zeroheretic
New Member
My current system
Vista 64
Q9400 2.66
4GB DDR2 800MHz
750GB
GTX 280 1GB
Considering a whole new box with
Windows7 64
i7 960 3.2GHz
12GB DDR3 Triple Ch. 1333MHz
2TB RAID 0 (2x 1TB SATA-II, 7,200 RPM, 32MB Cache)
ATI Radeon 5970 (1)
Any flags raise for ya here? Anything you would or wouldn't do??
Other than that, my question is a simple one - if you had the money, would you bother? Or would you wait a little while longer? I'm concerned about the new DX11 Nvidia cards coming out in several months, like maybe I should wait for them, but other than that I THINK this would be a considerable increase in performance. It's an Alienware box though, and it will hit me just under $3k. I would also really like that Radeon to be liquid cooled but I suck at these things DIY-wise and there's no option for it that I can see on Dell's site.
Any input appreciated, thanks.
Vista 64
Q9400 2.66
4GB DDR2 800MHz
750GB
GTX 280 1GB
Considering a whole new box with
Windows7 64
i7 960 3.2GHz
12GB DDR3 Triple Ch. 1333MHz
2TB RAID 0 (2x 1TB SATA-II, 7,200 RPM, 32MB Cache)
ATI Radeon 5970 (1)
Any flags raise for ya here? Anything you would or wouldn't do??
Other than that, my question is a simple one - if you had the money, would you bother? Or would you wait a little while longer? I'm concerned about the new DX11 Nvidia cards coming out in several months, like maybe I should wait for them, but other than that I THINK this would be a considerable increase in performance. It's an Alienware box though, and it will hit me just under $3k. I would also really like that Radeon to be liquid cooled but I suck at these things DIY-wise and there's no option for it that I can see on Dell's site.
Any input appreciated, thanks.