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It's getting that time of year to upgrade.

p_o_s_pc

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Location
Newark ohio
System Name el'lappy|Cruncher | Cruncher 2
Processor intel C2D T6400 | i7 3770k @4.2ghz | AII X2 220 @3.4ghz
Motherboard some Acer | Asus P8Z77-V Pro |Gigabyter GA-M61p-S3
Cooling dual 80mm cooling fan | WC'ing ) |cheapo
Memory 2x2gb ddr3 | 2x2gb Ripjaws 1600 |4x512mb D9s
Video Card(s) onboard | 60 1GB(hd7770 ) |8800GTS
Storage Momuntus xt 320gb |Kingston Hyper X 120gb SATA III|500gb WD
Display(s) 17in | 42" 1080P HD 3D TV
Case lappy case | CM HAF XB |none yet
Audio Device(s) onboard | onboard | onboard
Power Supply Dell brick w/ acer end end | Antec EW 650w |Antec SP 350w(upg.soon)
Software Windows 7 Ult. 64bit---->------->
I'm getting the upgrade itch again like i always do around this time of year.
I'm not looking to spend an insane amount of money nor am i wanting to upgrade my screen right now(that will come at a later date)

You can see my specs to the left
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What would you upgrade if you had my rig?

I am thinking the following:
replace 8800GTS with 2xGTS450's or GTX 465+use 8800GTS for PysX and folding
Get another 3gb of ram to run 6x1gb or possibly sell what i have now and get 3x2gb
get a SSD

Option 1
2xGTS450's

Option 2
GTX 465
another 3gb of ram

option 3
1xgts450
64gb SSD

option 4
Water cool CPU again
gts 450

option 5
Recommend it to me.
 

MatTheCat

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System Name Bitch
Processor Intel i7 2600K @4.6Ghz
Motherboard MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3)
Cooling Noctua nh-u12p se2
Memory 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz 9-10-9-27
Video Card(s) POWERCOLOR HD 7970 3GB
Storage OCZ Vertex 2 240GB SSD / 2*320GB WDC RAID 0
Display(s) Samsung 226BW 21" 1650*1080
Case Lian Li PC B-25
Audio Device(s) Creative X-FI Professional PCI
Power Supply OCZ PC Power & Cooling 860W
Software Windows 7 x64
I'm getting the upgrade itch again like i always do around this time of year.
I'm not looking to spend an insane amount of money nor am i wanting to upgrade my screen right now(that will come at a later date)

You can see my specs to the left
<----

What would you upgrade if you had my rig?

I am thinking the following:
replace 8800GTS with 2xGTS450's or GTX 465+use 8800GTS for PysX and folding
Get another 3gb of ram to run 6x1gb or possibly sell what i have now and get 3x2gb
get a SSD

Option 1
2xGTS450's

Option 2
GTX 465
another 3gb of ram

option 3
1xgts450
64gb SSD

option 4
Water cool CPU again
gts 450

option 5
Recommend it to me.

If you are interested in gaming at all, then your gfx card is serioulsy out of date with the rest of your system. Replace that, but with a Radeon 6870 which you will get cracking performance from and you can get cheaper than two GTS 450's. Or if you have the beans, wait a couple of weeks for the 6900 series to be released.
 

p_o_s_pc

F@H&WCG addict
Joined
May 2, 2007
Messages
13,006 (2.10/day)
Location
Newark ohio
System Name el'lappy|Cruncher | Cruncher 2
Processor intel C2D T6400 | i7 3770k @4.2ghz | AII X2 220 @3.4ghz
Motherboard some Acer | Asus P8Z77-V Pro |Gigabyter GA-M61p-S3
Cooling dual 80mm cooling fan | WC'ing ) |cheapo
Memory 2x2gb ddr3 | 2x2gb Ripjaws 1600 |4x512mb D9s
Video Card(s) onboard | 60 1GB(hd7770 ) |8800GTS
Storage Momuntus xt 320gb |Kingston Hyper X 120gb SATA III|500gb WD
Display(s) 17in | 42" 1080P HD 3D TV
Case lappy case | CM HAF XB |none yet
Audio Device(s) onboard | onboard | onboard
Power Supply Dell brick w/ acer end end | Antec EW 650w |Antec SP 350w(upg.soon)
Software Windows 7 Ult. 64bit---->------->
I'm a light gamer. The reason i didn't even put ATI as an option is because they fold poorly. If it wasn't for that i would get a 6850 or 6870 in a second.
 
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