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Time to replace 4 year old system

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Iceroid

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I've had my current computer (minus a few minor upgrades) for nearly 4 years now. Its about time for an upgrade! I haven't been keeping up with the current trends in hardware, so I decided to fill out one of these nifty questionnaires. Thanks in advance for the help.

1) What will you be doing with this PC?
Primarily gaming with the occasional venture into almost everything else.

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Roughly $1000, im not too picky on the exact price, just somewhere in that general vicinity. (Read: don't be afraid to suggest higher price if it offers a significant performance gain)

3) Where do you live?
Alabama, USA

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
CPU, Motherboard, RAM, GPU(s) (must have eyefinity or equivalent capability), SSD, PSU

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
Case (Lian-Li PC-A05B), Sound Card (EMU 1212M), DVD Burner, Storage HDD's (320GB internal, 1TB external USB)

6) Will you be overclocking?
Only if it offers a significant gain for very low risk (for example, I have had my E6750 running at 3.2Ghz for 3.5 years with 0 stability issues)

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
3x 23" LCDs

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Anytime in the next few weeks to few months. I am not in a rush, and am willing to wait if there is going to be some epic new product available in the near future.

9) What features do you need in a motherboard?
Nothing in particular. Multi-GPU support would be nice for future-proofing.

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Windows 7 Home Premium 64
 
hossdaddy said:
so why wouldnt you re-use the 5850 and the corsair psu?
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No reason, I guess. I just wasn't sure how they would compare to newer parts so I listed them as parts to buy just in case. And with the video card, I am looking to improve game performance since eyefinity is a graphics hog. Maybe that just involves buying a second 5850? I don't know.
 
I'm tempted to buy a used 5850 for $170, as crossfire should be a huge boost in games. But, I worry about the microstutter that's mentioned sometimes. I still haven't decided.

Newegg had two P67 board back in stock. By next week there should be plenty of boards back. Then you'll want a 2500k, your choice of Gigabyte or Asus P67 board, 8 GB DDR3, a SSD or (Spinpoint F4 2TB) and a couple of video cards.
 
Iceroid said:
No reason, I guess. I just wasn't sure how they would compare to newer parts so I listed them as parts to buy just in case. And with the video card, I am looking to improve game performance since eyefinity is a graphics hog. Maybe that just involves buying a second 5850? I don't know.
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Hmmm, the problem is that the HD 5xxx series Crossfire scaling isn't really that good. Not to mention that AMD's spotty support of the HD 5xxx series Crossfire scaling and Eyefinity doesn't inspire much confidence. I remember Dan_D, motherboard editior here, switched from AMD Crossfire Eyefinty to Nvidia Surround Vision for those two above reasons.

So if you're looking for a good triple monitor setup, then GPU wise, I recommend something like HD 6950 2GB, HD 6970 2GB, HD 6990 (Coming out soon), or GTX 560 SLI.

Anyway bump this thread up in two weeks and by then we should know what P67 motherboards are out and how good the HD 6990 card is.
 
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