My PC is getting very, VERY long in the tooth:
Motherboard: ASUS MVA78-32 EMH-HDMI 780G (Terrible buy, lots of problems)
CPU: AMD Phenom 9600 2.3ghz (TLB-disabled, still bad)
Memory: G.SKILL 2x2GB DDR2 800
Hard Drives: Seagate Sata/300 1TB/750, Western Digital Sata 5400 250 GB
Video Card: Nvidia 8800GT Stock
PSU: Corsair HX520 PSU (2 years old)
Case: Cooler Master CM690
Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 2232gw, 1680x1050
OS: Windows 7 64bit
Location: North Texas, DFW-area
REUSING: PSU, Case, Monitor, and the 1TB drive as a storage drive
Build Time: Variable
Motherboard Features: Don't need SLI/Xfire/Firewire
Budget: $1000 (Tax/shipping included, Willing to go over by at most, $200), Need: CPU, Memory, 1 Hard Drive (Boot drive), Video Card, and PSU if deemed a need
The only intensive thing I do on my PC is gaming so that is the main focus. I also don't plan on overclocking the CPU though I am open to overclocking the video card.
The games I want to play in the future include, Starcraft II, Diablo III, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, GasPoweredGames RTS, Relic Entertainment RTS/Whatever, Dragon Age 2, Mass Effect 3, SWTOR, Guild Wars 2, Witcher 1/2, etc. Lots of MMOs/RTS/RPGs and Bioware/Blizzard games basically.
Now, onto my question. I want to have a computer that is able to max out WoW:Cat at 1680x1050, that is the primary goal. The ETA is around November 2010. Should I buy a Core i5/i7 system now with the Radeon 5850 or do you guys/gals think a 5850 can tide me over until Sandy Bridge hits early 2011? How badly am I bottlenecking a 5850 and would it even make a difference? Should I just wait for AMD 67xx?
Preferably, I would like to wait for Sandy Bridge so I can make a build that will last awhile and have longer legs. I'll leave it to your collective wisdom though.
Motherboard: ASUS MVA78-32 EMH-HDMI 780G (Terrible buy, lots of problems)
CPU: AMD Phenom 9600 2.3ghz (TLB-disabled, still bad)
Memory: G.SKILL 2x2GB DDR2 800
Hard Drives: Seagate Sata/300 1TB/750, Western Digital Sata 5400 250 GB
Video Card: Nvidia 8800GT Stock
PSU: Corsair HX520 PSU (2 years old)
Case: Cooler Master CM690
Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 2232gw, 1680x1050
OS: Windows 7 64bit
Location: North Texas, DFW-area
REUSING: PSU, Case, Monitor, and the 1TB drive as a storage drive
Build Time: Variable
Motherboard Features: Don't need SLI/Xfire/Firewire
Budget: $1000 (Tax/shipping included, Willing to go over by at most, $200), Need: CPU, Memory, 1 Hard Drive (Boot drive), Video Card, and PSU if deemed a need
The only intensive thing I do on my PC is gaming so that is the main focus. I also don't plan on overclocking the CPU though I am open to overclocking the video card.
The games I want to play in the future include, Starcraft II, Diablo III, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, GasPoweredGames RTS, Relic Entertainment RTS/Whatever, Dragon Age 2, Mass Effect 3, SWTOR, Guild Wars 2, Witcher 1/2, etc. Lots of MMOs/RTS/RPGs and Bioware/Blizzard games basically.
Now, onto my question. I want to have a computer that is able to max out WoW:Cat at 1680x1050, that is the primary goal. The ETA is around November 2010. Should I buy a Core i5/i7 system now with the Radeon 5850 or do you guys/gals think a 5850 can tide me over until Sandy Bridge hits early 2011? How badly am I bottlenecking a 5850 and would it even make a difference? Should I just wait for AMD 67xx?
Preferably, I would like to wait for Sandy Bridge so I can make a build that will last awhile and have longer legs. I'll leave it to your collective wisdom though.