Need Advice for Upgrade

[TheSithLard]

Hi everyone, this is my first post (yay :D )

 

I'm just wondering if I should:

 

A ) Just upgrade my graphics card and power supply

 

or

 

B ) Build a whole new rig when Haswell comes out

 

My current build is:

Core 2 Quad Q6600

Ati 4870

4 Gb Ram

400w PSU

 

Thanks

[xAlphaStick]

Completely new one. You would be bottle-necked real bad if you just replace 1 or 2 parts.

[Candlejacker]

I say build a whole new computer when Haswell comes out.
No matter what gpu you buy right now, you're going to be bottlenecked by your cpu.

 

So yeah, what Alpha said.

[Stav Kats]

Build w hole new rig when haswell comes out. It will be worth your money and it will last for a long period of time.

[TheSithLard]

Alright, I will certainly go for a new build.

Thank you all for your responses.

[Glenwing]

You're on a computer enthusiast forum, of course everyone will say build a whole new rig ;)

 

In all honestly the Q6600 is still half decent in games.  If you wanted a moderate upgrade say to like a GTX 660 or something I'd stick with what you've got and just change the GPU, add another 4GB of RAM.  Bottlenecking wouldn't be bad really.  If you want to play everything on max settings and all that, then I'd recommend a new rig though.