How to enhance performance?

[Nikita]

Not building myself since I dont have the knowledge. But isnt these 2 specs very good and very cheap?

[ebony]

there so many pc bits out there i hope someone can edit and help out its a lot of money so i try to get this

Intel Core i7 2600K
16GB of ram
ATI 6950 is a good card (though others might have a better choice (stay out of Crossfire if its only for wow))
a SSD if you can get one added in olny need a 60/120gb and then a 1tb std hdd

then just the other parts that does not really matter to be fair that the shop will add but i tryed to get a setup like that.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Asus P6T Deluxe+OC Palm,X58, Socket-1366
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333MHz 6GB CL9
Intel Core? i7 Quad Processor i7-940
XFX GeForce GTX 260 896MB PhysX CUDA
Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB,
WD Caviar® Black 1TB 3,5", SATA,
Corsair Powersupply 750W Black, ATX Bulk

Price is 1387,95 USD

VS

Cpu(prossesor)- Amd AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
Gpu-(Graffikkort)- 2x XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 875 mhz clockspeed and with 1,2 Gb Dedicated videomemory (Crossfired)
Motherboard- ASUS Crosshair IV Formula
Ram(memory) - 8 Gb corsair 1333mhz
Psu(power) - Corsair HX 750W 80 plus silver
Watercooling for prosessor - Corsair H60 Hydro Series
HDD(Harddisk)- 750GB 6gb/s Sata III
Kabinett- Cooler Master Storm Sniper

Price here is 1561,44 USD

What would be the best buy vs these two?

Personally, I ran an i7-950 X58 with 12GB of RAM and a 9800GT with 2 7200RPM drives in RAID0 and it worked like a champ for my 4 alts. It even worked good for my 4 Rift alts. I would stay away from SLI/Crossfire as it causes more trouble than it's worth. The 940 should do just fine in WoW. Upgrading to 8GB from 6GB is the easiest improvement, then an SSD after that, though it is not really required. Also no need to go with watercooling on an i7 -- just grab a decent copper block heatsink with a 120mm fan and be done with it.

So, personally, I'd go with the i7 system above and put 2 more GB of RAM in it. RAM is cheap right now.

[edit] How close are you to your budget limits at $1500ish?

[MiRai]

Asus P6T Deluxe+OC Palm,X58, Socket-1366
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333MHz 6GB CL9
Intel Core? i7 Quad Processor i7-940
XFX GeForce GTX 260 896MB PhysX CUDA
Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB,
WD Caviar® Black 1TB 3,5", SATA,
Corsair Powersupply 750W Black, ATX Bulk

Price is 1387,95 USD

Albeit better than what you currently have... this system is not worth $1400 -- It is way too outdated.

EDIT: And, if you can afford a little extra money overall... Intel is way better than AMD, past and present.

[Nikita]

I can spend around 1500-2000 om this

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Oh hell, in that case RUN, do not walk, and get an i7-2600k system. They're not terribly pricey and it will be plenty of horsepower for boxing all current games.

[Nikita]

Oh hell, in that case RUN, do not walk, and get an i7-2600k system. They're not terribly pricey and it will be plenty of horsepower for boxing all current games.

But what is it? A complete build or just a motherboard?

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Sorry, forgot you aren't a self-builder. Just upgrade the motherboard and CPU to an i7-2600k supported combo. The RAM will need to change to make sure it supports that system as well. The rest of the system (graphics, hard drives, case, PSU) is fine.

[Ualaa]

The i7-2600 has hyperthreading, which is worthwhile if you're going to be streaming and/or doing videos too.
If you're primarily gaming and not doing the other stuff, a i5-2500 is about $100 cheaper, and about the same performance.

The K on the end stands for an unlocked multiplier, meaning you can overclock it fairly easily... just want a decent (read non-stock) cooler on the processor.
I went with a Corsair A-70 which was around $50 Canadian.
If you're not interested in overclocking the CPU, the non-K processors are a bit cheaper and the stock coolers should be fine.

The motherboard, processor and ram will be different... and you'll need to upgrade those together.
You might need to upgrade the power supply too, but not necessarily.
Everything else plugs into the motherboard, and is extremely easy to do (check a few YouTube videos); you can of course have a computer store do it all for you too.

Memory Express (Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg) has an IPR program (instant-product-replacement) which is a very nice warranty option... if you buy the parts at whatever store and have that store do the installation, you might have the option of a nice warranty too.
Basically, anything goes wrong with the part and they replace it with a brand new one (had one SSD replaced, and one monitor had dead pixels) not a refurbished product.
Doing it yourself will be cheaper, but a warranty is nice too.

[EaTCarbS]

Not building myself since I dont have the knowledge. But isnt these 2 specs very good and very cheap?

If you took the time to learn (not very long), you could save yourself quite a bit of money.