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francois

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Hi all.
I have a dell i5 e6420 4 gig ram 250gig hdd touchscreen laptop plus a dell 24" WFP monitor and a nvidia quadro FX1800 gpu and a corsair 550w psu what can I get for these stuff as I want to upgrade my desktop,current specs are(don't laugh) asus p6t(not sure which one) mobo with 8gig 1333 MHz ram,intel i7 930 cpu @ 2.80 GHz with the above gpu,monitor and psu
 
Sell it ?


WHy not ?

Do you use your laptop for work ?

IF not and its for playing games. Then sell it as your old setup is quite alright.

All you need to do is sell your PSu for about R450 odd and the laptop for as much as you can..

you need a 600W psu and a 7870 GPU and your I7 930 will still be fine ..

then you are sorted.

So you are literally R3500 from havign a setup that can run all games at full spec :D
 
Cranky said:
Sell it ?


WHy not ?

Do you use your laptop for work ?

IF not and its for playing games. Then sell it as your old setup is quite alright.

All you need to do is sell your PSu for about R450 odd and the laptop for as much as you can..

you need a 600W psu and a 7870 GPU and your I7 930 will still be fine ..

then you are sorted.

So you are literally R3500 from havign a setup that can run all games at full spec :D
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So basically I need a 600w psu as I'm waiting on my 560 gtx ti golden sample which should be here in 3 hours time which I gather is sufficient for gaming or am I wrong on this?
 
francois said:
So basically I need a 600w psu as I'm waiting on my 560 gtx ti golden sample which should be here in 3 hours time which I gather is sufficient for gaming or am I wrong on this?
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Did you just buy that 560TI new ?

IF yes send it back asap. You can get better for more or less the same price.

What corsair 550W do you have as if it is a HIGH QUALITY ONE you will actually run your rig without much trouble on it.

But if you bought that 560TI new id REALLY REALLY recommend you send it back 9 CPA = 7day cash back return ) and buy a 7850 2GB and up.
 
Cranky said:
Did you just buy that 560TI new ?

IF yes send it back asap. You can get better for more or less the same price.

What corsair 550W do you have as if it is a HIGH QUALITY ONE you will actually run your rig without much trouble on it.

But if you bought that 560TI new id REALLY REALLY recommend you send it back 9 CPA = 7day cash back return ) and buy a 7850 2GB and up.
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No its 6 months old and about half price (R1500) as I have about R1800 to spend on a card for now. Any ideas? As for the laptop the things just laying here in its bag(original dell bag) battery partially charged as the bloody charger blew last week not worried as I hardly use it.
 
francois said:
No its 6 months old and about half price (R1500) as I have about R1800 to spend on a card for now. Any ideas? As for the laptop the things just laying here in its bag(original dell bag) battery partially charged as the bloody charger blew last week not worried as I hardly use it.
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As for the psu these are the: numbers ac input 100-240V ~8A 50/60Hz, dc output +3.3V +5V +12V -12V +5Vsb,max current 30A 28A 41A 0.8A 3A, max combined wattage 140W 492W 9.6W 15W under all those numbers it states 550W is it good enough for gaming though?
 
Thought as much .. the way you talked about the laptop sounded like it is your 2nd choice :D

Well if you got the 560ti its alright i guess. ID still sell the 560Ti and your current PSU with the laptop and see how muchyou can get in.

your cpu is still 100% and will run any game. your problem is power and your GPU>

the 560TI is a mighty card but its aging now. So id still get something top end for crysis 3 as crysis 3 is going to romp your rig.

ID try and find out if you have the D0 cpu.. ( get cpuz ) if you do it is a OC king. Get a good cooler ( coolermaster evo 212+ + axtra fan for push pull ) And pomp your processor up to about 3.8Ghz.

Then your set for another 15months :D
 
francois said:
No its 6 months old and about half price (R1500) as I have about R1800 to spend on a card for now. Any ideas? As for the laptop the things just laying here in its bag(original dell bag) battery partially charged as the bloody charger blew last week not worried as I hardly use it.
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As for the psu it states corsair VX 550W
 
francois said:
No its 6 months old and about half price (R1500) as I have about R1800 to spend on a card for now. Any ideas? As for the laptop the things just laying here in its bag(original dell bag) battery partially charged as the bloody charger blew last week not worried as I hardly use it.
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Cranky said:
Did you just buy that 560TI new ?

IF yes send it back asap. You can get better for more or less the same price.

What corsair 550W do you have as if it is a HIGH QUALITY ONE you will actually run your rig without much trouble on it.

But if you bought that 560TI new id REALLY REALLY recommend you send it back 9 CPA = 7day cash back return ) and buy a 7850 2GB and up.
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Just installed cpuz it says family 6 ext.family 6 stepping 5 and revision D0 btw I don't have a clue on overclocking as I have never done it how do I go about it?
 
Ok you have the D0/ That is very very good. Means low vcore for high speeds :D

I did a quick test on http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine and it says you need 600W and that is with now over clocking. So your current rig will be overloaded. Just redo the test again as i estimated what your specs will be.


overclocking is as easy as

http://www.overclock.net/t/538439/guide-to-overclocking-the-core-i7-920-or-930-to-4-0ghz

You need a good cooler though.

note your base clock x multiplier = cpu speed. So 191 x 21 = 4011GHz.

id personally never go over 3800 so mine was 180 and x 21 . But you have to disable turbo mode :D

Then you need a good cooler and this is if your board supports proper overclocking.
 
Thanks cranky this site is the best, whatever your est on my rig was, you were right as it told me my psu should be a 570w so I'll be getting the psu and new cooler.Best site ever this, you guys are amazing!!!
 
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