Another GTS would be pretty good and you could OC your cpu to give you a bit of a boost.
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New mobo, and a sound card, like this extreme music
and another 8800 after you get a 16x/16x board
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Originally Posted by mrmikepan My system is below, just wondering what would be the biggest upgrade.. I'm using XP |
and another 8800 after you get a 16x/16x board
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New Soundcard would def be cool, but with this mobo I can only fit the SLI rofl >.<.
BTW you guys that have mentioned buying another 8800GTS I already have 2... do you mean 3?
Originally Posted by BlackOmega New mobo, and a sound card, like this extreme music and another 8800 after you get a 16x/16x board
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BTW you guys that have mentioned buying another 8800GTS I already have 2... do you mean 3?
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10 out of 10 for spotting it is a pci-e 8x8 board, but 16x16 hasn't got much over 8x8 especially with something like a 8800
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Like others have said, a sound card would help
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Originally Posted by BlackOmega New mobo, and a sound card, like this extreme music and another 8800 after you get a 16x/16x board
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Like others have said, a sound card would help
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chipset gave it away 650i.
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And once you get a GOOD sound card you'll never want to use anything else. Not only for the quality, but that they actually get LOUDER than any onboard.
Originally Posted by ACHILEE5 10 out of 10 for spotting it is a pci-e 8x8 board, but 16x16 hasn't got much over 8x8 especially with something like a 8800
Like others have said, a sound card would help
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chipset gave it away 650i.
And once you get a GOOD sound card you'll never want to use anything else. Not only for the quality, but that they actually get LOUDER than any onboard.
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I'm with ya on the HDD
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mrmikepan Going RAID 0 could be good, but i don't know without looking if your board has onboard RAID Controler
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I love RAID 0, over 100MB/S read speeds
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Sound cards are win, win
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Sounds better, and takes work off of the CPU
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Originally Posted by ducrider I would recomend a bigger hard drive for storage and get a GTX 260. |
mrmikepan Going RAID 0 could be good, but i don't know without looking if your board has onboard RAID Controler
I love RAID 0, over 100MB/S read speeds
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Originally Posted by BlackOmega chipset gave it away 650i.
And once you get a GOOD sound card you'll never want to use anything else. Not only for the quality, but that they actually get LOUDER than any onboard. |
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Definately 4GB of higher (so 1066). 8GB is overkill anyway, even running Vista and gaming at the same time. If you're going DDR2 get 1066 or if DDR3 then 1600
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~Powelly
Originally Posted by mrmikepan Oh btw... What speed RAM are people using now-a-days, RAM as improved SOO much with speed/price idk what the standard is now. If i was to do something with my RAM should I get 8gigs All 800Mhz Ram or go for 4gigs higher Speed. |
~Powelly
No worries. With this upgrade, how much have you got to spend? 1000W PSU is beefy as so I'd defs tri SLI those 8800GTS's, and I recommend going for either an E8400 (3.0GHz but 45nm chip) or Q9650 (3.0GHz quad 45nm chip) which will both be faster, more energy efficient and cooler than your current CPU.
Raid that HDD!!!
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Raid that HDD!!!
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Sell an SLI board for an UD3P? No way...
Originally Posted by D3TH.GRUNT i'd say get a gtx 260 or a 4870 and maybe a ep45-ud3p. Then sell your two 8800's with that 650i mobo to help reimburse yourself for blowing like 300 bucks. |
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