Would love to upgrade my rig! Need help please!

wickedout · 08-31-11, 10:37 PM

Today I got a nice rise at work. So I now have some extra cash to spend. Now I'm looking at my rig and wondering if I should upgrade it or not. SB is so damn nice and I would like to jump in but not sure it's really worth it. Ivy bridge is coming soon though. This is confusing!

So I need suggestions. Budget is $600 this time around. What does one do? CPU, mobo and DDR3 memory. Possibly a new GPU too.

Knufire · 08-31-11, 10:43 PM

A 2500K, GA-Z68X-UD3H, and maybe a second 6870 to Crossfire?

Cigarsmoker · 08-31-11, 11:38 PM

Bulldozer is just weeks away from being released. At least wait until then, compare against SB and decide for yourself.

08-31-11, 10:37 PM	Thread Starter #1
wickedout Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: California	Would love to upgrade my rig! Need help please! Today I got a nice rise at work. So I now have some extra cash to spend. Now I'm looking at my rig and wondering if I should upgrade it or not. SB is so damn nice and I would like to jump in but not sure it's really worth it. Ivy bridge is coming soon though. This is confusing! So I need suggestions. Budget is $600 this time around. What does one do? CPU, mobo and DDR3 memory. Possibly a new GPU too. __________________ CPU: Core i7 3770K @ 4.7 GHz Mobo: Gigabyte z77x-UP5 TH GPU: Sapphire 7870 OC Edition RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR3 2133 PSU: NZXT HALE90-850-M Cooling: Corsair H100 Case: NZXT Phantom 820 SDD: Crucial M4 128 GB HDD:WD Caviar Black 1TB (Storage) OS: Windows 7 Professional
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08-31-11, 10:43 PM	#2
Knufire Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Bloomfield Hills, MI	A 2500K, GA-Z68X-UD3H, and maybe a second 6870 to Crossfire? __________________ i7-920 3.8 Ghz \| Venomous-X w/ Panaflo HS \| Sapphire Vapor-X 4890 EVGA X58 SLI LE \| 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 \| 500GB Samsung OEM \| Rosewill 850w \| Thermaltake Armor Series \| OCZ Vertex 2 60GB Secondary Rig: CM Elite 430 \| A8-3870K stock \| Radeon HD 6670 \| 500GB WD Caviar Blue \| 4GB G.SKILL DDR3-1333 \| ASUS A55 HEATWARE
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08-31-11, 11:38 PM	#3
Cigarsmoker Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Bulldozer is just weeks away from being released. At least wait until then, compare against SB and decide for yourself.
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