Hi all, it's that time of year and I'm looking to upgrade my system.
Here are my specs at the moment..
Power Supply: Earthwatts 500W
Motherboard: ASUS P5QL Pro
Video Card: Sapphire ATI Radeon 4850 HD, default clocks
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.0GHz
Memory: 4GB DDR2 Memory
I want to be able to play CoD: Black Ops with better settings along with BFBC2 and be set for some more new titles coming in 2011.
My original plan at first was to upgrade my video card and to do that, I would also need a new PSU so I was looking at these:
Sapphire ATI Radeon 5870:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...&cm_re=ATI_Radeon_5870-_-14-102-856-_-Product
Corsair 950TX:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...rue&Keywords=(keywords)&Page=1#scrollFullInfo
After doing this, I would save enough money to get an i7-900series, motherboard, and memory upgrade (6GB-8GB DDR3) later on in 2011.
But I realize my CPU is going to bottleneck hardcore with my original plan so my question is: Is it better to hold off on the Video Card and go for a CPU, Motherboard, Memory, and PSU upgrade for a little extra cash, or should I stick to my original plan? If you have hardware suggestions please let me know, and note that I will most likely not perform overclocking on my CPU.
Here are my specs at the moment..
Power Supply: Earthwatts 500W
Motherboard: ASUS P5QL Pro
Video Card: Sapphire ATI Radeon 4850 HD, default clocks
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.0GHz
Memory: 4GB DDR2 Memory
I want to be able to play CoD: Black Ops with better settings along with BFBC2 and be set for some more new titles coming in 2011.
My original plan at first was to upgrade my video card and to do that, I would also need a new PSU so I was looking at these:
Sapphire ATI Radeon 5870:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...&cm_re=ATI_Radeon_5870-_-14-102-856-_-Product
Corsair 950TX:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...rue&Keywords=(keywords)&Page=1#scrollFullInfo
After doing this, I would save enough money to get an i7-900series, motherboard, and memory upgrade (6GB-8GB DDR3) later on in 2011.
But I realize my CPU is going to bottleneck hardcore with my original plan so my question is: Is it better to hold off on the Video Card and go for a CPU, Motherboard, Memory, and PSU upgrade for a little extra cash, or should I stick to my original plan? If you have hardware suggestions please let me know, and note that I will most likely not perform overclocking on my CPU.