Tailgunner Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 With Pacific Northwest on the horizon, it's time to upgrade if I'm to make the most of something special. A rig which was pretty fair a year ago now seems kinda tired - E6850 Core Duo 3.00GHz GTX 260 896 mb 8 gig RAM Coolermaster Driver: 8.15.11.9038 Vista Home Premium now Windows 7 Home Premium next week Dedicated drive for FSX Resuilts are OK, but could be better - in particular, I crave the image sharpness achieved by some folk on this forum. There are so many CPU and video choices and combinations out there now that I'm out of my depth, with not a clue on what fits best with which. I guess it boils down to a rough idea of what to choose and spend as I move up one notch, two notches, three notches, whatever. No set budget, but wealthy I'm not, so bang for buck is certainly a consideration... Any clues would be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I'd be opting for W7 Ultimate so you can run drivers and applications that aren't able to handle W7 environment in XP mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaveenB Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 If you want the most bang for the least buck I would keep all your other components and upgrade that CPU to a e8500 Core 2 Duo, then overclock it to around 4 Ghz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tailgunner Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 Thanks, people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotspot Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 If you want the most bang for the least buck I would keep all your other components and upgrade that CPU to a e8500 Core 2 Duo, then overclock it to around 4 Ghz. ....and perhaps to save a little more you could make it an E8400 which according to a comparative test I saw recently was able to be o'clocked higher than the 8500 and 8600, but keep in mind how individual chips vary - some may not overclock at all, depends on the luck of the draw among other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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