Upgrade gpu and memory

Hi steamboateng......  The 780 is about a 20-30% boost over the 770, so it's up to you how important a jump that is.  Your X58/ 950 is still a great rig and no bottleneck for most gaming.  I'm assuming this is a gaming rig.

Compared to your 570, the 770 is a huge 50-75% jump and if you game on a single 1920x1080 then it'll play great.  

Here's a link comparing the two....

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/831?vs=829

You can put in the 780 to see the increase over the 770 with this tool.  Might help you decide.  The 780 almost but not quite  equals a sli, 570 setup. 

For memory, I'd go to Crucial for example and use their comparability tool to scan and suggest the ram.  So many choices to really suggest any one.  Any reliable manufacturer like Crucial, Kingston, Corsair are equal.   It is important to change all the sticks to new for less chance of issues.   The timimg, 9-9-9-24 for example and speed should match. 

12GB ram is all you need for gaming.  Even 8gb is it for most. But your tri channel would take the 12GB over 3 x 4gb sticks.   If your into other apps and tasks that eat up the ram, then you'd know that better than us.

Hope this helps and good luck. 






Edited by bprat22 - 09 Apr 2014 at 11:33am

I would shelve the 3x 2gb sticks and play with the 3x 4gb new sticks of ram. You could use all six sticks but your overclock could be affected. Sometimes filling all ram slots puts extra stress on memory controller that affects cpu overclock. They are related.

It could work fine, but just be aware if overclock faults or memory faults pop up. Try it and see.

Let us know how the upgrade goes.

Edited by bprat22 - 09 Apr 2014 at 2:39pm

I went with 3 x 4GB in a matched set and replaced the existing 3 x 2GB and the 12GB is great for gaming!

You will really like having more memory and a faster GPU. I made these same upgrades and it bought my pc up to date.

The great thing about Digital Storm is the upgradeability!

Thanks for the great replies guys; the new card and memory just came in from Amazon. I'll let you know how it goes.