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Dell inspiron 530s upgrade
Peetah:
200mhz is simple. U dont even need a voltage bump.
Malaka:
hrm.... I went with your suggestion Xrain and upgraded the parts to the ones you listed. Price went up from 1000$ to 1300$.
The Graphics Card.....I am going with this one. Alot smaller. Cheaper. And seems efficient since it is the 6xxxx series.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908
Xrain:
--- Quote from: Malaka on November 14, 2010, 11:11:54 AM ---hrm.... I went with your suggestion Xrain and upgraded the parts to the ones you listed. Price went up from 1000$ to 1300$.
The Graphics Card.....I am going with this one. Alot smaller. Cheaper. And seems efficient since it is the 6xxxx series.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908
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That might actually be a smart move, though AMD decided to rename their products so now the 6870 is the successor to the 5770, and the not-yet-released 6970 will be the successor to the 5870, going with a cheaper gpu could actually be beneficial since AMD and Nvidia are set to release a whole slog of new hardware at the end of this year, things are going to change significantly. That card should allow you to play all the current games maximum graphics. And going with a mid-range card will prevent the some of the upgrade blues when they release their new cards and you find out the one you just bough dropped in price a couple hundred dollars, since your card is economical already.
Here is a review of the card if you would like to see what kind of fps and power consumption you could expect.
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/10/22/ati-radeon-hd-6870-review/9
Dangit lol, all this talk of computer upgrades makes me want to do some upgrading... :P
Edit:
--- Quote from: Cake Faic ---With the GPU, I dont see how they function in 2 completely different ways. They are still Graphics cards right? They still let you play games at max settings right? I now know that clock speed and memory wont make a difference (Even though memory still does past 1GB, trust me. It does.) But I wasint trying to imply that memory makes the whole difference of what has power and what does not. Unless they use different transistor types, different stream processor types and overall different methods of performance, they still preform the same function.
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They do perform the same function, but methods they use to perform that function is very different. AMD is going with the "whole heap of cheap shader processors" by using a thousand or so shader processors. While Nvidia is going the route of "A few very powerful Cuda Units" by using a couple hundred of them. Because of this the way they interact to clock speed changes and amounts of memory differs enough that you cant do direct comparisons of clock speed and memory amounts across camps.
--- Quote from: Cake Faic ---But thank god you keep't your cool through my fail-ness and didn't rage at me throwing insults left and right on stating how I know nothing about computers. ;)
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Lol no problem, flame wars generally don't help anyone, so I do my best to avoid them, and if I ever have to resort to insulting your computing ability that's a big fail on my part since if I have to do that It means I don't have any intelligent combacks and am just trying to protect my ego.
Malaka:
Here are the specs which I decided to use on my new computer since the one I am using now just fucking exploded on me.
Computer case
Thermaltake V9 BlacX Edition Gaming Chassis Mid Tower Steel Computer Case BlacX Top Mounted Dual HDD Docking Stations
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133182
Motherboard
ASUS P6X58D Premium LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131614
CPU
Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211
Heat Sink & Fan
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 compatible RR-B10-212P-G1 120mm "heatpipe direct contact" Long life sleeve CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065
GPU
XFX HD-685X-ZNFC Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150505
RAM
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMP12GX3M3A1600C9
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145321
Hard Drive
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185
PSU
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
Parts which are going in from my old computer
The DVD drive, Card reader, and the wireless Internet thingy.
Software
Windows 7 Premium OEM
ESET NOD32 Internet v4
TOTAL PRICE - $1,674.45
I just want to make sure everything works with each other. Got any suggestions please reply.
THIS IS PRETTY MUCH MY FINAL DECISION I NEED SOMEONE TO VERIFY THAT EACH PART WILL WORK WITH EACH OTHER.
Osme:
--- Quote from: Malaka on November 21, 2010, 08:51:12 PM ---Here are the specs which I decided to use on my new computer since the one I am using now just fucking exploded on me.
....Specs:....
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i cant reccommend buying software already on computer
are you building or is it prebuilt
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