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Advice on 2008 DS - Upgrade or new???

Post Date: 2013-08-14
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    Posted: 14 Aug 2013 at 5:21pm
I have purchased three DS products since 2008. Two laptops and one Gaming Desktop. My question is can I do any more upgrades to my desktop rig that would make significant improvements or is it time to drop some serious $$$$ and purchase new again. Here are my current specs, I have updated a few things since 2008:

Chassis-Cool Master HAF 932

Power Supply- Corsair 1000w HX

Processor-Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9770 3.2 GHz (1600mhz FSB) (12MB Cache)

Mother Board- nVvidia 790i Ultra Core 2 Quad )nForce 790i Ultra SLI) (DDR3 Only)

Memory- 8GB DDR3 1600 MHzCorsair Dominator DHX
Hard Drive- I updated:   SSD Hard Drive a while back

Video Cards- I updated: 2 (SLI) EVGA GTX 570

Running Windows 7

Can I put a new processor in this MB?
Can I upgrade the Video cards again?
Can I put additional Memory in?

Thanks!!!!!
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About the only thing you could upgrade would be video cards. Perhaps a pair of GTX 770's. I don't think your system will bottleneck those.

You've got the top CPU for that mobo and RAM seems to be maxed as well.
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Hi scotty16....   Depends a lot on your monitor.  If its a single 23" at 1920x1080 or less then I think the sli, gtx 570s you have should still be excellent gaming.  But, if things are slowing  down and the dreaded lag has crept in, then a sli, gtx 760 or 770 will be a huge jump in gaming.  A single gtx 770 almost matches your sli setup, maybe  20-25% less.    
 
Good luck.
 



Edited by bprat22 - 15 Aug 2013 at 12:56pm
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Thank you folks for the advice! I think I will see if I can get another year or two out of this DS rig. It was the best of the best when I bought it and 5 years later still runs great!!!! I will go for the two GTX's in SLI.
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I'm sure we'll have some awesome systems when you're ready to get a new one.
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