Current Asus P5N-D, Intel E6600 2.4 mhz dual core, 4 gig ddr2 ram, (4) WD SATA drives in a raid 5, (2) 8800 GTS 320mb ddr3 SLI cards
It's a few years old, and starting to feel a bit sluggish. General PC use, WoW gaming.
Right now, I feel like the processor is a bottleneck, but I don't think stepping up to a quad core is going to make a big difference.
So, considering a i5-2500, which means a new mb, new ram........then I need to worry about the video.
Are the 8800 GTS cards just outdated? What would I need to step up to where I would really notice a big improvement?
I haven't been thrilled with SLI, I've had some crashing problems, so I actually wouldn't mind going to a single card.
I can probably budget about $500 to $800 for this.
upgrading, once you do one piece, it's on to the next weak link!
It's a few years old, and starting to feel a bit sluggish. General PC use, WoW gaming.
Right now, I feel like the processor is a bottleneck, but I don't think stepping up to a quad core is going to make a big difference.
So, considering a i5-2500, which means a new mb, new ram........then I need to worry about the video.
Are the 8800 GTS cards just outdated? What would I need to step up to where I would really notice a big improvement?
I haven't been thrilled with SLI, I've had some crashing problems, so I actually wouldn't mind going to a single card.
I can probably budget about $500 to $800 for this.
upgrading, once you do one piece, it's on to the next weak link!