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mutto

mutto

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Sep 21, 2010
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Hi,

I've a MP 3,1 quad 2.8, 4gb ram, 8800gt, stock HD. I've some birthday cash to spend. :cool:

Which of these 3 would be the best upgrade:

1) SSD (probably Crucial M4 128)
2) GTX560 (Understand about not getting the boot screen)
3) RAM (an extra 8Gb)

Main uses are CS6, Diablo 3 and WoW.

Cheers
Martin
 
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flatfoot

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Aug 11, 2009
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If I were in your shoes, my priorities would be (1) SSD (overall snappiness), (2) GTX560 (gaming, don't know about CS6), additional 8GB of RAM.

I'd get them all ;), maybe add just 4GB of RAM to cut the costs. 8GB total is plenty for what you do, I'd say.
 
AlexMaximus

AlexMaximus

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Aug 15, 2006
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A real game changer

Instead of getting a standard ssd, I would go for this one here:

It's really a game changer and delivers 6G / Sata3 speed on top of 1,5 the speed of standard ssd.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5760/owc-releases-mercury-accelsior-pcie-ssd

http://9to5mac.com/2012/04/18/first-mac-bootable-pci-ssd-now-available-from-owc/
 
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