New comp build

[22diehard22]

How many bots do you think could be run on this system and any ways to increase the amount

Current setup
AMD 6 core processor (3.2GHZ Can be OC'ed to 3.6 **need better heat sink for that**)
16 GB DDR3 memory
ATI Radeon HD 5670 (1GB DDR5)
500 GB HD (7200 RPM 3.0 GB/s)

My ideas to improve performance:
-Cross fire 1 more Graphics card
-Upgrade to SSD for the OS and a 10,000 RPM drive for data storage.
-Upgrade heat sink and OC to 3.4-3.6 GHZ

How many bots with the current setup would most likely be ran?
**Will be using Virtual Machine software (Limit 5 bots per VM)

 

[killakaz]

Im Going for:
GA-P67A-UD7 - motherboard
Intel Core i7-2600K - cpu
2x OCZ DDR3 PC3-17000 Flex EX 8GB
Ultra X4 1050-Watt Modular Power Supply
3 x EVGA 01G-P3-1452-TR GeForce GTS 450 SuperClocked
1x 240gb OCZ SSD
1x 2TB WD Sata Raptor

Should play 1 or 2 bots ok =P

 

[Lister]

I would wait until Intel brings out the Chipset without the new bug..

 

[chinajade]

I would wait until Intel brings out the Chipset without the new bug..

Aye, I would avoid anything based on Sandybridge right now. I wouldn't buy it until maybe October--it is simply too new, and the bug they found too serious to drop a large chunk of change as an early adopter.

cheers,
chinajade

 

[Ratz241]

Apparently it is going to be fixed by end of this month, Honestly I think it's worth the jump by March as the new Intel processors are a lifetime ahead of anything on the market right now.

 

[Lister]

Yea so are also the Cost compared to AMD..

 

[Ratz241]

Yea so are also the Cost compared to AMD..

Intel continue to outdo themselves, the new processors are going into my 20+ bot machines that I'm building next month, amazing processors.

 

[butane]

Yea so are also the Cost compared to AMD..

*****ALERT ALERT ALERT, AMD fanboy in our midst trying to provoke one of the oldest and most boring internet arguments of all time******
lolz