[QUOTE="fishing666"]i changed some internal fans and added a special ultra quiet gpu cooler and also using the hyper 212+. My computer is quiet even when running on full power. I wouldn't sell my machine for less than $900. my loudest component is my dvd drive when i am using it.mr_zombie60

Ummmm... Are you actually attempting to sell it? Because you can't honestly expect to go into the market and sell your year old pc for only 300$ less than its original price :?

But, you definitely couldn't make that pc for 500$ as swehunt says, the i5 and motherboard alone would probably take up like 400$ of that... lol. Sadly, that's how the used market works! You can push for 500 if you go on ebay or something?

PSU worth $30

SSD worth $40

GPU worth $60

CPU worth $50

MB worth $45

Case worth $50

HDD worth $40

Windows is a freebe

= $315

Would you pay up $500 for that? -no way!

When were those charts made? because I have seen benchmarks done where in 90% of games tested they were only 1-3 fps difference and other games both traded blows.... with high resolutions. Only one or two games that were testedthat the 8800GT had more then a 6 fps gain over 5670

04dcarraher

The tomshardware hierchy chart also lists the 560 Ti and 5850 in the same league whereas the 5870 and 6950 are in an upper league than the 560 Ti. What a load of fail. :lol:

Gambler_3

[QUOTE="yellonet"]

[QUOTE="Blue-Sky"]

Then you're only wasting money.

Johnny_Rock

Besides he saves his time, and as we all know, time is money ;)

That and the fact that I have no experience doing it. I would most likely screw something up and end up having to spend more money correcting it.

So, i wanna buy a heatsink that doesn't include fans, and buy a pair separately. But pretty much every fan comes with 3pin connectors. How do i connect two 3pin fans into my motherboard without using molex connector? My motherboard has one 4pin connector for CPU FAN. Any of you with two fans mounted on a heatsink bought separately, how did you connect it? I don't want wires across my whole rig lol.

silversix_

I recently upgraded from E6600 to Q9400 (not i5-2500k mind you, but it's a quad core at least). I have an HD 5870, and the difference was huge. Games that barely run at medium now run maxed out without any problem. I guess the E6600 couldn't feed the GPU and run the game together that well. You will see an improvement.
That 8800GT will bottleneck your system quite a lot. Consider not eating for some weeks and buy a new graphics card as well :)

foggy666

[QUOTE="Gambler_3"]

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

How can you think that a 2500k and 8800GT isn't lopsided?

gmaster456

He says he intends on upgrading the GPU later this year so I dont see much wrong then with what he did.

As a upgrade for performance it wasn't a great upgrade, the graphic card was just a 8800gt or roughly a HD5670, thats not a strong card at all even paired with a great CPU as the 2500k that card wont benefit the boost over a E6600 in more than a handfull games.

So on the question if he will see a improvment the correct anwser is :not in many games.

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[QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

So my 8800gts 512 is starting to show it's age, decided i'd replace it before BF3 comes out.

Looking at a 560TI 1gb, wondering if I'd have any issues/bottlenecks?

I've got a q6600 @ 3.2ghz, will be clocking it higher within the next few days..

Also, would my 550W PSU be able to handle it?

evildead6789

Going to swap the cpu from a E6600 to a i5 2500k in an hour or so. How much improvement am I likely to see?

The_Gaming_Baby