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Current DS Machine...upgrades

Post Date: 2011-01-16
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    Posted: 16 Jan 2011 at 9:49pm

Hey all,

Been awhile since I've been on but need some advice. Was looking to buy a new computer but don't have the cash right now with all the moving that has been going on and since the computer is still running like a champ I was thinking of doing some upgrades.
 
Was looking upgrade my GPU (nVidia or ATI since I'm sure the 680i MB can take either) add some more memory, and possibly upgrade my CPU but I think I may just OC it (currently C2D E6750 @ 2.66). I currently run games at 1920x1080. I was thinking about trying water cooling...at least the CPU for now. Budget is about $800. System sepcs are in sig but details are posted on my review link below.

http://digitalstormonline.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=346  *Upgraded to Win7 and 1TB HDD currently.

Any help would be great. Thanks!
DS Twister LITE
C2D E6750 2.66GHz
nVidia 680i Core 2 Quad
2GB DDR2 Corsair
1 TB HDD 7200 RPM
nVidia GeForce 8800GTX 768MB
850W Thermaltake
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win7 64bit? if yes then ram upgrade is fine and recommended, if no then 32bit can't see more then max of 4GB of ram, that includes your gpu ram.

cpu oc is a good idea IMO, unless you want to go quad.

drop a 570 gtx in there I think you will be very happy.

LC on cpu means you have to build your own loop, you ready to do all that?





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Actually I have been trying (slowly of course) on a the LC set up on an old computer I have. Seems to work ok.

Thanks for advise looks like I will throw ithe win7 64 bit on get some ram and look at the 570gtx...thanks for the input
DS Twister LITE
C2D E6750 2.66GHz
nVidia 680i Core 2 Quad
2GB DDR2 Corsair
1 TB HDD 7200 RPM
nVidia GeForce 8800GTX 768MB
850W Thermaltake
Razer DeathAdder
Razer Tarantula   
Win7
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Posts: 36758 		  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 17 Jan 2011 at 5:45pm
in that case look at swiftet xt wb for cpu.

Feser or XSPC RX rads and Scythe gentle typhoon fans, Primochill pro tubes.

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