Zertz Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 1. Water cooling 2. 2x 4870X2 (when they're released) 3. 2+ SSD's in RAID0 4. Nehalem + X58 board when it's released this fall/winter Oh and... sell the PhysX card Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigevil954 Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 Oh and... sell the PhysX card Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 what about the rampage extreme i think i need a new motherboard my ldc poster is faulty Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great_Gig Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 Wait for Nehalem - I cannot see any point in updating your current machine, when a new architecture is just around the corner? If you change your board now, you will have to change it again for Nehalem at your next upgrade? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 so whats so good about this Nehalem Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compxpert Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 so whats so good about this Nehalem Hmm I don't know maybe (I think) a 30% gain in performance over current 45nm architecture and its still 45nm. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r3d c0m3t Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 I'd say there's really no reason to upgrade anything major, except your choice of cooling to a TR TRUE 120 or maybe delve into watercooling. You could upgrade to a 9800GTX, maybe even two, but if you can find another 8800GTX for SLI, go with that. No reason to get rid of a perfectly able card. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterStoba Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 He has 2 already Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r3d c0m3t Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 (edited) He has 2 already I must have overlooked that. Two Ultra's, nonetheless. Wow. I overlooked that too. Edited July 31, 2008 by r3d c0m3t Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great_Gig Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 so whats so good about this Nehalem Many things are changing with Nehalem, more powerful as all Intel progressions are - 20~30% prediction, more power efficent, which is one of Intel's new drives, FSB replaced with Intel QuickPath Interconnect, Quickpath will run at up to 6.4Gt/s which translates to a bandwidth of 25GB/s!, And this is interesting - Dynamic Scalability and Dynamic Power Management. The chip can apparently overclock itself if temps and power available etc are within limits and the CPU 'is happy' (Intel marketing expression!). It can adjust the clock frequency itself based on the power supply it sees? I don't have full information on this and lost all my notes from an Intel presentation recently (left them in the bar!). It's also supposed to be able to adjust the cores depending on the application, so if only 1 core is needed it powers down the others and diverts all the cache to the live core, thus saving power but boosting performance for the single core? Not sure how accurate this information is however, but I have read other stuff that confirms these features. We won't know for sure until it's released and the reviews start to appear. So a few changes are on the way and as it's a new architecture, it will require a new motherboard. Info here: What you need to know about Intel's Nehalem CPU This is a good article. Nehalem News Intel Demo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast Posted August 1, 2008 Posted August 1, 2008 so do u think this is good set up and what do u think it should be out putting over clock it or leave it alone Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dling Posted August 1, 2008 Posted August 1, 2008 The only thing I see I would upgrade would be the monitor size. I have a 26 in. w/s and would'ent mind a bit larger. Moe bigger is Moe better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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