I’m looking to upgrade part(s) of my PC to get better gaming performance, however, many options exists and I’m unsure which parts to replace. My system specs are located at the bottom, and I included four 5 minute benchmarks in CoD:WaW.
I’m looking to get the best bang for the buck; $500.00 is available for parts. A few things to consider…
Motherboard does not overclock at all, Chipset on the P5B SE is already overclocked to support 1333fsb, and that’s the max fsb it will achieve. My DDR2 800 Ram, that’s on the QVL, will only run at 667mhz (CPU-Z shows DRAM freqencey at 333.1Mhz, not sure if that’s 667 or not). Does not support crossfire or SLI, It was a very inexpensive motherboard, and I got what I paid for.
My $35.00 case is large enough to support any graphics card that’s up to 12.5inchs long (HDD cage is slim)
Corsair Tx650W has 52amps on a single 12volt rail. With 2x 6+2 pin pci-e connectors
I game at 1680x1050, I do not plan on upgrading my monitor anytime soon.
I’m not sure if upgrading just the GPU will yield better results or getting a new motherboard that allows overclocking, or any other option, so please help!!
I also play, Crysis, Crysis warhead, Fallout 3, Bioshock, Grid, Far cry 2, Rainbow six Vegas 2…
Call of Duty: World at War, Max settings, 4xAA, 16xAf @ 1680x1050, Multiplayer; using fraps
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
11256, 300000, 22, 73, 37.520
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
9104, 300000, 17, 84, 30.347
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
11798, 300000, 20, 72, 39.327
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
11522, 300000, 9, 63, 38.407
System Specs
E6550 @ 2.33ghz 1333fsb
MSI 8800 GTS 512mb OC 770 core, 1008 mem
Asus p5b SE
A-Data 2gb ddr2 800 , running at 667mhz
Western Digital Caviar SE 16mb cache 160gb HDD
Corsair Tx650W power supply
COOLER MASTER Elite 330 RC-330
Vista Home Premium 64bit
Random DVD-RW drive
Samsung SyncMaster 2243bwx 22” widescreen 1680x1050
I’m looking to get the best bang for the buck; $500.00 is available for parts. A few things to consider…
Motherboard does not overclock at all, Chipset on the P5B SE is already overclocked to support 1333fsb, and that’s the max fsb it will achieve. My DDR2 800 Ram, that’s on the QVL, will only run at 667mhz (CPU-Z shows DRAM freqencey at 333.1Mhz, not sure if that’s 667 or not). Does not support crossfire or SLI, It was a very inexpensive motherboard, and I got what I paid for.
My $35.00 case is large enough to support any graphics card that’s up to 12.5inchs long (HDD cage is slim)
Corsair Tx650W has 52amps on a single 12volt rail. With 2x 6+2 pin pci-e connectors
I game at 1680x1050, I do not plan on upgrading my monitor anytime soon.
I’m not sure if upgrading just the GPU will yield better results or getting a new motherboard that allows overclocking, or any other option, so please help!!
I also play, Crysis, Crysis warhead, Fallout 3, Bioshock, Grid, Far cry 2, Rainbow six Vegas 2…
Call of Duty: World at War, Max settings, 4xAA, 16xAf @ 1680x1050, Multiplayer; using fraps
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
11256, 300000, 22, 73, 37.520
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
9104, 300000, 17, 84, 30.347
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
11798, 300000, 20, 72, 39.327
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
11522, 300000, 9, 63, 38.407
System Specs
E6550 @ 2.33ghz 1333fsb
MSI 8800 GTS 512mb OC 770 core, 1008 mem
Asus p5b SE
A-Data 2gb ddr2 800 , running at 667mhz
Western Digital Caviar SE 16mb cache 160gb HDD
Corsair Tx650W power supply
COOLER MASTER Elite 330 RC-330
Vista Home Premium 64bit
Random DVD-RW drive
Samsung SyncMaster 2243bwx 22” widescreen 1680x1050