I'm building a new computer on a rather low budget (800 dollars) Here's what I plan so far. I already have a hard drive, and case/power supply. So really its 800 dollars for Video card, Mobo/CPU and ram.
Intel Core duo E8400
ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
4 gb of ram (best deal i can find when i place the order)
BFG Tech GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
This came to a total of 676$
I've built several computers in my time, I used to be quite the enthusiast, but I'm married now, and have a non-computer related full time job so I'm kind of out of the loop. So I have a few questions:
Is it worth upgrading to a quad core? i.e Q6600?
I chose the 9800 with the thought that when I had the cash again I could buy another 9800 for SLI? Do you guys have a better card you'd reccomend for this price range?
Lastly, I have a 500W power supply, is that sufficient?
Appreciate all the help in advance!
Phil
Intel Core duo E8400
ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
4 gb of ram (best deal i can find when i place the order)
BFG Tech GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB
This came to a total of 676$
I've built several computers in my time, I used to be quite the enthusiast, but I'm married now, and have a non-computer related full time job so I'm kind of out of the loop. So I have a few questions:
Is it worth upgrading to a quad core? i.e Q6600?
I chose the 9800 with the thought that when I had the cash again I could buy another 9800 for SLI? Do you guys have a better card you'd reccomend for this price range?
Lastly, I have a 500W power supply, is that sufficient?
Appreciate all the help in advance!
Phil