So I've had a Core 2 system that has been great over the last few years but it looks like my motherboard is shot. I really don't want to upgrade everything in my system at once but I'm afraid with the change in technology I'm going to have to. I have a solid 600w power supply I purchased a few months ago as a replacement and I also have a two month old WD Caviar Black HD. The current graphics card I have is a 7900GTX which handles the games I play and seems to do a pretty good job with HD videos. I want to try to keep using it if I can so I can pick one up in a few months that has the new direct x support and HDMI. I want to know if I can get away with just upgrading the Motherboard, CPU, and ram right now and continue using the other components I have. The problem I have is I just really don't want to spend all the money on a new system at the same time so if I can spread it out over a few months I can get everything done eventually.
I'm not really looking to overclock bigtime, maybe a little bit so that isn't a huge importance to me. I just want another quality (and cheap if possible!) motherboard and cpu combo that will allow me to upgrade later.
So I guess I'm looking for an answer to see if I can continue using my graphics card for now and if so a solid motherboard/cpu to start my system upgrage.
Thanks for your opinions and help!
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Very Soon BUDGET: cheap but quality looking for a great deal.
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Surfing, and Movies
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, mouse, Hard drive, case, hopefully GPU (want to temporarily use my MSI 7900GTX) , PSU (want to use 600W BFG, don't have model in front of me, if I can)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: I live in the us and have been very happy with NewEgg in the past
PARTS PREFERENCES: I am open to suggestions but have had good experiences with Intel,
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe eventually
I'm not really looking to overclock bigtime, maybe a little bit so that isn't a huge importance to me. I just want another quality (and cheap if possible!) motherboard and cpu combo that will allow me to upgrade later.
So I guess I'm looking for an answer to see if I can continue using my graphics card for now and if so a solid motherboard/cpu to start my system upgrage.
Thanks for your opinions and help!
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Very Soon BUDGET: cheap but quality looking for a great deal.
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Surfing, and Movies
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, mouse, Hard drive, case, hopefully GPU (want to temporarily use my MSI 7900GTX) , PSU (want to use 600W BFG, don't have model in front of me, if I can)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: I live in the us and have been very happy with NewEgg in the past
PARTS PREFERENCES: I am open to suggestions but have had good experiences with Intel,
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe eventually