Upgrade

[adamjones]

looking for some buying decisions currently i have 680sli mb e6400 ocd to 2.8 4gb dominator ram and a fried 8800gts sc vc. im looking to upgrade since this stuff is almost 3yrs old so i was thinking of the gtx 295 coop vc and a e8600 cpu . should i ditch the mb because its outdated to move up to a better cpu ? i only have about 1 grand to spend vc is 500 plus alone .any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[Shadow703793]

1. What games do you play? What resolution?

2. GTX 295 is overkill for most of the people.

3. With $1k you can easily build a new PC around a i5 or Phenom II.

4. LGA775 is dead. Don't bother doing a major upgrade on such a build till prices drop significantly for the older tech (mid next year due to the new i3s,i5s,i9s and what ever AMD throws in).

 

[ubernoobie]

rofl, 1grand to upgrade, my upgrade budget is usually 200 dollars at a time

 

[adamjones]

1. i play mostly online games lotro aoc warhammer aion but play fps also crysis ,farcry,along that line. 2.just hoping it will get me a few more years without upgrading the whole system was also thinking of the q9650 thinking it would be better than what i have atm with a samsung t260.atm i have 226 bw 1620 x1040 nr ,t260 would get me 1920x 1200 worth it?

 

[adamjones]

just reread first post i have a e6400 cpu all these darn numbers got confused}D