Hi guys, some upgrade advice needed.............. I bought this gaming computer about a year ago, although I don't game, just like having a fast computer, haha.
I love the fast CPU, I-7 860, and everything else................BUT, the motherboard has never liked the 4x2gb 1600's running at 1600, gotta slow em down to 1333 to be stable ;( (.blue screen errors despite trying every tweak I've seen posted here, ie. increasing dram to 1.66 and QPI/vtt to 1.21, etc).....but, i lived with that til now, cuz its still a pretty fast system .
...now that i just bought a new OCZ Vertex 3, 120gb SSD, that I have to run at SATA 2 speeds, cuz the ga-p55a-ud4p motherboard's marvel chip sucks, and doesn't actually run at sata 3 speeds.........groan..............I was thinking it might be time for a new motherboard....(i think i've heard from these forums a mb with "native sata 3", whatever that means)............and cpu, cuz i probably can't put my old i7 860 into a newer motherboard.........to get the memory and ssd running at the speeds they are supposed to..............again, i think my other components, silverstone 750 ps, corsair 1600 memory, hd6850 video card, etc should be fine, right ?
so, i am thinking about a mb and cpu upgrade....but, which way to go......any suggestions.........?
thanks
I love the fast CPU, I-7 860, and everything else................BUT, the motherboard has never liked the 4x2gb 1600's running at 1600, gotta slow em down to 1333 to be stable ;( (.blue screen errors despite trying every tweak I've seen posted here, ie. increasing dram to 1.66 and QPI/vtt to 1.21, etc).....but, i lived with that til now, cuz its still a pretty fast system .
...now that i just bought a new OCZ Vertex 3, 120gb SSD, that I have to run at SATA 2 speeds, cuz the ga-p55a-ud4p motherboard's marvel chip sucks, and doesn't actually run at sata 3 speeds.........groan..............I was thinking it might be time for a new motherboard....(i think i've heard from these forums a mb with "native sata 3", whatever that means)............and cpu, cuz i probably can't put my old i7 860 into a newer motherboard.........to get the memory and ssd running at the speeds they are supposed to..............again, i think my other components, silverstone 750 ps, corsair 1600 memory, hd6850 video card, etc should be fine, right ?
so, i am thinking about a mb and cpu upgrade....but, which way to go......any suggestions.........?
thanks
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