investinwaffles
Limp Gawd
- Joined
- Apr 26, 2010
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Hey guys,
For a while my crossfired 4890's were serving me extremely well for gaming on a 1680x1050 single monitor.
Unfortunately one of my GPU's died on me a while back, and another of my monitors is about to go now. So, I have been eyeing one of those Korean 27" 1440p monitors and I am about to pull the trigger on one.
Anyway, my current pc also has a trusty but dated Q6600, sitting at 3.6ghz on an Asus P5E Deluxe (flashed with the Rampage Formula bios). I can crank it up to 3.8ghz on 1.45v but its really hot. My 4890 is OC'd to 1000 mhz core, 1100 mhz ram.
What should I upgrade first, CPU (which has to include the MOBO and memory), or throw in a 7950 or 7970?
I have about $600 to mess with right now, but the monitor eats up $300 of that.
I do live near a Microcenter (i5 3730k for $170 is enticing), but I know my single 4890 will shit its pants at that resolution.
Games I play alot:
CS:GO
L4D2
Dirt 3
Need for Speed games
Sometimes:
BF3
COD games
Xplane/MS Flight Sim X
Cant decide what to do - wish my budget was higher
For a while my crossfired 4890's were serving me extremely well for gaming on a 1680x1050 single monitor.
Unfortunately one of my GPU's died on me a while back, and another of my monitors is about to go now. So, I have been eyeing one of those Korean 27" 1440p monitors and I am about to pull the trigger on one.
Anyway, my current pc also has a trusty but dated Q6600, sitting at 3.6ghz on an Asus P5E Deluxe (flashed with the Rampage Formula bios). I can crank it up to 3.8ghz on 1.45v but its really hot. My 4890 is OC'd to 1000 mhz core, 1100 mhz ram.
What should I upgrade first, CPU (which has to include the MOBO and memory), or throw in a 7950 or 7970?
I have about $600 to mess with right now, but the monitor eats up $300 of that.
I do live near a Microcenter (i5 3730k for $170 is enticing), but I know my single 4890 will shit its pants at that resolution.
Games I play alot:
CS:GO
L4D2
Dirt 3
Need for Speed games
Sometimes:
BF3
COD games
Xplane/MS Flight Sim X
Cant decide what to do - wish my budget was higher