Should I upgrade my PC now or Wait?

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#1 Thanos72_basic
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Here are my currentSpecs

Two Dual Core Xeon 5160 Processors both running at 2.66Ghz

4GB PC2-5300 DDr2 667Mhz Ram

Nvidia 512MB 8800GT

1TB SATA HDD

8x DVD+-RW

I want to know if I should upgrade the woodcrest Xeons and or Graphics card. Do you think this setup could carry me through at least mid 2009?

Thanks

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#2 f-a-d-3
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You're good for another 12 months.
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#3 BelatedNoob
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Here are my currentSpecs

Two Dual Core Xeon 5160 Processors both running at 2.66Ghz

4GB PC2-5300 DDr2 667Mhz Ram

Nvidia 512MB 8800GT

1TB SATA HDD

8x DVD+-RW

I want to know if I should upgrade the woodcrest Xeons and or Graphics card. Do you think this setup could carry me through at least mid 2009?

Thanks

Thanos72_basic

Im not sure about the Processors, but Keep the Graphics Card. An 8800GT Will still get yo to run most things on good detail. :P

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#4 raynimrod
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Are you running a Skulltrail board? Anyway your PC ought to be more than sufficient for the next 12 months.
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#5 darkgoth678
Member since 2007 • 326 Posts
yeah definitely wait. wait till the 4870 or 4850's drop in price and go for those.
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#6 azizalbaker
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I think your rig is perfectly fine and will last pretty long.....Want my advice? Wait until the 4870 X2 is out, shouldn't be long before it does and would be a worthy upgrade from the 8800GT.

Oh and your CPU is also good, no problem at all. I would OC it a little though, at least till around 3.2 GHz