What to upgrade.

Okedokey

Okedokey

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Don't want to add another 780Ti at this stage as Im waiting for the rumoured 880GTX with 8GB VRAM which ill get two of, however other than that, anything you guys recommend upgrading?
 
In short: no.

I think you'd be wasting money if you upgraded anything apart from the graphics cards which you're going to do.
 
Then go grab an i7 Extreme and get 64GB of RAM to go with it and get 1TB SSDs. :D

Satisfied? ;)
 
You should upgrade to 32GB of DDR3-1866, or replace your multi-screen setup with something with a higher vertical resolution. 1080 is pretty narrow these days.
 
WRXGuy1 said:
You should upgrade to 32GB of DDR3-1866, or replace your multi-screen setup with something with a higher vertical resolution. 1080 is pretty narrow these days.
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Thanks, don't need 32GB RAM right now, and increased frequency (in 99% of use cases) makes no difference whatsoever.

I have 3 x 4K monitors ready to pull the trigger once the 880GTX with the rumoured 8GB VRAM comes out... only then ;)

PCIe SSD, just don't need the speed right now with the Evos in RAID.

Cant believe i can spend money on it!!!

Just bought 2 x 4TB WD Blacks to back up some data, but yawn....
 
Okedokey said:
Thanks, don't need 32GB RAM right now, and increased frequency (in 99% of use cases) makes no difference whatsoever.

I have 3 x 4K monitors ready to pull the trigger once the 880GTX with the rumoured 8GB VRAM comes out... only then ;)

PCIe SSD, just don't need the speed right now with the Evos in RAID.

Cant believe i can spend money on it!!!

Just bought 2 x 4TB WD Blacks to back up some data, but yawn....
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Hmm, For someone who goes all out on every other component I'm curious why you skimp on the memory. Granted everyones needs are different, but for me trying to batch edit several hundred RAW photos in Photoshop put me over 16GB of RAM utilized, so I can't imagine that 32GB is overkill. As for the speed, that's true, but then again there's a lot about your rig that's overkill in 99% of cases ;)

The RAM is my first choice, at say a few hundred dollars is really not much money at all, and then the new displays would be second.
 
I'd just pick up X99 and either the 6 or 8 core variant in your case when it launches, depending on how light you want your wallet to feel afterward.

Not sure as far as particular DDR4 availability, but hey.
 
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WRXGuy1 said:
Hmm, For someone who goes all out on every other component I'm curious why you skimp on the memory. Granted everyones needs are different, but for me trying to batch edit several hundred RAW photos in Photoshop put me over 16GB of RAM utilized, so I can't imagine that 32GB is overkill. As for the speed, that's true, but then again there's a lot about your rig that's overkill in 99% of cases ;)

The RAM is my first choice, at say a few hundred dollars is really not much money at all, and then the new displays would be second.
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I use everything in my current rig actually, and I don't do photoshop.
 
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