Hey all, I plan on upgrading later this year (after Haswell) and am curious if I'm going to notice anything with upgrading.
Here are my current specs:
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103808 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
MB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813128392 GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820211409 ADATA XPG Gaming Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (doubled up to 8 gigs)
VID: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814125348 GIGABYTE GV-R685D5-1GD Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
For my CPU cooler, i have a Corsair H60 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835181015
I bought the black edition because I planned on overclocking, but didn't notice much of a difference, so it sits at stock.
I currently have 4 HD's
C: (windows and programs) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
D: (which i install my games on) Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB 7.2K IDE ATA/100 Hard Drive ST3250623A
E: (which has my music, and all my kids videos which streams to an xbox and 2 rokus) Seagate Barracuda Green ST1500DL003 1.5TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
F: (which has tv shows and other stuff) Hitachi GST Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723015BLA642 (0F12114) 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
I have a 3 screen setup but not in the traditional sense. My main monitor which I use for gaming is a Dell ST2410 running at 1080p, my second monitor which I use for browsing while gaming is a old Hitachi L90D+, and my third screen which I use to stream vids from my machine to the living room is a 720p Samsung DLP (which is going to get upgraded at Black Friday this year to something, just dunno what yet)
So when I game, I play FPS's like Day of Defeat, Call of Duty, etc and the other game I play is WoW.
What upgrade would be my best bang for my buck? My goal is to get something that produces less heat and use less electricity because now, its hot as hell where my desk is. Ambient temp in my place is 77F.
I currently run Win7 64bit.
I have no issues going Intel, I've always bought AMD because its cheaper. Also, I have no desire to go nVidia.
Thank you for your time and suggestions!