what I will do, but I want to hear opinions :D.

~Current PC Specs~
-Motherboard: EVGA NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI FTW ATX
-Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield @ 3.2 GHz
-Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
-Memory(RAM): G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB)
-Power Supply: Corsair TX750W
-Tower Case: Antec Nine Hundred ATX Mid Tower
-Operating System: Windows Vista 32-bit

~Possible Upgrades~
-EVGA X58 SLI
-Antec 1200
-2x G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600
-Intel Core i7 920
-2x Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s HDD
-And a GTX 285/295 (Will be stepping-up my card)
-Windows Vista 64-bit

So will it be worth it? Hmmm? Will be throwing in an aftermarket Heatsink and fan when more come out and still waiting for the EVGA X58 SLI FTW board to come out. All this may come around to 1,500+ USD so what do you guys think? Is it worth the money?
Title: Re: Should I do these PC upgrades?
Post by: noah03ark on December 24, 2008, 07:36:34 AM
I think you'll live with your current one, spending good money on a pc that's fine ready...meeeeh..
Title: Re: Should I do these PC upgrades?
Post by: pinoyballa on December 24, 2008, 07:54:01 AM
Your computer is fine as it is, no need to spend extra money to upgrade to the latest technology when your computer will handle things to come. I'm  still running a socket 775 setup and it's great.
Title: Re: Should I do these PC upgrades?
Post by: loganbyers07 on December 24, 2008, 11:14:40 AM
I know how you feel man!
I just built my rig not long ago (like 6-8 weeks) and then the core i7 came out and the tripple channel ram. I am just going to upgrade things like my video card and ram as I go....

Oh and by the way here are my specs...

680i xfx lt motherboard
q6600 oc to 3.2ghz
2gb of crucial balistix 800 mhz
hx520 (corsair 520 watt modular power supply)
Asus sata dvd burner
250gb western digital sata hd
500 gb maxtor sata hd
Antec 900 case
Title: Re: Should I do these PC upgrades?
Post by: Tec_ on December 24, 2008, 12:01:08 PM
its called upgrade creep. it starts with just a GPU then it moves to a MOBO then a processor the its the HDD then its a blueray player
Title: Re: Should I do these PC upgrades?
Post by: loganbyers07 on December 24, 2008, 12:18:23 PM
its called upgrade creep. it starts with just a GPU then it moves to a MOBO then a processor the its the HDD then its a blueray player

yea... I wish I would have invested in a powersupply that could handle a bit more and a motherboard that was beter but o well///
Title: Re: Should I do these PC upgrades?
Post by: Tec_ on December 24, 2008, 12:48:08 PM
and for those of you telling him not to upgrade

SHAME ON YOU!!!!

to much is never enough, you can never have a powerful enough computer i say go for it!
Title: Re: Should I do these PC upgrades?
Post by: RikusHaven on December 24, 2008, 01:51:09 PM
its called upgrade creep. it starts with just a GPU then it moves to a MOBO then a processor the its the HDD then its a blueray player
Ahh, thanks, I guess I will upgrade my GPU when the time comes and let the rest slide in slowly =D.

and for those of you telling him not to upgrade

SHAME ON YOU!!!!

to much is never enough, you can never have a powerful enough computer i say go for it!
This is why I want to! I want the raw power that it will offer, even though I might not use all of it lol.
Title: Re: Should I do these PC upgrades?
Post by: psp339 on December 24, 2008, 03:31:07 PM
I want to upgrade my 8800GT to a GTX 260. I also need to upgrade my ram. I just sold my OCZ 2GB SLi Ready Ram. Right now I'm using some old Crucial 667Mhz Value ram. I think I might get 4Gb of OCZ sli Ready ram because tigerdirect is having a sale on the ram. $9.99 after MIR.
Title: Re: Should I do these PC upgrades?
Post by: Tomasz8 on December 29, 2008, 07:21:11 AM
If I had the money I wouldn't spend them on unnecessary upgrades yet, put the money somewhere safe and wait a year and in a year time you gonna have even more money for a crazy pc if u save sum more.
Title: Re: Should I do these PC upgrades?
Post by: PhenomenalDesigns on December 29, 2008, 08:20:32 AM
If i was you, its a bit early to upgrade everything already, Id save it up and wait for some even newer parts to come out

Or if your impatient like me, go for it, assuming you have the money
Title: Re: Should I do these PC upgrades?
Post by: robin1989 on December 29, 2008, 02:34:57 PM
yeh go for it - but if your psu isnt powerful enougth make that your first upgrade then any other upgradeds arnt governed by the psu you have installed
Title: Re: Should I do these PC upgrades?
Post by: RikusHaven on December 29, 2008, 09:06:46 PM
yeh go for it - but if your psu isnt powerful enougth make that your first upgrade then any other upgradeds arnt governed by the psu you have installed
I doubt that my Corsair TX750W wont be enough, I asked if it was enough on another forum and they said it was better than enough.

Also, I will wait a while on these upgrades, want to wait for DX11 cards and the new Phenom II to see if Intel does a price cut.
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