Twinkie 13 Posted September 14, 2013 Member ID: 3003 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 438 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 371 Achievement Points: 3722 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/21/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Sunday at 01:24 AM Birthday: 03/17/1979 Device: Windows Posted September 14, 2013 I'm looking to upgrade my video card, sound card and my speakers. I use the onboard sound right now. Don't pick on me because of my computer specs please cooler master 430 case XFX pro 750 power supply gigabyte GA-970A-D3 motherboard 16 gig ram (4 x 4 gig matched sticks) cooler master 212 evo cooler CPU= AMD FX-8120 clocked at 4ghz current video card is XFX Radeon HD 6950 2 gig win 7 64bit 24 in monitor logitec m705 mouse I currently have an old creative 5.1 speaker setup that I want to upgrade as well cause they are 14 years old. I wouldn't mind going with a good 2.1 speaker setup to save space. And I want to pair them with a nice sound card. I used to have a Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme Gamer sound card and I loved it. I could hear people walking in games with great precision to where they were because of the positional audio. I miss that with the onboard audio. I'm looking to spend around 600.00 max on these 3 items. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Awards
KaptCrunch Posted September 15, 2013 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 347 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5156 Content Per Day: 0.89 Reputation: 4395 Achievement Points: 41435 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 68 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 43 minutes ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Posted September 15, 2013 Sound: I see your MB supports S/PDIF Out IMHO would get me a home theater amp and speakers for sound .....if wife allows them 6 channels wires all over Video: 680GTX oc Twinkie i noticed your MB model has 5-6 Revisions, open case and look on MB for Rev: X.XX then check MB site for bios update FOR YOUR REV OF MB and verifi you got current if use wrong REV you just made a door stop of computer REV= MB manufator change chipsets/vendors ..... so makes system brain dead due to english instuction was changed non-english instuctions... DOA Awards
Twinkie 13 Posted September 15, 2013 Member ID: 3003 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 438 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 371 Achievement Points: 3722 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/21/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Sunday at 01:24 AM Birthday: 03/17/1979 Device: Windows Author Posted September 15, 2013 I am using the computer and have been since March of this year. As for the mobo rev. its 1.1 and I am using bios F7. Everything works great as is. I was leaning towards the 680 or the 770. But I might wait a month or two and see what comes out of the pipeline. The new gpus might not be much faster but it will drop the price of the older ones. Awards
CobraBites Posted September 15, 2013 Member ID: 2313 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 330 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4924 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 3034 Achievement Points: 33897 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 03/19/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 2, 2017 Birthday: 05/26/1974 Posted September 15, 2013 i can get a gtx 550 ti card rt now for 50 bucks...
rookido Posted September 15, 2013 Member ID: 5785 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 172 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 74 Achievement Points: 1098 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/27/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 19, 2024 Birthday: 01/01/1970 Posted September 15, 2013 As for soundcard and speakers, check these out I have all three and they are awesome. Soundcard: Asus Xonar Essence STX, Asus Xonar DX 7.1 (this is half the price of Xonar Essence STX and sounds as good); Speakers: Logitech Z623. As for GPU, I think you can hang on to the XFX6950 for at least a year or two. IMO It's still very good kicking GPU. Awards
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