To Upgrade or Start Over (Please Help)

[jesseinpreston]

This this and this.

Don't bother upgrading your whole system right now. There are new platforms coming out from both Intel (Socket 2011) and AMD (Bulldozer) within the next year. Wait and see how those turn out.

You can five box (or ten box if you work the settings right) on that.

So, if I get a better video card, like say

ASUS EAH6950 DCII/2DI4S/2GD5 Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

And also use the SSD mentioned above, I would be good? What about adding more Ram. Would that be a good thing or overkill. As it uses triple channel, I would double what is currently in there if I did add more.

Thanks,

Jesse

[Ughmahedhurtz]

A 6950 would do fine. SSD is fine as well, though you really don't need to upgrade the hard drive if you don't mind stuttering a bit in org/IF while the textures load. You'll love it to be sure but if you're trying to save money, I'd probably just grab the video card and see how that goes for now. If you get really annoyed with lag in org/IF/etc. then you can upgrade the SSD later. You might be surprised at how well it works with just the new video card.