High end computer uprade ...What would you recomend if any ?

[sighnbox]

HI guys I built my comp coming up two years ago now and since then I haven't even looked at what changes there are in computer technology. As we all know as soon as you buy a part for your comp and install it .....it can seam to be out of date within months......Do I really need any upgrades and if so what upgrades to my system can I do .....would be the best upgrade for the money ? .....Thanks there

I don't do games (Formula 1 5-6 times a year) I use my comp as a general hack and for watching vids and films listing to music......and photo, video editing, rendering etc

My system

Asus P9X79 Deluxe Motherboard

Intel Core i7 3930K Enthusiast Unlocked, S 2011, Sandybridge-E, Six Core, 3.2GHz, 12MB Smart Cache, 130W, Retail

240GB OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS Edition Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s 85KIOPS (for operating system)

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB x 2 for storage drives

2 x StarTech.com 5.25 inch Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack with LCD

1280MB Gainward GTX 570 Phantom, 40nm, 1950MHz GDDR5, GPU 750MHz, Shader 1600MHz, 480 Cores, DP/HDMI

16GB Corsair DDR3 Vengeance LP PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 8-8-8-24, XMP, 1.5V

Corsair H80 Hydro CPU cooler

Cooler Master Silent Pro M 850w psu

Coolermaster SlickleFLow Blue LED Quiet Case Fan 120mm x 5

LG blue ray burner drives x 2

Cooler Master Cosmos 1100 sport (powder coated black inside)

Iiyama ProLite B2409HDS 24" monitors x 2 (dual screen)

Icy box IB865 USB 3.0 supper speed card reader

Edifier 2.1 ...M3300SF Speakers

Logitec 9000 Pro HD webcam

Windows 7 ultimate 64 Bit OS

 

[bluehowell]

Still absolutely fine for your needs, no upgrades needed

 

[Cons29]

i would get a good mouse with a mechanical keyboard

 

[sighnbox]

Thanks for the reply..Oh yes I understand its more than capable of doing all I do but .........Was more asking about upgrades as in whats possible / out there in the way of up grades to keep my machine as up to date...modern really.......and then can look in to the cost and then if I want to upgrade.

 

[sighnbox]

LOL Cons dam I knew I was missing something Yes my current method of typing/mouse I have is no good it sucks it works by telepathy only LOL

 

[Cons29]

also get a pair of head sets, a good one, for late night music (or when you can't turn up the volume of the speaker)

 

[sighnbox]

Cons we pump it out in this house mate but yes do have a good pair of walk abouts I brought two years ago but never used them.

 

[sighnbox]

Come on guys some one must have some suggestions for upgrade (serious ones lol)

 

[KalTorak]

3rd Screen and new graphics card with a triple output to allow 3 X 1920X1080?

Other than that it looks set.

 

[sighnbox]

Thanks there what some thing like Nvidia 770

 

[Cons29]

triple ips/pls(?) screen would be nice

 

[sighnbox]

Yes a new Graphics card and a 3rd screen is option as I have room on my desk for 3 in a row ...plus the new Graphics cards will do 4 screens so I can all so hock up to the living room TV ...so we can watch films etc from my comp........

One thing all so Ive been considering is getting another SSD just a small 120G one as I've got loads old XP codes and discs as we had nine XP comps in the house so I can put a copy of XP Professional on that and have both operating systems ....I have lots of old XP ruining programs what I like that wont work on 7 even in the so called xp mode.....

Would more RAM just be a waste of time and money ?? would there be any benefit at all in a upgrade from 16G to 32G ?

 

[Fitzitz]

If you have a lot of money to spend (which based on your build you seem to) then get a 780 ti or 2 and an extra monitor if that is your sort of thing.

 

[KalTorak]

The only benefit going from 16G to 32G would be if you do video/ large picture editing, or us it as a ram disk.

A new SSD would be entirely up to you, if you want an XP boot disk, go for it, but could you fit another OS install on the same SSD?

As to the 3 screen setup with a 4 output gfx card. Most graphics cards have 2 DVI out, 1 HDMI and 1 Display port. If your screen setup up uses these outputs, you can survive with 1 card to power all 4. If you need 3X DVI outs and the HDMI for the TV, you would have to either get a display port to DVI adapter (£10-£20) or get a second graphics card.

Certainly the 760, 770 and 780 all seem to have this output setup.