Tatty_Two
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Processor | Rocket Lake Core i5 11600K @ 5 Ghz with PL tweaks |
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Motherboard | MSI MAG Z490 TOMAHAWK |
Cooling | Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120SE + 4 Phanteks 140mm case fans |
Memory | 32GB (4 x 8GB SR) Patriot Viper Steel 4133Mhz DDR4 @ 3600Mhz CL14@1.45v Gear 1 |
Video Card(s) | Asus Dual RTX 4070 OC |
Storage | WD Blue SN550 1TB M.2 NVME//Crucial MX500 500GB SSD (OS) |
Display(s) | AOC Q2781PQ 27 inch Ultra Slim 2560 x 1440 IPS |
Case | Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Windowed - Gunmetal |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard Realtek ALC1200/SPDIF to Sony AVR @ 5.1 |
Power Supply | Seasonic CORE GM650w Gold Semi modular |
Mouse | Coolermaster Storm Octane wired |
Keyboard | Element Gaming Carbon Mk2 Tournament Mech |
Software | Win 10 Home x64 |
Hi all,
Am just about to order a couple of items for an upgrade, I have pretty much made up my mind taking performance and value (here in the UK) into consideration as well as importantly, a little bit of future proofing (Not going Quad today as it seems silly with Yorkfield just a few weeks away) so I wont upgrade my CPU which currently is an E6850 until January, the rest of it is listed below, please feel free to comment, I am not interested in the fastest system, just fast will do! Current specs are of course to the left:
Gigabyte GA-x38 DQ6
2GB Kit Crucial Ballistix PC8500 (love this stuff so just upgrading for the faster speed and/or tighter timings)
Western Digital Caviar 250GB S300 16mb 7200rpm SATA2 HDD
Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case (I like the cooling solution on this, my current case is decent but the 900 is better)
HIS Radeon (gulp....darkside ) HD3870XT 512MB (I like the low power, call me old fashioned but I like the dual slot cooler and I am hoping that the next couple of driver releases get this flying like it did with the 2900). Gettin the x38 board as it's 16 x 16 as I want to get a 2nd 3870 in the spring for XFire or maybe if I am skint by then, a 3850 to go with the 3870.
Please no fanboi....ism on the Graphics, I DO know the strengths of both camps, had half a dozen of each, just constructive thoughts would be nice or at least agreement that this with the 6850 for now will hopefully give me a well balanced system.
Thanks!
Am just about to order a couple of items for an upgrade, I have pretty much made up my mind taking performance and value (here in the UK) into consideration as well as importantly, a little bit of future proofing (Not going Quad today as it seems silly with Yorkfield just a few weeks away) so I wont upgrade my CPU which currently is an E6850 until January, the rest of it is listed below, please feel free to comment, I am not interested in the fastest system, just fast will do! Current specs are of course to the left:
Gigabyte GA-x38 DQ6
2GB Kit Crucial Ballistix PC8500 (love this stuff so just upgrading for the faster speed and/or tighter timings)
Western Digital Caviar 250GB S300 16mb 7200rpm SATA2 HDD
Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case (I like the cooling solution on this, my current case is decent but the 900 is better)
HIS Radeon (gulp....darkside ) HD3870XT 512MB (I like the low power, call me old fashioned but I like the dual slot cooler and I am hoping that the next couple of driver releases get this flying like it did with the 2900). Gettin the x38 board as it's 16 x 16 as I want to get a 2nd 3870 in the spring for XFire or maybe if I am skint by then, a 3850 to go with the 3870.
Please no fanboi....ism on the Graphics, I DO know the strengths of both camps, had half a dozen of each, just constructive thoughts would be nice or at least agreement that this with the 6850 for now will hopefully give me a well balanced system.
Thanks!
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