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Epoch on 30 April 2010
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makingmusic476 said:
Epoch said:
makingmusic476 said:
Seems I may have an extra $100 or so to play around with. I'm thinking of either upgrading to a quad core, upgrading to the 5750, or adding in a new case. My old case has a broken flap.

Leaning towards the quad core, since most of what I'll be doing on the PC is multitasking non-gaming applications or playing games that are pretty CPU intensive (large scale RTS like Supreme Commander).

Or should I maybe upgrade to 8gb of ram? I'm not sure which will benefit me the most.

Hey man, in my opinion get the quad core processor.  RAM can be upgraded later, and a more expensive video card probably wont matter to you as you don't do a bunch of PC gaming.  That video card will run most new games just fine anyways. 

The better processor will last you longer and give better performance in the long run. 

Out of curiosity, what's the difference between the Caviar Blue and the Caviar Black ? I bought the Black model and it seems good to me. 

Theoretically, that's true.  But knowing me, I'll just sit on my ass for another four years until I finally break down and completely overhaul the machine.  The chances of me just upgrading the ram at some point in the future are pretty slim.  So assuming I won't be doing anything to the PC for another few years, which of those three would benefit me the most in the long run?

Also, I'll probably buy Crysis whenever I ugprade just to see how pretty it looks.  Will I be able to run it at 1080p with the 4850?  Just how crucial is the 5770 for playing games in 1080p?  I know most older games should be fine.

I'm really tempted to upgrade all three, but I know I can't afford it.  =/  Well, I could probably afford to do both the CPU and GPU but not the ram (and vice versa).

Damn dude, thats a tough call.  It really depends on what you will mostly be using your PC for.  For me, I would get the Quad core, but I do a fair bit of processor heavy stuff. 4 Gigs of RAM is plenty for pretty well everything, and RAM is probably the easiest part of your PC to install.  It literally just clicks into place.  Take you maybe 5 minutes to upgrade when you decide to do it. 

If you plan on playing a bit more graphically intense games, I'd get the 5770.  Its a good card for the price and will run most games at high settings.  Crysis I'm not so sure about.  I have a 5850 and I doubt it would even run Crysis at max settings.  That game was designed to eat graphics cards. 

Synopsis:

         Get the quad core if you don't plan on doing too much graphics heavy gaming, or the 5770 if you do.  4Gigs RAM will last you a while and is easily upgraded.