Upgrading - sooner than I expected

[chaosultimamage]

So, yeah. I jumped into boxing, didn't really ever plan on it, so my old PC was not built for it. Core2Duo 2.66GHz, 3GB DDR2 800MHz, 2x nVidia 8600GTS 512MB cards in SLi - overall, I've loved it. It's played all the games I've wanted and then some, and could handle 3x WoW all day long. But, I want to hop up to 5 and just didn't want to spend a few hundred for a minor upgrade.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=10474726

There's my build. Haven't ordered all of it yet, but have started. I should have it all by the end of August up and running . Didn't include a few things that I already have (optical drives, pretty much). I can't wait to get this sucker. I'm dying of anticipation already.

Just downloaded Windows 7 64-bit today. Been using 32-bit since my current pc doesn't need 64. With my current spare parts, I'll be able to have 5 seperate instance of WoW, each on it's on SATA 3.0gb/s HDD with no issues and more total storage space than I hope I fill up (though, I'll do it probably...)

The only thing I'm debating adding is another monitor. I need to mod my current / get a new computer desk so i have more room. I currently have a single 19" wide LCD and a 32" HDTV that I'm using. The tv has to sit on a table a few feet away so it's not the most convenient thing, though It works great, could do 4x 800x600 windows on it easy.

[Slats]

6G of RAM is quite low?

most people are running with 8 and quite alot using 12. you've def. got options if your using ddr3.

Also the drives wont read/write at 3 gig or even 300mb a second. I believe what they advertise there is the theoretical limit of sata ii with zero bottlenecks.

[Huwa]

He's going for 12gb, quantity says 2
Have fun with it, it's a beast.

[chaosultimamage]

Yeah, 12GB lol. I figure 6 should be fine, since I can do 3 on 3GB with no problem, but I wanted to be sure to have that (if nothing else, for bragging rights lol).

I know the actual transfer rate really isn't going to be that fast for the drives, but it's a noticeable difference from an IDE drive or something, just saying.

And tyy Huwa, I know I definitely will.

[Bovidae]

Nice spec

I love that case, I have two of them, wish I had bought more when they were on sale at Fry's for $99.99

If you already have a few HDDs, how about swap the two on your sheet for an SSD and place a symlinked copy of the /DATA folder on it.

[chaosultimamage]

Nice spec

I love that case, I have two of them, wish I had bought more when they were on sale at Fry's for $99.99

If you already have a few HDDs, how about swap the two on your sheet for an SSD and place a symlinked copy of the /DATA folder on it.

Well, a big thing for me is storage space. I currently have damn near 2TB filled. lol

The SSDs, I just don't think that $400 is worth the performance for that. I can't say I have any issues right now running 3 off 3 different SATA drives, so I'd think 5 on 5 drives would be just as sound. The biggest part of why I need to upgrade is my processor and memory. I'm maxing out the CPU sometimes, even with maximizer set to limit the background ones to below 30fps (keyword is sometimes) and I know I need more than 3GB of memory for running more than 3 instances of WoW since I use about 2.6GB running 3 w/ other stuff open.

I could've gotten away with a much milder upgrade, but I figure why not just go for it, you know. I'm starting a new job next week that pays $4 more an hour than my current position (which I've been doing fine with), so this is my present to myself for getting out and grabbing something.