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Christmas upgrade

Post Date: 2008-09-30

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    Posted: 30 Sep 2008 at 5:28pm
Might have some extra cash for myself at Christmas. Would like to add 2 more gigs of memory and another video card. Good idea? Here's my specs.


System Configuration:
Case: Digital Storm 750Si (Black Anodized Aluminum Finish)
Power Supply: 750W Corsair HX (Dual SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.5 GHz (1333MHz FSB) (6MB Cache)
Motherboard: nVidia 680i LT Core 2 Quad (nForce 680i LT SLI)
Memory: 2GB DDR2 Corsair at 1066MHz Dominator DHX (Extreme-Performance)
Floppy / Card: Digital Media Card Reader (Black)
Hard Drive 1: 320GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)




Optical Drive 1: DVD-ROM/CD-ROM (DVD Reader 16x / CD Reader 40x)
Optical Drive 2: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x)
Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX 512 meg

Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE

Cooling: Air Cooled Stage 3 WindTunnel (Copper Heatpipe Heatsink & Zalman Case Fans)
Case Lighting: Blizzard Internal Lighting (Green Edition) (Cold Cathode Tubes)
Round Cables: Enhanced Interior Air Flow (Optical Drive & Floppy Cables (Red Cables)
User Manual: Personalized Platinum Digital Storm Binder (Includes Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals)
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home (Includes Service Pack 2)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)

LCD Display: Acer 19 inch (Widescreen) (Black Edition) (High-Value Display)


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  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 30 Sep 2008 at 5:49pm
not sure about the other card but the ram for sure, however ram for sure only if, you can't do the multi tasking you want to do, and/or you have been having issues due to lack of ram.
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  Quote Kliebor2 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 01 Oct 2008 at 1:01pm
9800 GTX SLI quite well, my rig uses 9800GTX in SLI.

At your 19" monitor size unless you plan to upgrade monitor to the 22 - 24" size range may be less bang for buck, but if you do plan to move up in monitor size anytime soon, an added video card is a very good upgrade.

two 9800GTX in sli is a quite sweet arrangement especially in games that actually have SLI support.

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Digital Storm 950Si - Q9450 Quad Core @ 3 Ghz
Dual PNY OC2 GTX 560Ti
8 Gigabytes DDR2/800
2 Western Digital 500 GB SATAII 7200 RPM HD
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