What should I add?

[thedude300]

My current system is:

Radeon HD 5770 1GB
AMD 1090T X6 3.2ghz
4GB Corsair Vengance
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3
700w corsair stealth 2 PSU



I'm thinking of getting 4gb more ram and a new harddrive..but I'm open for some more suggestions. But can someone point out a good hard drive from this site http://www.canadacomputers.com/


Thanks.

 

[Proximon]

That's not a lot of info to go on. I can't answer the question you asked "What should I add?" because I just don't know enough.

I can point you to decent drives, but again I don't know what you need or what your budget is.

 

[ram1009]

Since you're asking for opinions mine is to use an NVIDIA GPU instead of ATI/AMD. They have buggy drivers and always have.

 

[tomskent]

what should you add? for what? what are you planning on doing?
you seriously havent given us any useful info on why you want to add hardware.
Most people dont even use 4gb of ram, so I doubt you will need 8 gb.
As for HD, determine if you want a 5400rpm or 7200rpm, then what size you want...then buy one that is on sale.

 

[tomskent]

Since you're asking for opinions mine is to use an NVIDIA GPU instead of ATI/AMD. They have buggy drivers and always have.

Ive never had any problems with ATI/AMD videocard drivers.

 

[dish_moose]

Don't make this an ATI vs nvidia pissing match. Tell us the things you want to do with this computer and then we may be able to make some suggestions.
-Bruce

 

[thedude300]

Sorry, I completely forgot to give some details I want to run battlefield 3 and Diablo 3 on very high settings and just wondering if getting the extra 4gb of ram would help, or instead save up all my money for a really good grahpics.

 

[Proximon]

Mostly you need a better GPU. Your CPU is not really ideal but is not a big handicap.

A faster drive or more RAM will not effect average frame rates much, but may effect load times.

I've never heard of a "700w corsair stealth 2 PSU" btw. I suspect you mean OCZ. You have more than enough PSU for any GPU you like... a 6950 2GB or GTX 570 would be good upgrades, but they are going to cost a bit.

But wait, there is good news. You can simply add another 5770.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102940

Your board supports crossfire, as does your PSU.

 

[thedude300]

Mostly you need a better GPU. Your CPU is not really ideal but is not a big handicap.

A faster drive or more RAM will not effect average frame rates much, but may effect load times.

I've never heard of a "700w corsair stealth 2 PSU" btw. I suspect you mean OCZ. You have more than enough PSU for any GPU you like... a 6950 2GB or GTX 570 would be good upgrades, but they are going to cost a bit.

But wait, there is good news. You can simply add another 5770.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102940

Your board supports crossfire, as does your PSU.

Yes sorry i meant OCZ for my PSU. But as for the new graphics vs crossfire is it worth doing? How much of an increase am I looking at here with two 5770s is it significant or should I just wait run the game at decent settigns and save for a more recent card?

 

[Proximon]

You can look through these results
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5770-review-test/18

Generally you are going to get almost double performance. if you want to buy a single card that will beat them, it would have to be a 6950 1GB or better.