| Juma009 said: Are you by any chance suggesting that I should pug my new Graphics card to my old PC and give it a go? |
no? O_o I don't know what your current PC specs are but if you're upgrading from more than two years ago, then you might as well just get a new processor and motherboard all together.
For the overclocking bit, only do if you feel comfortable configuring everything by yourself. There is no actual drawback to overclocking whatsoever, regardless of the myths. Even if some claims about its shorten life span is ture, it'd only mean something from ten years down to eight years. But by the eight year time you would have upgraded it again anyway so there's no downside really. It does void the warranty but once you get it running properly it will not break itself just because it is overclocked. Your warranty will run out in the first/two years or so by itself anyway.
Also it doesn't neccessarily run at the max overclocked speed all the time, it just draws the extra power when the demand is there.
If you're in the UK look at overclockers.co.uk site. I think some retailers will even preset the overclock settings for you if you ask.
Intel core i7 930 OC @ 4.0 ghz
XFX Double dissipation Radeon HD 7950 356 bit 3gb GDDR5 OC @ 1150 MHz core + 1575 x 4 memory
Triple channel DDR 3 12gb RAM 1600 MHz
