Upgrading Soon!

Ripjaws

Ripjaws

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Hey guys,

I will be upgrading soon to a gtx570. Based on my sig, what else should I upgrade? (only if needed)
 
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Your current setup with the 570 will be more than capable of running the latest and upcoming games for quite some time. :)

Is your i5 stock or overclocked?...could get a decent aftermarket CPU cooler and overclock some for better performance.
 
Nevakonaza said:
Your current setup with the 570 will be more than capable of running the latest and upcoming games for quite some time. :)

Is your i5 stock or overclocked?...could get a decent aftermarket CPU cooler and overclock some for better performance.
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Yea the i5 is stock.

I have the Corsair H50 for the CPU and 6 fans connected around the case.

Do you recommend me a graphic card cooler?
 
For the GTX 570 do not go for the Stock Design Nvidia cooler.
Get something like the MSI Twin Frozr or the Direct CU II which will let the GPU stay cooler.
Even though the i5 750 is not capable of bottlenecking but if you find it slacking behind then you can always overclock.
But I think your should overclock since you already have an H50.
 
mihir said:
For the GTX 570 do not go for the Stock Design Nvidia cooler.
Get something like the MSI Twin Frozr or the Direct CU II which will let the GPU stay cooler.
Even though the i5 750 is not capable of bottlenecking but if you find it slacking behind then you can always overclock.
But I think your should overclock since you already have an H50.
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I wish I knew how to overclock it.
 
There are many overclocking guides around the net, but the basics involve:

Going into the BIOS and changing all overclock settings to manual
Raising the FSB (BCLK) until the machine is unstable (hangs/bsods/crashes) and then raising voltage. <-- repeat this step until you find your wall.
Stability testing. 10-20 runs of IntelBurnTest on maximum stress
While stress testing, monitoring temperatures with HWMonitor

When you overclock via the FSB, it will also raise your RAM speeds. Until you find your maximum CPU overclock you will want your RAM as close to stock speeds as possible.
 
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