Will new parts be an improvement?
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Karmeck




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PostPosted: Fri, 14th Oct 2011 08:54    Post subject: Will new parts be an improvement?
Looking to buy this for gaming only:

http://www.komplett.se/k/shoplist.aspx?mode=receive&si=993416&su=0EF7ACA5-2551-40C3-BA05-448C216C65CC

have this right now:

Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600MHz 4GB CL9
http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=491282

MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti 1GB PhysX CUDA
http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=622728

Noctua NH-U9B SE2 CPU Kylare
http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=572572

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=518692

Will it be worth it? Should I get a new gfx card instead?
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Paintface




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PostPosted: Fri, 14th Oct 2011 09:51    Post subject:
link not working for me, but since you said "should i get a new videocard" then absolutely yes, no reason to get rid of that phenom, OC it to 3.6ghz and it will last you forever.

If you do decide to upgrade i wouldnt get anything less than 570gtx or 6950. You can sell your 560 for a good price still.
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farne




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PostPosted: Fri, 14th Oct 2011 10:33    Post subject:
i5-2500K CPU, 8 gigabytes of Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600mhz CL8 and a MSI Z68A mobo is on the list Razz
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sabin1981
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PostPosted: Fri, 14th Oct 2011 11:38    Post subject:
The CPU will be a significant improvement, but the RAM? Ehh... so so. The Vengeance kit are XMS3 modules, just with slightly tightened timings and killer heatsinks. You won't really see much improvement there - though doubling from 4GB to 8GB never hurts Very Happy Motherboard is great though Very Happy
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Frant
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PostPosted: Fri, 14th Oct 2011 11:57    Post subject:
Motherboard and CPU, yes, they will make a big difference. The RAM? No, you'll never notice even a slight performance difference. Complete waste. I'd rather swap that 560 Ti for a 570. Wink

EDIT: Oh, missed that you're going from 4GB to 8GB. But even then you won't get any noticeable performance increase out of it. If you have a SSD system disk it does make sense since you can disable page file, create RAM disks etc..


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farne




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PostPosted: Fri, 14th Oct 2011 12:12    Post subject:
I ordered this graphics card just now; http://www.inet.se/artikel/5409103/kfa2-geforce-gtx-570-1280mb

Looks absolutely killer, and the cooling solution is apparently superb
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