New computer for PS2

[Duskguy]

so i ordered a new computer from cyberpowerpc in anticipation of PS2, and for the fact that ive been on a factory laptop or another for nearly 5 years.
the computer was built around the gamer dragon and the specs are as follows:

Case- Xion Predator 970 Gaming Series Mid Tower Case w/ 2 External Removable HDD Bays
CD Drive- 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)
CPU- AMD FX-8150 3.60 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU 8MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology
Fan- Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Dual Standard 120MM Fans (Push-Pull) --using a standard coolant--
Flash media- INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR)
Hard drive- 500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 7200 RPM HDD
USB- Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
Ram- 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory G.SKILL Ripjaws X
Motherboard- [CrossFireX] GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AMD 970 Socket AM3+ ATX Mainboard w/ On/Off Charge, 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe X16, 3 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI
Powersupply- 700 Watts - Standard Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready
Video card- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
Temperatur control- Aerocool Touch 1000 5.25" Touch Screen Fan Control
Overclock- Pro OC (Performance Overclock 10% or more)
Network- Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OS- Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)
Case fans- default case fans

now, i also have a spare 120mm case fan, 2 optical drives (may be too old), a cheap sound card, a 19 inch square monitor and a 26 inch wide screen hd tv(plan to use as the main monitor), a turtle beach head set and an old linksys wireless g 2.4 ghz pci with speed booster network card.

my questions are: for multiple monitors (if PS2 supports this) and additional game speed, should i bother buying a gt 610 video card (about $70) or a similar card to handle lesser video functions (just physx or other function) or an additional solid state hard drive for running the OS and core programs?

i mean would it even be worth the money for whatever benefits i might get from these upgrades? especially when taken into account that i would likely need a bigger power supply if i start adding high wattage items as well as the wires and connectors.

thanks in advance for any info or advice.

[Mutant]

An SSD would be the best use of your remaining cash.



The GTX 550 Ti you have specified will run 2 monitors.

Since your 2 screens have different resolutions you can only run in extended mode.
Currently PS2 does not support this and we have not info to think it will any time soon.
But you can at least use the 2nd screen to display other things.


I am fairly sure PS2 does not run GPU PhysX so a 2nd card wont help that.

[Duskguy]

alright, thanks. wouldnt have to upgrade my powersupply with an ssd, and would get faster boots, but i've never run a dual HD setup before and wasnt sure it would be worth the cash for whatever speed i might get.

besides the OS on the ssd, what should i put on it? would putting a game like PS2 on the ssd rather than the normal drive make a difference? or is it basically just the OS that you put onto the ssd?

[Mutant]

Anything you put of the SSD will load faster (a lot faster in many cases)

So on mine I have OS + Regularly used programs + Games (switch in ones i am playing atm)

Things like Video and Audio files and large but rarely used programs ect.. i store on normal HDD.