Well, after 5 years of single-core processing this is what I've come up with as my upgrade:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 w/XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler and Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
RAM: 2x OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) - OCZ3RPR16004GK (8GB total)
Vid Cards: 2x XFX HD-489A-ZDDC Radeon HD 4890 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W
HD's: 4x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM (striped array)
CASE: COOLER MASTER HAF 932
Disc Drive: LG Black Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner - GGC-H20L
Vista 64 Ultimate
Monitor: LG W2453V-PF Black 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Full HD 1080P
Full system will cost around $2300 on Newegg.
I will be playing as many games as I can throw at this setup. My big question is whether I have picked out a system that will A; last me a while, and B; work together nicely. Thank you in advance for your advice.
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 w/XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler and Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
RAM: 2x OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) - OCZ3RPR16004GK (8GB total)
Vid Cards: 2x XFX HD-489A-ZDDC Radeon HD 4890 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W
HD's: 4x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM (striped array)
CASE: COOLER MASTER HAF 932
Disc Drive: LG Black Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner - GGC-H20L
Vista 64 Ultimate
Monitor: LG W2453V-PF Black 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Full HD 1080P
Full system will cost around $2300 on Newegg.
I will be playing as many games as I can throw at this setup. My big question is whether I have picked out a system that will A; last me a while, and B; work together nicely. Thank you in advance for your advice.